Cheapest DV Camera with Analogue In

[roop]

I am considering giving back the Panasonic DV camera I nicked off my dad about 3 years ago and getting my own. It's paramount I get one that has an analogue in feature so I can pipe Composite and/or S-Video into it to be recorded to DV. The other criteria is it has to be cheap because I'm skint-ola.

I really like Panasonic stuff. Everything I ever bought from Sony broke and the Canon stuff looks like excellent value. Been looking at the Canon MV 750i (just out). It's £450 shipped (cheapest I can find) and is only £100 more than their bogg model. Got loads of toys on it including Colour and IR night vision / special image chip 22x optical zoom etc etc.

On a slightly different vein. How easy is it to convert from Composite to S-Video if these cams will only accept S-Video in...? I know I won't get the same image quality etc...

Any thoughts appreciated before I max my VISA on a new toy.

TIA,

Roop

PS : Remember - cheap as poss...!!!

[adam1330]

I've just brought myself a Canon MV530i for £263. It is a refurbished one direct from Canon, I found it on the official Canon Outlet shop on E-Bay: Canon E-Bay Shop. Very pleased with it, even came with a Firewire card if you need one.
One thing to watch is that the prices are excluding VAT. Just looked and the price has gone up a bit, but still quite cheap!

[roop]

Hrm. Sounds okay, The thing is that the 530i is now discontinued (replaced by the 600i) and you can buy the latter brand new for £335 Inc VAT and delivery. Given this, the savings aren't enough for me to not get a new one - I know I said I wanted a bargain one but it needs to be new with a full warranty if poss.

[adam1330]

The one I got came with a Canon 6 month warranty.

>> Edited by adam1330 on Friday 20th February 21:47

[HarryW]

Not sure what is the cheapest, but I have a Panasonic GS50 thingy, seems Ok to me for most work, comes in at around £400 though. Check out Kelko for prices of all camcorders and specs here

Harry