Mini DV advice.

[whooosh]

Anyone could recommend a MiniDV Camcorder thats around $1500? I know that the best one out there is probably the Cannon XL1..and its around $3000. I'm looking for something with a good picture quality rather then alot of useless features. I'm thinking of doing something like the film the following film, 405.
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilm/skeletons/film_detail/0,1263,204155,00.html
Thanks in advance

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[KMurphy]

The canon GL1 is slightly over your limit, but IMO is worth the $500 extra. Compatability is an issue (or was) with this camera though. The ADS Pyro card (and drivers) works great with mine.

 

[Guybrush]

The Canon Optura Pi is pretty solid, not a 3-ccd but only around 1200-1300. By the time you get a wide-angle lens and other stuff, it'll run you around 1500.

I was looking in your price range too, and it came down to the Pi or the Sony TRV-20. Couldn't pull a good matte off it, but that's a codec issue and the fact I'm an amateur
GL-1 is nice, but I couldn't justify spending so much on my first camera.

Check out these places:

http://www.i-depth.com/P/o/ow00412.frm.camcorder.html

terribly organized but it's got some good info.


http://www.2-pop.com/

check out the camcorder forum, it's geared towards the 3-ccd cameras

 

[DirkBelig]

I picked up a new Sony TRV-310 for $690 shipped on eBay. Toss in a $75 ADS Pyro card from Buy.com that included Media Studio Pro 6 VE (slightly stripped, still equipped and has all the important features intact) and I was in business.

I'm editing some trip footage right now and it's going OK except that MSP's Capture Utility won't let me save it where I want to.:|

I wanted to get my chops down in a budget style before blowing a fortune on GL1's or XL-1's, ya know?

 

[Passions]

Ive used the Canon Optura, its a neat lil camera but I think u can get a better camera for the money.

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

What about a Sony TRV-10? They are tiny and the picture is sharp!

 

[Guybrush]

Not the Optura, but the Optura Pi. Huge difference.