Another which camcorder...

[chrisbr68]

Hi all. Looking at getting a new video camera. I have £500 to spend. Looking for the following main features:

Good in low light (including infa red)
MiniDV - seems to be no alternative right now
Small as possible
Analog in would be good

I basically limited myself to Sony, due to good experience with them, and poor experience with JVC. I would appreciate your comments, so unless anyone can make a better suggestion, my choice so far looks to be the Sony HC42E. I am not sure if I need the widescreen feature, but since I have a widescreen tv, and things are heading in that direction so far as I know.. I dont see it as a bad thing. Besides, I saw it for £380 which seems reasonable.

http://www.sony.co.uk/view/ShowProduct.action?product=DCR-HC42E&site=odw_en_GB&category=CAM+MiniDV

I basically want it for all round filming, including of course, lots of cars!!

Thanks for any advice/opinions.

Chris

[chrisbr68]

Cheers lads. Ive got firewire/premiere setup on my pc, so editing via that should be fine, although the USB will be useful sometimes I expect.

Mark, is this camera ok in low light conditions? A friends sony was 10x better then my old JVC, but I have read mixed views online... I would only use infared if its REALLY dark!

Thanks.