March 07, 2006
Samsung Video Camera
One of my students brought in a video camera today for a bit of a lesson on how to use it. It is brand new but didn't come with an instruction manual. Nothing much unusual there. But it cost a massive AU$200.00. (Roughly US$150.00) Sure its Hi8, fairly large, and old technology, but Hi8 is equal to DVD and MiniDV in quality and the larger drum will not wear as quickly (My MiniDV is showing signs of wear.) My first Vedeo 8 camera (a fairly basic one at that) cost over $3000.00 in 1987. The only drawback with this camera is that it does not have a microphone input (it has a fairly noisy mechanism.) Yet for a family taking home videos it's remarkably good value for money.
Posted by andrewrenaut at 04:05 PM