hey guys, i just saw this on the front page of the new k-mart catalog and there's a $70 HD Video Camera. it looks pretty good, it has a mini-screen so you can see what you're filming. it's a no-name brand.
thanks all
$70 HD Video Camera from K-Mart?
ThePensioner on 03/11/2011 - 22:42
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ok, thanks bro. yea, that's the exact one i'm looking at now.
what do you think? it's $60 not $70 so my mistake. i've never owned a digital camera before; only an old school kodak camera.
Just buy a normal (midrange) digital still camera with decent video capabilities. That way, you can use it for TWO things (and the video will be the least often used).
can't this be used for still images?
Far "cheaper" in the long run to buy a "digital still camera", preferrably one with a bit of quality about it, eg: Canon A1200 @ approx $90.
It takes beautiful movies inc sound and stills as well. You will also have something of quality rather than a disappointlment.AFAIK all digital still cameras now take movies and they all have a mini screen.
I have an almost new movie camera ($1000) sitting in the bottom of my cupboard and don't use it because the still camera takes far better movies.
What I am saying is what the others above have tried to advise you.
Pretty sure the still images from this will be terrible - most proper video cameras seem poorly optimized for stills, let alone this one. My one takes awesome video but rubbish stills - no matter, that's what my stills camera is for!
As for using a compact camera as a video camera, yes, most of them would probably beat the pants of this one (including the one xywolap mentioned). Keep in mind though that sound quality is usually not as good as a dedicated video camera (my Olympus E-PL1, which is a few steps above a compact camera, has rubbish audio compared to my HDC-SD9) and may not let you zoom during recording or have noisy zoom motors that disrupt the audio in video recordings.
But if you're on a budget, a compact camera is indeed the better choice. Try to look for ones that advertise a stereo microphone as this will give you better audio over the usual mono mics. But you'll probably have to either try the camera to find out about how it zooms during videos.
Don't bother with this camera it's rubbish.
Haha, i remember some guy coming over to our workplace to try sell a HD Camcorder. Turns out it was a fake 'toy' camcorder with a 'copyright infringement' sticker placed over it. Three employees bought it and found out they got ripped off. The seller was never seen again. he got away with over $1000 bucks!
Thank you. I think you can not beat that price. We have never heard cheaper price than that.
Is it the one showing up on the bottom left here?: http://www.kmart.com.au/catalogue/catalogue.aspx?CatalogueID…
From my past experiences, cheap camcorders like this often use sensors usually found in cheap mobile phones rather than the proper video camera ones. As a consequence the picture often goes to the dogs in anything less than excellent light. Also note that this camera has no optical zoom (there is digital zoom, but trust me, you don't want to use that) nor does it have image stabilization - most camcorder users I know use (or even need) both of these!
If you want to film important family events like holidays, weddings, birthdays and the like, I strongly recommend investing in a better video camera - even $350 will get you a very respectable Sony Full HD camcorder with zoom and OIS: http://www.binglee.com.au/sony-hdrcx110b-hd-handycam-camcord… . I bought a Panasonic HDC-SD9 Full HD camcorder for $600 quite a while ago - after numerous holidays, birthdays and the like, I am glad I spent the extra to get good quality recordings that will last the years to come!
On the other hand, if you just want it to experiment, learn, fool around, etc - why not, its $70!