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November 26, 2013 8:29:02 AM

Dear wonderful members of this forum,

I'm don't know much about video and camera. I only want to record long videos which is a crisp and beautiful to watch.

Would you please help me with your expertise, and suggest a camera/cameras for these uses? :) 


- Long, continious video recording (1 hour or more).

- Video recording in 720p or 1080p, as long as it is good and generally accepted as satisfying to the publics eye.

- Ability to take decent photos is cool, but not required.

- No need for wireless/WiFi/blutooth/whatever stuff. As long as I can turn off the wireless stuff, it's fine :) 

- An affordable price is prefered, cheap and good = home run! No more than $500 (preferably lower <3 ).

- For some reason, I'd like a Canon, but you definitely know more about cameras than me :) 


I don't care if it's considered a video camera, a digital camera og a compact camera.


THank you so much in advance!
I really appreciate it :love: 

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a b w Digital camera
November 26, 2013 1:14:51 PM

If it's Canon you like then you might want to consider the Canon VIXIA HF R400 Full HD Camcorder ($199 @ B&H Photo - http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/909788-REG/Canon_... until Nov. 27 and $199 on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Canon-VIXIA-R400-Advanced-Camcord...).

For less than $100 more and still under $300 you might consider the Canon 8GB VIXIA HF R40 Full HD Camcorder ($279 @ B&H - http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/909790-REG/Canon_... and on Amazon for $279 - http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Stabilized-Optical-Camcorde...).
November 26, 2013 2:41:57 PM

kenrivers said:
If it's Canon you like[...]


Wow! Thank you :D 

If not Canon, is there any other camera that you would recommend? And preferably without touch, but just buttons, and such :D 
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a b w Digital camera
November 26, 2013 6:00:30 PM

Finding one that doesn't use a touch screen may be a bit of a challenge. The ones below have an LCD screen but the screen is not a touch screen.

There are some like the Samsung HMX-F90 HD Camcorder (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/909706-REG/Samsun...). It does not have a touch screen and shoots in 720p.
There is also the Kodak Zi12 Playfull Dual Camcorder which does not have a touchscreen and does shoot 1080p (http://www.amazon.com/Kodak-PlayFull-Zi12-Video-Camera/...).

Others without a touchscreen:
Panasonic HC-V10 High Definition Camcorder (720p)
Sony HDR-CX220 HD Handycam Camcorder (1080p)
Panasonic 16GB HC-V100M HD Camcorder (1080p)
Sony's 8GB HDR-CX230 60p HD Handycam (1080p)
Panasonic HC-V520 Live Streaming HD Camcorder (1080p)

You may be able to find other but that's the best I can do at the moment. It, at least, gives you a few to consider.
November 28, 2013 4:02:09 PM

plurfect said:
Dear wonderful members of this forum,

I'm don't know much about video and camera. I only want to record long videos which is a crisp and beautiful to watch.

Would you please help me with your expertise, and suggest a camera/cameras for these uses? :) 


- Long, continious video recording (1 hour or more).

- Video recording in 720p or 1080p, as long as it is good and generally accepted as satisfying to the publics eye.

- Ability to take decent photos is cool, but not required.

- No need for wireless/WiFi/blutooth/whatever stuff. As long as I can turn off the wireless stuff, it's fine :) 

- An affordable price is prefered, cheap and good = home run! No more than $500 (preferably lower <3 ).

- For some reason, I'd like a Canon, but you definitely know more about cameras than me :) 


I don't care if it's considered a video camera, a digital camera og a compact camera.


THank you so much in advance!
I really appreciate it :love: 


Hi plurfect - you'll get higher video quality from a larger sensor camera than from a traditional camcorder - and better still photos too

I recommend the $498 (on sale) Panasonic G6. It will record continuously for over an hour and has a viewfinder and external controls in addition to the touchscreen.

Here is the video quality you'd get from a camcorder like the $199 Canon HF R400 (please watch at 1080p):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl47BMj61tc

Here is the video quality you'd get from the Panasonic G6 (please watch at 1080p):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oijsASQQ6k

And here is the still image quality you can expect: http://www.flickr.com/groups/lumix-g6/pool/

If you want "crisp and beautiful" video and stills, you may want to look at buying the G6 while it's still on sale.

Hope this is helpful and Happy Thanksgiving!

Bill




November 30, 2013 10:24:06 AM

THank you :) 
!