Camera Reviews - Experiences - Best, Worst, Compatability, Ease of Use

Chime in, try to keep it short and sweet. Let everyone looking to buy a camera know what's good and what's not, how easy or hard it is to use, what software you'll need to buy or download to encode. Is it worth it? For instance I am replacing a 5 year old camera with (?). I edit on a slow mac and it's faster for me to actually use a break out box for digital conversion than to transfer files in their native JVC media and convert (hence don't buy this camera). I use VisualHub for all my conversions, it has a ready for Final Cut button and it works on the JVC MOD files (aka, to use this easily, I recommend you drop $25 on visualhub or use mpegstreamclip).
Start typings, whatcha' got?

It's such a personal choice, based on your own personal needs (and budget) that it is hard to advise, but you could narrow the field by looking the models listed as supported by iMovie 11:
http://help.apple.com/imovie/cameras/en/index.html?lang=en_US

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    Hello everyone!  i have yet to upgraded to CS4 and wish to use it with the AVCHD format which I know CS4 now is now capable of.  But seeing how I can't use the trial to make sure I am comfortable going tapeless, I wish to hear your thoughts on this.  Here are a few questions I have (all with PC):
    1) I hear that importing AVCHD can end up chopped up physically due to a FAT 32 issue, is this a universal trait for premier or is it because of how a camera itself manages the format?  (I am not refering to start and stop recording on a scene, I am refering to one continuous shot of footage being chopped up because of file management)
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    3) Can I export an AVCHD project into other formats and ratio sizes without loss of picture quality? (i.e. down conversion to a 4:3 dv avi file.)
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    Bilateral Bow

    Hi Guys,
    I don't know if this helps answer your questions or not but here goes.
    I have a Dell Preciscion M6400 laptop with 8 gigs of Ram and 1 Gb Video Card with Quad Core Extreme 2.53 CPU. I edited on DV for 10 years and just in the last 12 months have switched over to AVCHD with my purchase of a Sony HDR S12 (I think I got that right...)
    At first, editing with AVCHD was a frustrating and painful experience, so much so that I would just render all the clips to AVIs before editing. When I did the update to CS4.1 I noticed that the pain considerably eased if not vanished entirely. I only shoot the "Full HD" on the camera at what it calls Full Quality 1980 x 1080 60i but which is really just anamorphic 1440 x 1080 60i as far as Adobe Premiere Settings go.
    As to your questions, here goes:
    1) I hear that importing AVCHD can end up chopped up physically due to a FAT 32 issue?
    I use Sony PMB to import my files and then drag and drop them into Premiere Pro. I've never experienced this issue. Everything imports just fine.
    2) I have also heard that AVCHD is hard to edit with:
    It is a bit draggy in terms of realtime playback most noticeably when playing back over a transition. However, I ascribe that to having a laptop computer which sort of squeaks over the finish line in terms of having the firepower to handle HD.
    I have not noticed any changes in terms of my work speed since switching from DV to AVCHD, but seeing as I bought a new computer at the same time, that may be the reason. I don't use Multicamera mode right now, so can't answer you on that. Never had any sync issues.
    3) Can I export an AVCHD project into other formats and ratio sizes without loss of picture quality?
    I do this all the time as I don't render out to Blu-Ray and have zero problems, I usually compress to MPEG 2 DVD as well as a variety of webformats in Windows Media, Quicktime H264 as well as uncompressed AVI files for mixing up with old projects.
    4) Can I work with AVCHD footage within a 4:3 DV project?
    I don't know if this goes for everybody, but in CS4.1 you don't set the project anymore to be a specific type, you set the sequences to be 4:3 DV, AVCHD,etc... and you mix and match however the hell you want. It is really liberating. Yes you have to render the final results when you mix media, but really,,,who gives a hoot.
    5) Can I use AVCHD with After Effects?  Can I have a alpha channel in this format?
    I do,usually when I am editing with AVC HD and I need an effect over the clip I simply drag the clip from Premiere over into after effects automatically creating a project of the right settings and have at it. I almost always export out using a Quicktime file so can't answer on exporting out as AVCHD.
    6) Is there effects limitations with this format (i.e. can I still do scale/move/opacity in real time or color corrections):
    I do all this and sometimes it plays through depending on how much I am scaling, dissolving, etc... all on one piece. Again, I think if I had a computer with more cajones, it would be just fine. But in the meantime, even with a little render, it works great.
    7) Are you enjoying the AVCHD editing experience?
    Honestly, I am still getting used to it. Like I said, I edited DV for a decade, so there are some growing pains as I had everything set-up perfectly. But I didn't feel like becoming a dinosaur where my neighbors 9 year old is shooting higher quality picture on his dad's 800 buck camcorder. So it was change or be antiquated.
    If it makes you feel any better, I switched over from Avid to PP because I found that the Adobe CS pipeline was way better than any singular advantages any other isolated programs have and have had zero problems with AVCHD on any program or combination thereof within this pipeline.
    What I am enjoying is the outstanding increase in image quality that AVCHD has brought over DV. I mean it is just freaking GORGEOUS by comparison. I have only used HDV once and didn't like it enough to make the switch from DV especially since it was all still outputting to regular DVD. To me it is all about familiarity. If I had stayed with that HDV format I probably would've learned to like it and use it as well. Heck, I wanted to go P2 but simply couldn't afford the camera at the time. So I settled with AVCHD. I think to truly ENJOY the experience I need a better computer because right now my computer is slower than I am and that does not make for an enjoyable editing experience.
    But on the whole, yes the pros of going AVCHD outweigh the cons in my opinion and I don't see any problems on the Adobe side with handling it, just on the firepower side.
    I do corporate video and mini-documentaries, weddings, etc... The longest project I edited with the format (mixed in with DV, some HDV and a wack of other odds and ends) was about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Didn't have any problems.
    Hope that helps.
    What I have been searching the site for is a way to export an AVCHD disc from premiere.
    Regards,
    DSW

