TKLambert Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 If so, what video cameras have you found to be good? I've started doing this myself and have an older JVC that does a decent job, but I am looking to upgrade. The camera is a little noisy when starting and stoping the video and can be a little grainy at times once I start to zoom. I am looking for a camera that is quite, good quality and zoom around the $400-$500 price range. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I've gotten several kill sequences successfully filmed. They were all with an older Sony Hi-8 camera. Quality was decent, but not spectacular. Last fall I got a new Sony 1080p HD cam with 25x Carl Zeiss glass and a 120gb hard drive . It takes phenomenal quality video. The zoom is incredible and the the ability to focus on all objects over long planes is, likewise, incredible. Only shortcoming I've found so far is that in order to transfer the HD image to DVD, you need a Blu-Ray recorder. Priced one of those lately?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptimO Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Hey Strut10, it sounds like we have the same camera... I believe its the Sony handycam xr-150. You got to love that 120 GB hard drive! I love this camera but I wish it had a jack for an external microphone, thats my only complaint. I think you may be a little confused about recording HD footage on to a disk. You don't need a Blu-Ray recorder... you just need a Blu-Ray player. I'm not 100% on this one so if anybody can clear this up for us it would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Been filming hunts of my own some and my oldest daughters hunts for a while. Been using a sony mini dv here. Have gotten I think 3 or 4 hunts with kills, 2 of those being youth hunt clips. Tons of video that I think is good for a non pro setup. My camera is a sony, been real happy with it, wish I had newer model. A quality camera arm will help a lot. Use the archers choice arm here and been fairly happy with it. Only issue I really have with it is setting it up in the dark. Only shortcoming I've found so far is that in order to transfer the HD image to DVD, you need a Blu-Ray recorder. Priced one of those lately?? Blue ray burners have come down a bit, maybe someone will correct me here if I am wrong but thought you could burn hd to a dvd, just have to have the appropriate authoring software or plug ins for the software you are using. I know the pinnacle software I use there is a download for the hd authoring at an additional cost. Pretty sure it allows burning hd quality video to dvd's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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