Repair camera or buy new?
During a holiday trip to Italy, my trusty old Panasonic NV-DS38 PAL mini-DV camera broke down. It's from 2001 and it seems as it's the tape mechanims. It seems as it can't pull the tape out of the cartridge. Yes, I tried cleaning it and I tried several different tapes.
Now, how much better is a 2007 model compared to a 2001 model?
Or, in other words, should I repair it or buy new?
It must be a miniDV camera as I have loads of tapes. I have no need for HDV as I don't have a blu-ray burner or player and I don't have a HD-TV.
My camera has 15x optical zoom that I like.
It has digital picture stabilization (that doesn't work when zooming or panning).
It has analog in- and output.
I also have a wide angle adapter that's really useful indoors.
It also has decent low light capability.
So, what is your opinion?
What about low light capability on 1-CCD vs 3-CCD? Which is best?
there's no generic answer on that, cause:
it depends on optics of camera and of size of ccd.. you should use guides as camcorderinfo.com, which provide indepth info on that.. some camcorders shout '3cdd!' but with small chips.. = due to the process of 'splitting' the incoming light, some show noticable 'noise' under low light conditions.. so, a good 1ccd could offer better pic quality than a cheapo 3ccd ...
so, if 3ccd, then 'full size' ccd... as the Pana gs400 I mentioned above ...
if you do not need analog-in, there's a very wide range of products... I like to 'touch' such devices, wether my fingers find all knobs&switches... when I bought my Sony (I like Sony, excellent quality, Zeiss opttics, Stamina battery management etc) , the other competitor was a very small Panasonic.. would be my 'shirt pocket' camcorder... finally too small for my hands..
and, it depends on your needs of 'manual control', some devices offer a 'focus ring' as on old film cameras, other allow settings only on touchscreens... free white balance?
do you need ext. mic input?
If I had to buy a new one, I would look only for optics, lenses + full size 3 ccd...
... and, after winning the lottery, that HiDef AVCHD HDD-JVC thingie..
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