Re: Video Camera

I think you have everything you need as far as hardware and software. Nero
or Roxio?
I use Roxio, a friend use Nero. They both get you there. I don't see a big
difference between the two. Nero may be a little friendlier to use and since
you have it I would stick with it.
I don't think I would want to "recommend" a camcorder.
I have used Sony TRV10, TRV20, TRV50 (these are already discontinued
models....anything over two years in this field is old and over three is
senile) and very pleased with all three. All are MiniDV. Have been tempted
with new Sony models recording on DVD instead of MiniDV but the quality is
just not quite there yet. So pick a Canon or a Sony MiniDV in your price
range and right now good very good quality is from $800 to 1200, and good
quality from $600 to 800.
I can tell you what I do not like. The pocket size. They are nice to take
along but I have a hard time working with them. The LCD is just too small
for me. When shooting video you want to look at the LCD. Particularly when
you are shooting action, like in your horse shows. A large LCD allows you to
look at the action on the LCD and even lift your eyes from it to see were
the action will be going on and move your camcorder smoothly toward it. You
can't do this with a small LCD and you sure can't do this using the
viewfinder, unless you are a pro camera person.


"walt" <walt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4ABA4E3A-15A4-4F7B-AE50-15D483EAD4FA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks Yves, yes I do have two DVD drives double layer for burning. I do
have
> Nero that came with the computer and just got the upgrades to 6. something
> (they are free updates at their site). I also have Roxio on my old
computer.
> Do you think one is better then the other? I can upgrade my Roxio, but
that
> will be about $50 for the 7.something. Could you recommend a minidv. And
what
> are the extra things that I will need. I know you always need something
extra
> so everything works. I mean like an extra battery disks (what size) or
> whatever else you would suggest. Thanks for the help.
>
> "Yves Alarie" wrote:
>
> > Here is a good site for camcorder reviews:
> > http://www.camcorderinfo.com/d/Reviews&level_b=Camcorder.htm
> > Canon/Sony. Difficult to go wrong with them.
> > I would certainly go with the MiniDV tape format. Nothing less.
> > Your computer has all the resources to download the video from the tape,
> > edit the tape and copy to a DVD disk to distribute the DVD to
prospective
> > buyers.
> > To download the tape to your computer, you just use Movie Maker 2, part
of
> > XP, or the software that will be supplied with the camcorder.
> > To edit the tape (movie) once stored on the computer you again use Movie
> > Maker 2 or the software that will be supplied with the camcorder.
> > Now you have a "movie" file on your computer.
> > You need to copy it to a DVD disk.
> > To do this you need a DVD drive.
> > You don't mention that you have such in your computer.
> > If you don't have this, you will need to purchase such.
> > Look for an external DVD drive that can be connected to your computer
via a
> > Fire Wire port (you need this port to connect your camcorder to your
> > computer in order to download the content of the camcorder tape to your
hard
> > drive) or a USB2 port (forget about USB1, too slow for video).
> > Once you have this DVD drive connected to your computer, you can copy
the
> > movie from your hard drive to a DVD disk.
> > To do this you will need software. Widely used are Roxio and Nero
copying
> > software.
> >
> > "walt" <walt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:8486F53E-CBF6-4BA2-B07E-A6D8F25EA0F2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > I want to get a Movie Camera. I am partial to Canon. We raise and show
> > > miniature horses. I want the camera to take to shows to take video of
the
> > > events and for training and sending to prospective buyers. Can someone
> > > suggest a good medium priced video camera and what I need in the way
of
> > > software to accomplice this.
> > > I am using XP Home SP2 Gateway 7200x 1gig mem 200gig hard drive. 3.2
> > > processor. Thanks
> >
> >
> >


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