Recommend camcorder please

First of all, Tom Wolsky's video from Class on Demand is the best tutorial I've ever owned.
Can anyone recommend a camcorder that will just plug in and play with FCE4?
I would like a hard disk camera or flash camera to avoid disks/tapes, but the ones I've used so far (Canon HG10) take too long to transfer files, or (Sony DCR-SR100) requires a converter.
I don't care about high def, I just want to shoot, plug, and edit without converters or extra wires.
Thanks for your help.

No standard def hard drive or memory card cameras are plug and play with FCE. The only HD and card cameras that work are AVCHD cameras. So you're kind of forced to use HD, which does take a lot of space and requires a good computer.
Thank you very much for the kind words BTW.

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Recommendations For Camcorder Please?

I just found out that it's a great big hassle to use my Hitachi DZ-HS300A in conjunction with my iBook/imovies. I have iMovie HD 5.0(v94) which I just installed because I was so impressed at a performance art show with iMovie.
Does anyone have a suggestion for a reasonably priced camcorder the IS compatable with iMovies/mac?

iMovie uses video in the .dv format, so that means you'd have no compression or quality loss problems by getting a camcorder that records to miniDV tapes. Any miniDV camcorder that has a Firewire port will probably work well with iMovie. I have always used Sonys, and have had several, from the TRV10 to my current DCR-HC26. All of them work great with iMovie. I import my movies and also export them back to the camcorder DV tapes for storage. Although I have iLife 08, and use its iPhoto, iTunes and iDVD, I continue to use iMovie HD 6 for my movies because iMovie 8 does not have the option to record back to camcorder.
Because many of the new camcorders record to DVD or hard disk, the mini DV camcorders prices have come down. You can probably get something you like for under $300, possibly a lot less if it is an older model.
Essential for iMovie versions prior to 08, the camcorder must connect to your computer with a Firewire cable. Sony calls this iLink--same thing.
You don't have to install any software, just insert a miniDV tape, record whatever you want, then connect the camcorder to your computer, open iMovie and import the recorded footage!
The final choice of exactly which one to buy will depend on what other things you need for your camcorder besides capability of importing into iMovie.
For example, if you will want to capture footage from old VHS tapes to miniDV tapes using this camcorder, you will need to carefully question a salesperson, even going so far as to request that you read the manual, to determine if this camcorder can do that.
My older DCR-HC 30 can, but my newer HC-26 cannot (so I had to use my TRV 10 for this, even though its other functions are not working well) and I did not discover it until after I had purchased the camcorder and taken it home and used it. You have to look at the manual to see if it can do this. This function is important to me, and the salesman had no idea about it, telling me that another model would do this, but discovered it could not when I insisted that he look at the manual. So, be persistent with what you need and want. Sadly, many salespeople don't have accurate knowledge of iMovie.
Do you really want to record from VHS to miniDV tapes, or are you ok with using the camcorder in a pass-through manner to record directly into iMovie? Or using a converter instead of a camcorder?
Do you need more low-light capacity for recording inside with limited lighting?
Are you more comfortable with a smaller size camcorder, something easier to carry around?
You need to go to a store and put your hands on some different models. Don't be swayed by claims of super digital zooms....look for a good range for optical zoom; mine is 20x and is fine for most all of my recordings.

Which Camcorder Please

I have narrowed down my search to two camcorders either the Canon HV20 HD which is a HDV Camera or the Samsung HMX20 High Definition Camcorder which uses an SD card. I am just stuck as to which one to choose. Any help again would be highly appreciated. I have read all the reviews but it helps to hear from people that have either used them first hand or know about this stuff. I will mainly be using iMovie. I travel to Canada for two tears in 8 weeks so was wanting to capture all my experience and then the best bits cut and burn to DVD to send back to England so family and frieds can see what I have been up to.

it does not really matter that much if you are going to shoot in HDV, which will look better in any case than DV, though it may take longer to render. For iMovie there are some recommendation I saw somewhere in the iMovie documentation. As long as you finding a camera that you can easily operate that would be my criteria. Quality-wise HDV is HDV.

Recommended Camcorder

Hi
I am looking into a new mini DV camcorder, anything within £500 im preferably looking for and it would be good if it had a A/D Converter or DV In (which ever one you need for monitoring).
Any help would be much appreciated thanks...

It's usually called DV-IN.
I would recommend taking a look at the Panasonic range as they are reasonably priced and reliable.
Which is the best for you can only be answered by yourself. Ask a hundred people and you will get a hundred different answers!
If recording interviews, speeches etc. is important, make sure it has a socket for an external microphone.
If you can find the model you want at John Lewis, they will match any other lower price (not mail order) and you get a 2 year guarantee as standard.
Ian.

Recommended Camcorder for Importing Ease?

