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Digital Camcorders

PhilipMarlowe · 2000-12-14 14:37:00

A good idea or not....? I want to get a camcorder anyway so I was leaning towards digital but would like to know if ye have any experience of them... Prices of the Canon ones I was looking at are £1k -> £1.5k so I dont particularly want to make a mistake Worth it or not? (bearing in mind that even if they are crap, at…

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A good idea or not....?
I want to get a camcorder anyway so I was leaning towards digital but would like to know if ye have any experience of them... Prices of the Canon ones I was looking at are £1k -> £1.5k so I dont particularly want to make a mistake

Worth it or not? (bearing in mind that even if they are crap, at least it will be a gadget, and as such holds a "gadget value" which is always important...

Don't even think about it...™

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#2 14-12-2000 11:08pm

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Digital is really the way forward, how much you want to spend is up to you, you can get a fairly decent camera for 1k -> 1.5 K.

Make wise its prefrence, most offer same facilities. Look out for the gimick things, stay away from them. IE the camera that does 2000000000 In camera fades etc.

John

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