Indoor sport camcorder recommendation

Can anyone recommend a cheap/reasonable HD camcorder for indoor sports, that works well with PE 8?
Thanks!

Thats correct Steve, hi-def.
Thanks!!!
Chuck Roessler
Steve Grisetti <[email protected]> wrote:
HD as in hi-def, right? Not as in hard drive.
Best choice is the Canon HV series. These are tape-based HDV camcorders that sell for about $600-700. It's hard to find tape-based camcorders in stores, but you can still find them online. Premiere Elements handles these video files very efficiently and the results are excellent!
The Canon HF series are AVCHD hard-drive hi-def camcorders. They cost about the same and are pretty easy to come by. But AVCHD can be very challenging for some computers to work with. Most people successfully editing it are using quad core processors -- and some people have found that even that isn't enough to work with AVCHD in Premiere Elements 8.
So it's your call. These are both excellent camcorders. Though, if it were me, I'd definitely try to find a Canon HV.
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I imagine you are searching other resources such as videography and camera user forums instead of editing forums. Uf you are posting to multiple forums, please take the effort to go back to all of them and close the inquiries by including any helpful information you acquire.
*> Is there such a thing that will record well enough to make broadcast work .<*
The term "broadcast" is meaningless these days. Anything can go to air. A miniature, waterproof, shocked and armored camera, sending a signal to a body pack recorder/storage system, that will not compromise a competitor's ability, probably will be low rez and produce a highly compressed file in a non-standard frame rate.
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Shooting indoor sports (basketball,volleyball) I need a fast shutter speed and I can't use a flash which set up is better working with photo shop CS5. The answer to question 1 and then is option 2 or option 3 better.equipment = Nikon D300 with Nikon ED 80-200 mm 2.8 lenses
1. RAW vs JPG
2. Low ISO (200 - 400) and adjust the under exposure in post processing
3. use High ISO (2500 to 3200) to get correct exposure and deal with noise if needed

Your best bet, if you're going to shoot JPEG, is to try to get proper exposure. Contrary to popular lore it IS feasible to edit JPEGs - some - but it's usually best not to have to push them much. The most modern cameras deliver great performance at high ISO, with good noise reduction right in the body. With these, cranking the ISO setting up - way up - just isn't the problem it once was.
The larger the lens aperture the better for low light shooting. And as an added bonus, if the camera autofocuses well and quickly, the short depth of field you get when shooting wide open can often set players off from their surroundings and produce really professional looking results. Ever see the banks of professional photographers with giant lenses along the sidelines at professional sports events? These, of course, are not cheap. Such is the entry fee into sports photography.
Indoor sports arenas are often lit with lights that flicker 120 times per second. You want to remember that when choosing shutter speeds, and realize that high shutter speed shots may look darker than you expect. You can get some strange colors, too, depending on the lights. There are also sometimes remote house flash systems set up for professional photographers to rent/use. I have no personal experience with those, but I've seen them used.
Keep in mind it's highly important to set the white balance properly in the camera if you're going to shoot JPEGs.
Finally, the best advice I can give is to get out to the venues you're going to be shooting at and just TRY a few different modes and settings, to see for yourself how the results are going to come out. Take the images home and process them into the products you expect to sell, and be objective about whether the results will be something people will pay for. Practice makes perfect.
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What manual settings should I have for indoor sports?

I have a Powershot SX500 IS. I would like to take good pictures of indoor sporting event, for example Volleyball. What would be the best setting as far as F-stop, Shutter Speed for decent action shots?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

The short answer: open up your aperture all the way, bump up your ISO as far as you're willing to take it (Is 1600 ok on that camera?), and then as fast a shutter speed as exposure allows. Don't zoom in too far.
Long answer:
It depends.
Are you trying to completely freeze the motion? Or would you like perhaps a bit, like the hand of someone spiking a ball to show the movement? Maybe you want a lot, use a slow shutter speed and pan as a car goes by. You need to decide this ahead of time.
Everything else will be some give and take. Usually shooting indoors means pushing the limits of your camera, and yours is no exception. There are many different ways to do it, but here’s how I’d go about it:
I’d select the lens I want (not applicable to you) given the situation. Keep in mind that longer lenses require faster shutter speeds for sharp photos.
I’d set my aperture for my needs. Is it a lot of fast action and I want to make sure I get the shot? I’d go more middle of the road (f/5.6 – 8) to make sure I get my subject sharp. If it’s slower or I’m not worried about getting every shot I usually open it up as far as I’m comfortable with for that lens. I prefer how it looks, and since I’m indoors it gives me all the light I can.
I usually want a bit of movement (tires on a bike, tip of a baseball bat, hand of volleyball player, …) to give some life to my photos, so I’ll start around 1/200 or so and adjust from there depending on what I’m shooting.
Then I’ll just set my ISO for my exposure. If that requires too high an ISO for my liking, I make compromises, open up the shutter a bit, or lower the speed a bit.
This is a cyclic process, I’m constantly going over this as I shoot. If I decide I want a bit more motion then I’ll bring my shutter speed down, knowing that I can bump my ISO down a bit too for cleaner photos. Not enough depth of field? I adjust, and know that it’s going to cost me in ISO.

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My 13 yr old grandson has been making and editing videos for a number of years. He uses a Macbook and Final Cut Express to edit his films. He films action videos with two or three "actors" both indoors and out. His camcorder until now has been a Flip but it is time to upgrade. The new camcorder must have an external mic jack (and perhaps there are other must-haves that I am unaware of, eg, lights???). budget for the camcorder is $500. Can anyone recommend a particular camcorder that is Apple compatible. Family members are looking to buy camcorder accessories for Christmas presents so any recommendations for those are also appreciated.

I'd suggest the following model lines for your stated price range, but you will have to do your own research to see what specific models best meet your requirements. There are models in each line under $500 that have inputs for external microphones.
Canon Vixia HF series
Sony HDR-CX and HDR-XR series
Panasonic HDC-TM and HDC-HS series.
I can also recommend the Canon HV40 and its predecessors the HV30 and HV20. However they are HDV camcorders and while the HDV format is still very much in use it has largely been overshadowed by AVCHD camcorders in the marketplace.
At a minimum, make sure the camcorder is an AVCHD or HDV camcorder. If those logos are not on the camera and/or in the manual then beware. (Beware if the specs only say H.264, MPEG4, AVC or HD but don't actually specify AVCHD or HDV.)
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I have a sony W1 5mp, not really used the video function much
though.
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>> General home movies - we have a baby on the way. So
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>> that comes with a new baby
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> Well, for that, pretty much anything in that price range
will likely be
> fine.
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> Again, as i mentioned in the other thread, I've found
cam corders to be
> less needed these days if you mainly just want to take
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> Unless you're filiming an entire wedding, I've found the
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>
> Things to consider with camcorders:
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> - optical zoom (more the better, typically)
> - LCD quality (go outside with it before you buy it)
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> -Darrel
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