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Dec 25, 2005 | 08:34 PM

J Wikoff

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Digi camcorders

I bought my wife a Digital8 Sony Handycam. Got it home and realized the salesman gave me the wrong one. This one has a memory stick and 290 (or something) effective pixels whatever... but the one I thought I was getting has no memory stick, but 360 effective pixels. I'm pretty sure I do want the higher resolution, but I can still download videos of my car for showing here with the USB connection, correct?

Dec 25, 2005 | 08:40 PM

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right, did it come with any photo editing software like ullead or premire? becuase raw dv format is a MASSIVE t3 killing format.

Dec 25, 2005 | 08:51 PM

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What I got was the TVR-480, what I wanted was the HC-21 (or something like that).

I haven't got a clue what software they come with.

Dec 27, 2005 | 07:10 PM

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Alright, now I can't decide what to get. If the Wal-mart dude had just given me the right one, this would hve been solved a while ago. Who'* got recommendations on a digi camcorders for less than $400?

Dec 27, 2005 | 08:22 PM

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Sony DSC W5. Don and I both have it. The video is stunning. I personally feel the digital camcorder is not long for this world.

With a big enough stick, it matters not. I can shoot GREAT vid for a long period of time, and only have a 512mb stick.

Dec 27, 2005 | 08:34 PM

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sonys and panasonic are good from what I have read.

my sister got a panasonic ~500 model and it is OUTSTANDING quality as far as sound and video performance goes.

um bill, CAMCORDERS.

but I agree. the video from the newer sony point and shoot cameras is great.

Dec 28, 2005 | 02:32 PM

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What about a Canon ZR300? It has the same effective pixels as the Sony HC21 (340), but the Canon has a card slot and lists it gets even higher effective pixels (450) on the card. Would that be worth $50 more bucks?