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  1. 5th Mar 2010 13:15 #1
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    im looking at the prospect of buying a hd camcorder with a view to producing a quality HD file for editing

    is there any particular type of file that i should be looking for?

    ive heard of avchd but from what ive gleamed from this web site its quite a lossy file type.

    some camcorder specs talk of outputing 'live hd' but oive no idea what that means..
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    "a quality HD file" ?? what's the budget? what is the camera going to be used to shoot? set shots off of a tripod? fast action handheld? home movies in low light? the next avatar?
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    point taken

    the budget is around 1500 us dollars so not much really

    its just for home movies off tripod
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    HDV cams are a good all round consumer choice. canon hv40 or 30 might fit. with the extra money buy an add-on mic, extra batteries, and the best tripod you can afford/carry.

    HDV is easy enough for most editors to handle.
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