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I want to buy a new camcorder and edit movies with Imovie. It looks like nearly all of the camcorders now come with USB 2.0 and not Firewire. My Imac has USB 1.0 (slow) and Firewire. Is there any device (adapter) out there that would allow me to conncect a USB 2.0 camcorder to my Firewire port?
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USB 2.0 to Firewire?
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Posted 02 May 2006 - 10:19 AM
There are many with FireWire also... what is your budget?
Also try searching through sites that review DVD cameras, often you can find a list of features in side by side comparisons of similarly equipped and priced versions.
Also try searching through sites that review DVD cameras, often you can find a list of features in side by side comparisons of similarly equipped and priced versions.
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Posted 02 May 2006 - 10:48 AM
YOU DO NOT WANT A DVD CAMCORDER. PEROID.
Get almost any Mini DV camcorder and it has a Firewire port.
http://danslagle.com...sage/5002.shtml
Get almost any Mini DV camcorder and it has a Firewire port.
http://danslagle.com...sage/5002.shtml
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Posted 03 May 2006 - 03:14 PM
agree (get a camcorder that has firewire) ... I have the canon zr300 ($1000 is waaaaay to much for a camcorder). Spend the extra money on a large hard drive (you do know that 1 hour of video is 10 GB of hard drive space!).
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Posted 03 May 2006 - 07:00 PM
You have more than ample budget for a very nice DV (digital video) camera. My apologies for inadvertantly adding an extra D... the other posters are quite correct in warning you against a DVD camera. Majority of good DV cameras do come with FW interface; in fact, they have both, the FW and USB2.
The last one I bought is about 2 years old Panasonic PV-DV953 with 3 CCD, a Lieca zoom lens, optical image stabilizer, manual focussing (in addition to automatic) etc. The quality of colors and image sharpness are rather impressive. That specific model has been replaced by slightly smaller camera (Panasonic PV-GS500 DV Camcorder) with comparable or better capability at lower price (I think I paid around $900+, the newer version is about $700).
Most of the better cameras also have built-in still iamge capability with chips that range 3-5MPix but don't get overly swayed by this. While it may be useful in a pinch, they seldom clome close to quality of a dedicated still camera.
One thing that you must be warned about is that since the incoming light is split into three portions, corresponding to CCD for each color, the low light sensitivity of all 3 CCD cameras tend to be lower. If you foresee yourself shooting a large portion of footage under very low light conditions (candle lit indoors and such), you may wish to go with a single CCD camera.
I used to know a site that reviewed great many cameras in detail but can't remember the name... perhaps dv.com or dvspot.com... try Googling a bit, there are, I am sure, many. [One of these days, I mean to create a database of links cross-indexed with key words... have been thinking to do for about 5-6 years but something more important always comes up! /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif]
The last one I bought is about 2 years old Panasonic PV-DV953 with 3 CCD, a Lieca zoom lens, optical image stabilizer, manual focussing (in addition to automatic) etc. The quality of colors and image sharpness are rather impressive. That specific model has been replaced by slightly smaller camera (Panasonic PV-GS500 DV Camcorder) with comparable or better capability at lower price (I think I paid around $900+, the newer version is about $700).
Most of the better cameras also have built-in still iamge capability with chips that range 3-5MPix but don't get overly swayed by this. While it may be useful in a pinch, they seldom clome close to quality of a dedicated still camera.
One thing that you must be warned about is that since the incoming light is split into three portions, corresponding to CCD for each color, the low light sensitivity of all 3 CCD cameras tend to be lower. If you foresee yourself shooting a large portion of footage under very low light conditions (candle lit indoors and such), you may wish to go with a single CCD camera.
I used to know a site that reviewed great many cameras in detail but can't remember the name... perhaps dv.com or dvspot.com... try Googling a bit, there are, I am sure, many. [One of these days, I mean to create a database of links cross-indexed with key words... have been thinking to do for about 5-6 years but something more important always comes up! /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif]
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