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Budget DV Camcorder (About $600)
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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I'm beginning to be interested in making a few small productions, I was wondering if anyone had any advice about DV Camcorder purchasing, I have a budget of about $500-600 and I'm rather confused. For example, I was looking at the ZR80 and it's selling for $400 right now on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=photo
But at the same time, the ZR70 is selling for $40 more:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=photo
The ZR70 is a year older but has a higher optical zoom. So yes..I'm rather confused on what to purchase, if anyone else has any other suggestions, I'm all ears. Thanks.
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: England
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The ZR70 looks like an American version of the MV650i (going off specs and the look of the thing). I have the MV630i (i.e. a little below it), and I'm very pleased with it. It works great with imovie and final cut pro, and to my untrained eye the image quality looks great - it was much better than I expected, anyway! My expectations had been coloured by poor quality analogue camcorders in the past, I think.
It cost me �350 (i.e. about $700, given current exchange rates). At the price I see on Amazon, I'd snap it up if I were you!
Amorya
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What the nerd community most often fail to realize is that all features aren't equal. A well implemented and well integrated feature in a convenient interface is worth way more than the same feature implemented crappy, or accessed through a annoying interface.
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Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Near Antietam Creek
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When Canon refreshes its consumer line, it naming scheme begins where the previous left off. Last year's series was ZR-60-65-70 (low to high feature set); this year it's 80-85-90 (two years ago it was 40-45-50 and three years ago it was 20-25-30); however, the ZR-90 doesn't seem to equal last year's ZR-70--primarily because the 70 has a hot shoe that you can use a nice, low-wattage light and shotgun mic it you wish link.
I shot a friend's wedding with a ZR-70 last year, and I really liked it and think it's worth the $40 premium over the ZR80.
http://www.canondv.com/
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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Any thoughts on the Panasonic GS70 or the Canon Optura 20?
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: RTP, NC
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I've got the ZR60 and love it. I didn't need the hot shoe, colored buttons, extra zoom, crappy built-in camera, etc. If you can still find one, I recommend it. Or, get the ZR80, or whatever the upgraded ZR60 is called.
Note that I just do family stuff, nothing fancy, nothing professional. The ZR60 does have some motor noise using the built in mic and may not have all the features a pro would need.
Check out dvspot for reviews.
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Join Date: Jan 2000
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One caveat regarding the ZR-70 that I remember--the lighted buttons CAN'T be turned off. Pain in the a$$.
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