  • Which camera will work best with the MAC? NIKON or Canon

    Contemplating on buy a camera and a MAC, but need to know which camera will work best with a MAC, Nikon or Canon? Any info is appreciated

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  • Best/Worst Labview Book for Beginner/Advanced/Good Reference

    I saw a few other posts like this one but they were not very informative.
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  • Linksys WVC80N Wireless-N Camera Review

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  • Should Windows 10 provide ease of use virtual machine to run Android, Windows XP, etc applications

    In Windows 7, I really like the easy access to Windows XP Mode that enabled me to have full compatibility to my older hardware scanner and its software (which I still use today).  Similarly, I love my Z30 Blackberry phone which allows me to run Android
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    I just went visual on this goofy looking Finn riding on a gnu, wielding
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  • What's the Best Open Source DB for use with Kodo?

    Hi everyone,
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    I have been using postgresql 7.1 with Kodo for a while with mostly positive results, and currently
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    David Ezzio <[email protected]> wrote:
    Hi everyone,
    In terms of ease of setup and use, tools to view info in the database, and least difficulty in
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    Marc Prud'hommeaux [email protected]
    SolarMetric Inc. http://www.solarmetric.com
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  • Whwt is the best simple vinyl ripping software using usb turntable

    What is the best simple vinyl ripping software using usb turntable?

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  • Ease of use

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  • CS2 issues, best version of Photoshop to use with AGS?, workarounds?

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  • New music player not satisfactory no eas of use an...

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  • The best word processing app to use on ipadmini?

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  • Best approach for performing DMLs using stored procedures

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  • [svn:fx-trunk] 11492: Checking in additional tweaks to SWC filtering when compatibility-version is used .

    Revision: 11492
    Author:   [email protected]
    Date:     2009-11-06 05:18:44 -0800 (Fri, 06 Nov 2009)
    Log Message:
    Checking in additional tweaks to SWC filtering when compatibility-version is used.  Pushing the majority of thes
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    QE notes: None
    Doc notes: None
    Bugs: None
    Reviewer: Paul
    Tests run: Checkin
    Is noteworthy for integration: No
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        flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/sparkskins/build.xml
        flex/sdk/trunk/modules/compiler/src/java/flex2/compiler/asdoc/AsDocAPI.java
        flex/sdk/trunk/modules/compiler/src/java/flex2/compiler/common/CompilerConfiguration.java
        flex/sdk/trunk/modules/compiler/src/java/flex2/compiler/common/MxmlConfiguration.java
        flex/sdk/trunk/modules/compiler/src/java/flex2/compiler/swc/SwcCache.java
        flex/sdk/trunk/modules/compiler/src/java/flex2/tools/Compc.java
        flex/sdk/trunk/modules/compiler/src/java/flex2/tools/CompcPreLink.java
        flex/sdk/trunk/modules/compiler/src/java/flex2/tools/Fcsh.java
        flex/sdk/trunk/modules/compiler/src/java/flex2/tools/Mxmlc.java
        flex/sdk/trunk/modules/compiler/src/java/flex2/tools/PreLink.java
        flex/sdk/trunk/modules/compiler/src/java/flex2/tools/oem/Application.java
        flex/sdk/trunk/modules/compiler/src/java/flex2/tools/oem/Library.java
        flex/sdk/trunk/modules/compiler/src/java/flex2/tools_en.properties

    Remember that Arch Arm is a different distribution, but we try to bend the rules and provide limited support for them.  This may or may not be unique to Arch Arm, so you might try asking on their forums as well.

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