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Buyer's Guides Video Camera Buyers Guide Buyer's Guide 2025: Digital Video Cameras
Buyer's Guides Video Camera Buyers Guide Buyer's Guide 2025: Digital Video Cameras
Buyer's Guide 2025: Digital Video CamerasFrom DV tape to hard drives, today's cameras offer something for everyone |
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Page 3 of 4 Digital Video Cameras  The Canon DC40
records to mini-DVD disks. The 10x zoom lens is paired with an
electronic image-stabilization system to reduce the effects of camera
shake. In wide-screen mode, it records video in a true 9x16 letterbox
format. In addition to watching the DVDs from your camera or a DVD
player, you can connect the camcorder to a computer via USB and
download your footage for editing with the supplied Roxie MyDVD
software. It also captures up to 4.3-megapixel still images to an SD
card. List Price: $899. The Hitachi DZ-GX3300A
records video and 3-megapixel stills to four different mini-DVD disk
formats, as well as an SD card. There’s a 10x optical zoom, and the
camcorder is ready for quick action with a 1-sec. startup time. The
one-button finalize process makes it a snap to prepare the disks for
playback on a DVD player. List Price: $799. The Sony DCR-SR100 Handycam
is a single-CCD camcorder that records to a 30 GB hard drive. It can
hold more than seven hours of MPEG-2 video in high-quality mode or more
than 20 hours at low-quality. It has a full range of manual options,
but for those who don’t want to bother, it can switch to the Easy Run
mode and everything locks into automatic. It links to Windows PCs using
USB 2.0. Still photos up to 3 MB in size are stored on a Memory Stick.
List Price: $999.The Canon GL2 is a 3-CCD professional-model camcorder with easy-to-reach manual focus and exposure controls, as well as fully automatic operation. A sharp 20x optical zoom has an optical image stabilizer to keep images smooth. It links to your computer via FireWire (IEEE 1394) or analog connections. You can record to miniDV tape in standard and wide-screen formats, and interval recording is available for time-lapse sequences. The microphone adapter allows for connection to professional XLR-type microphones. List Price: $2,799.  The Sony HDR-HC3 HDV 1080i Handycam is
a single-CMOS-sensor, high-definition camcorder that records either
1080i HD video or standard NTSC video using standard miniDV cassettes.
It also offers the choice of 24 fps cinema-mode recording, and the Slow
Recording feature gives you super-smooth slow-motion playback. You can
shoot 2.3-megapixel stills to a Memory Stick while recording video or
4-megapixel stills separately. The 10x optical zoom lens has Super
SteadyShot and downloads to computers via FireWire (IEEE 1394). The
flip-out screen is also a touch panel for many of the camera’s
controls. List Price: $1,499.  |
