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Originally Posted by Bertrand

Hello !

I've been re-editing short fiction movies I and my pals shot several years ago, and I'm considering buying a vidcam of my own, but I don't know where to start with.

So I'm gathering pieces of advice here and there to help me out when reading the descriptions of those expensive items.

I've got a bunch of questions :

Hardrive, mini-cassettes, DVD : which one shall I go for?
When I edited the film, something happened, rather unpleasant, and I don't know if it was because Nero was "exhausted" or if it was because the videos were in the mpeg2 format, but there was, like, see, the images looked folded and unfolded where the cut was made.
So : when it comes to editing, are all three formats the same or do they allow you to choose a format, be it avi, smurfinheaven or whatever they call it, and which are the ones that are the best.
I've got to add that when trying to apply a transition with Nero, the sound got fucked up and slightly delayed; as it occured early on, it was embarrassing, characters spoke after their lines.
So : do I have to look for another movie-editing device, or is performing stuff included in most of the cameras?

I've read that the captor size didn't matter (avoid jokes, please), and that 800 000 pixels would normally be enough.

To focus on something, I set my eyes on the following :
They are Canon HG 10, Canon HR 10, and the much cheaper Sony DCR-HC62.

Any clue, people?

for you, for editing, and for the web, i'd pick a mini-dv camera (tapes).

the problem with tapeless media unless you go to P2 cards or sony xdcam or the red camera that can hold uncompressed footage is that it's very compressed and a pain to edit/color corect/composite, etc.

and mpeg cameras are shit-- mpeg should only be used for compression & delivery.

my question is-- what kind of picture size/quality are you looking at, and what is your budget?