Anyone familiar with the array of cameras out there? I am looking all over the net but being I do not have any experience with cameras for video recording, I figured I’d ask about other people’s experience. I’d like to use the camera for videos recorded in the gym, outside, and at home. Someone wants to buy me one as a gift, and I figure the ballpark budget is 200 to 400 bucks.
Most newer smart phones have good cameras on them.
Have them buy you a iPhone, or Samsung, same price range and it will be a music player, web browser, facebook and text machine you can make phone calls on too.
Thanks for this. I have an old style phone–never got into the whole iphone thing. Do such phones allow videos of up to 30 minutes?
The cool thing about the phones today is you can link them to your YouTube page and upload them instantly.
If you want a stand alone GoPro would be a good choice
[quote]BrickHead wrote:
Do such phones allow videos of up to 30 minutes? [/quote]
That I don’t know…
I assume so, but would likely sacrifice quality… Not sure.
I know you can put larger SD cards in android phones, but limited to space provided from manufacturer with Apple.
HD camcorders that used to cost over $1000 several years ago are now in the $100-300 range from what I can tell. The new more expensive $1000-2000 camcorders shoot in 4k video and have bigger sensors. Real glass also costs money so the bigger ones with higher quality glass (pro-sumer models) are still expensive, but they seem to be loading these with the 4k video as well.
I’ve always liked Cannon products but in the $100-300 range I doubt there are major differences other than some use memory cards and others use internal hard drives.
I’ve nabbed plenty of decent quality short videos with my Iphone, but a simple Flipcamera I got a few years back only ran me about $200, and is HD quality, plugging right into a USB port of any laptop. I think it held 1-2 hours worth, which is plenty for grabbing quick gym clips. While the model may not still be in production, I’m sure there are others of similar stats available fairly inexpensively.
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[quote]BrickHead wrote:
Thanks for this. I have an old style phone–never got into the whole iphone thing. Do such phones allow videos of up to 30 minutes? [/quote]
Bear in mind that you’ll have to pay for a data plan if you upgrade to a smart phone. That may influence your decision.
Thanks for the info people.
Thanks people. I decided to go with this because of a great deal of positive reviews I’ve read online and watched on You Tube.