I've never owned a camcorder

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jinduy

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i'm debating to spend about $930 total on the canon hv20 cam just because i figure it might come in very handy some day for a trip or some outing...

so i'm curious if anyone has ever bought it for no real purpose but has found it to be worth it or a waste of money

thanks
 
KLin

KLin

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I spent 500 bucks on my Canon s30 about 4 years ago, and never really used it all that much.
 
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imported_Mike

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Bought one to use back when Digital 8 was premo. $1k waste of money. Used it several times but not worth the money spent IMO.
 
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Spoooon

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My wife and I got a miniDV one for Christmas. I played with it for a while. My wife has not used it yet. I don't think she wants to.

There really isn't anything to regret, but I can think of other things I would have liked to get instead.
 
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iamaelephant

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All of my friends who have bought camcorders have said it's a waste of money and they haven't used them. Get a really nice still camera, you'll use it a lot more.
 
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GRIFFIN1

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I'm thinking about getting one so I can upload 20 minutes videos of my cat sleeping to Youtube. All my videos will have heavy metal sound tracks to keep them from being boring.
 
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TheGizmo

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i bought an older model DV cam for $300 at best buy open box.. it was worth it, but what i don't understand is why you're trying to buy a high-end one while you don't even have a use for a low-end one. :confused:
 
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McCarthy

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Get a cheap camcorder if you get one at all. If you end up using it, upgrade.

These days a digi still camera with a half decent video function fits most needs. What you give up in quality you make up in actually having some short videos to watch in the future.
 
sdifox

sdifox

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Sep 30, 2005
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wife wanted one so we got one... I said we would not use it much and I was right. She is too lazy to use it and I am more of a stills person.
 
nakedfrog

nakedfrog

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Buy a nice digicam and some memory cards. Unless you can think of a circumstance where you want to shoot more than 10-20 minutes of consecutive video at once.
We have a pretty nice Sharp that we got free... the battery is toast, but even when it wasn't, it hardly got used.
 
purbeast0

purbeast0

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Sep 13, 2001
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I bought one a few years ago and honestly I never use it. I use it maybe once a year and it's only when I go on vacation. And I usually don't use it, my girlfriend does.

Digital camera on the other hand, I use that often.
 
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bl4ckfl4g

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I know alot of people that buy them and don't use them. I have one and use it alot though. I like to edit.
 
radioouman

radioouman

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Bought it last year, used it twice. It's fun for making videos when boating. Otherwise I prefer a still camera. I'd love to have an HD camcorder.
 
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ivol07

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I bought a Sony camcorder a couple years back and rarely used it. The quality was average and it was a huge pain to get the video to a PC. Now that I've bought an HV20 I use it a lot more than I ever used the Sony. The quality is so good that I want to film stuff just so I can see it later. Also because it's so small it's way easier to take with me places. And mini-DV is so easy to transfer to my PC. I bought it in the first place because my wife and I are planning on having a baby soon, but in the mean time I've put a lot of hours on it.
 
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Lola

we owned one a while ago and although we took it on vacation with us, we never really used it.
however, i am wanting to try it again for our upcoming holiday since i have seen some neat progams that you can make home movies look a lot better and more professional than before. who knows thouhg.
 
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MercenaryForHire

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Just saw LolaWiz as the last post in a camcorder thread and had to check in.

Very dissapointed at the lack of naughtiness. :p

- M4H
 
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Lola

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Just saw LolaWiz as the last post in a camcorder thread and had to check in.

Very dissapointed at the lack of naughtiness. :p

- M4H
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hey i am coming up on 10k posts, i don't want to get banned before i hit lifer. :eek: I have never been banned and i don't want to be now.
Plus, a lady never tells. :D
 
pontifex

pontifex

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Originally posted by: ivol07
I bought a Sony camcorder a couple years back and rarely used it. The quality was average and it was a huge pain to get the video to a PC. Now that I've bought an HV20 I use it a lot more than I ever used the Sony. The quality is so good that I want to film stuff just so I can see it later. Also because it's so small it's way easier to take with me places. And mini-DV is so easy to transfer to my PC. I bought it in the first place because my wife and I are planning on having a baby soon, but in the mean time I've put a lot of hours on it.[/q]

video of the attempt to make a baby?
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