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    I'm in the market for a new video cam, but have no idea where to begin. Any suggestions on brand or format or whatever?
    You'll get your chance, smart guy.

    #2
    Definately go for something with a hard drive.

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      #3
      I have the HDR-SR12. I can't recommend the sony HD hard disk cams enough, ESPECIALLY if you have a mac with the latest iMovie. I will give you an example. We went out yesterday to do a test with ballast and removing our swim deck. I came home and had about 20 minutes of clips on the disk. If you are used to tape, this is completely different. Every time you start record and stop, it just makes a FILE on your camera. You can watch from your cam, even delete just one file before you get home. Plus, this thing takes great stills.

      Now, I get home and the new iMovie recognizes the new sony AVCHD format. So I just start iMovie and connect the camera to my computer. This camera came with a base station so I just pop in and turn on and iMovie recognizes it. iMovie brings up a dialog to either import all or you can select by icons for each file, and even preview before you import. I just hit import all. It takes a couple of minutes. You have a bin now of your footage, which you just roll your mouse over to scrub the clips and see them, select portions and drop in a new project. Drop a song behind them, and add a title and some transitions. I made this video in 15 mins from the time I started importing from camera. Then I click "Publish to MobileMe Gallery". Or I could publish to youtube from within iMovie. I just select what sizes I want on mobile me, and it automatically sizes and uploads to my gallery. Done.

      I own the entire Final Cut Studio and also do professional video editing and have for years, but nothing beats the above setup for just creating great personal memories and publishing for family and friends to see. Here are some examples with the HDR-SR12 and iMovie.

      http://gallery.me.com/ragboy/100384

      http://gallery.me.com/ragboy/100353

      http://gallery.me.com/ragboy/100330

      http://gallery.me.com/ragboy/100316

      Here is with my previous camera, still great, still sony hd cam, but first gen hdr-sr1

      http://gallery.me.com/ragboy/100298

      These are stills that were taken with the SR12. The cool thing about these stills, is they were taken WHILE video taping. This is why I upgraded, you can only do 2 or 3 while taping with the SR1, you can do as many as you have space for on the SR12.

      http://gallery.me.com/ragboy#100361&...lack&view=grid
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        #4
        What if you don't have a Mac? How well does it work it a PC?

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          #5
          I purchased the Sony SR11 before summer. It is the same camera ragboy has, except it has a smaller hard drive (60GB). It is $100 - $200 cheaper and I don't think I will ever fill the hard drive, I think we figured it out that it will record 5 hours at full HD 1080.

          $798 with free shipping and sales tax only in NJ.
          http://www.butterflyphoto.com/prodinfo.phtml?id=316
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            #6
            Originally posted by LovinPowell View Post
            What if you don't have a Mac? How well does it work it a PC?
            What editing software are you using LP?

            Movie Maker? Avid?
            Mike Allen, Tigé owner since 1997

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              #7
              If you have a pc, I would recommend one of the adobe premiere products that support AVCHD. It will work well. iMovie is really sharp though, and this is also its weakness, because it is so limited. You can't do much. But for throwing a few clips up with music behind, couple titles, couple simple transitions, there is nothing better. The extra stuff is nice, but it just takes more of your time.
              http://wake9.com/

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                #8
                I love this place. Ask a stupid question and get an intelligent answer. Several! I'm basically all Sony/Mac, so...

                Thanks for the tip Rag.

                Thanks for the hook T.A.
                Last edited by NICKYPOO; 10-20-2008, 05:13 AM.
                You'll get your chance, smart guy.

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                  #9
                  X-2 on what Ragboy said. I have the HDR-SR10 and a Mac. I couldn't be more happy with it. It is easy to use and has great quality. Also on a side note. I plugged the camera into my Dad's 1080i Flat panel TV using the composite video cable provide with camera. I was showing him the wakeboarding footage I had recorded that day. I was blown away. I felt like you were in the boat. You could see everything so clearly. The great thing about the MAC is when I burned it to a DVD I didn't lose any of that quality.
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                    #10
                    Well, just got my hands on my new HDR-SR10. Neato! $629 out the door. Can't wait to start making movies. Thanks fellas.
                    You'll get your chance, smart guy.

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                      #11
                      Nice!!! Enjoy!!

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by NICKYPOO View Post
                        Well, just got my hands on my new HDR-SR10. Neato! $629 out the door. Can't wait to start making movies. Thanks fellas.
                        Congratulations. Where did you get it from?
                        Mike Allen, Tigé owner since 1997

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                          #13
                          http://shopdigitaldirect.com/catalog...oducts_id=7669

                          what about that, good deal or no?
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                            #14
                            that seems like a really good deal, wonder if it's legit??
                            Originally posted by G-MONEY
                            It hurts me to say it but go OU but only for this weekend!!!!

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                              #15
                              most places with deals like that are scams. They won't sell the camera to you, unless you also buy memory stick, and/or case or something, that are EXTREMELY overpriced. The SR12 for $1000 would be a good deal.
                              http://wake9.com/

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