I'm considering finally replacing my tape DV camcorder (not 'mini-DV'). It's really old.
I want to get an HD camcorder but there are so many choices. I read about the iFrame format, but it looks like only Sanyo has that and I read a review by a user that said the iFrame format really wasn't helpful and didn't give full resolution.
I don't fully understand what is going to happen with the importing of the newer digital formats, but I'm interested in the easiest and fasted way of bringing the movies into iMovie without losing the quality, but also without bloating my HDD usage.
Does such an experience exist?
What do people here recommend? What are your experiences?
kazoo

Oops. I meant FS20 Anyway, thank you for your help, but I somehow all my problems vanished anyway: the video I had downloaded from the built-in flash memory of the FS20 needed infinite format conversion, had all kinds of image stab artifacts etc... Plus, I couldn't download from my removable SDHC card to my laptop...
SO I bought a card reader and VIOLA! ...all video is PERFECT - no conversion required, whether or not I had image stab enabled on the camera or not. So what I do now is transfer video from the built-in memory to the card and pop the card into the reader. When the laptop senses that, it launches iMovie (which can't recognize my FS20 via USB) and I go from there - EFFORTLESS as I had expected from a Mac!
Folks are probably rolling their eyes as this is probably common knowledge, but it is news to me...now I'm going to go call my family to wish them Merry Christmas on this thing called a "telephone" - you should check it out!
MMM

Suggestions on camcorder,please

Hi All,
My beloved canon XL1 is near the end of it's lifespan (repeatedly sent in for repairs and still chewing up tapes). My boss has approved up to $5,000 for a new camcorder, preferably miniDV cassettes.
Any suggestions on a good, tough, easy to use camcorder that plays nice with FCP?
I videotape lots of workshops where the speaker is across the room and the lights are dimmed part-way through for powerpoint slides and in the schools themselves where I can be jostled by students, etc.

Let me preface this response by saying that i'm not a video
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Big problems with Firewire iPod and camcorder - please help!

Hi all,
I don't know where else to turn with this problem. I think I've damaged my Firewire kit.
I have an iPod 4G 20GB and a Canon MV901 MiniDV Camcorder. I used them both over Firewire with my Pismo without difficulty, but I then tried video editing on my Windows machine with a firewire PCI card. Scrabbling around the back of my computer, I think I somehow managed to get the firewire cable to the camcorder in the socket upside down, reversing the power and data conncectors. Nothing really happened, but the camcorder stopped showing up. I tried it a good few times, then tried my iPod. By some bizarre coincidence, I think I managed to plug the iPod in the same way. Now, my iPod doesn't work on either the Windows machine or the Pismo over firewire, but does over USB2.0 on my Windows machine.
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Rob,
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You can take a look at the voltage specs for FireWire ports and see that your voltage readings are well withing specs:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58207
I am not sure where you go from here. You could try a known-good FireWire device connected to your Pismo and see if it works. If not, the data-side of the FW port may have failed. I don't know about testing the iPod or camcorder.
A possible cheap fix for the Pismo FireWire is a FireWire PC card; if running 10.x, it will just be a plug & play affair. However, unlike built-in FireWire ports, FireWire PC cards supply very little bus power. Your camcorder will work since it has it owns power supply (assuming there is no hardware failure) and but am unsure about the iPod. The iPod will not charge, of course, but it may still work in data transfers. There are a few FireWire PC cards that also have their own power supply.

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Hi musicmylife,
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I have not yet tried Win 7 myself, hopefully others with direct experience will share. But I recently came across the following comparison of XP, Vista and 7 that you might find useful:
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Camcorder recommendations please

I just purchased a new macbook which does not have firewire. Any recommendations on a new camcorder, please??? I ill use primarily for new granddaughter and hiking. Looking at Sony and Canon high def.

I just purchased a new macbook which does not have firewire.
Well, that narrows your choices significantly right there.
Looking at Sony and Canon high def
And that narrows them again. Part of this equation is what application do you intend to edit with? If you just want to stick with iMovie, here's the complete list:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3290#2
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>I have "CSS The Missing Manual" and even though I'd say
it's a great book.
>It
> does not tell you "how to."
> All the books I have read gives you templates, I want to
"know how it was
> done." Seeing a template already made up does not show
you how to build
> your
> own. Yea you can can look at the codes in the
Dreamweaver templates but
> what
> happens if you want to build your own? Why was this DIV
placed here? How
> do I
> create another Column?
>
> There are so much I'm not learning.
>
> I am looking for a book that will assume I know nothing
about CSS and
> tells
> me, "to make an elastic layout, do this." "To make a
liquid layout do
> this,
> write this, use these tags."
>
> Any recommendations? Please help.
>
> I would like to go to school for this, but can't afford
it at the moment.
>
> Patrick
>

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Must work perfectly with the G5 in OS 10.4.
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Karen,
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