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Best Pro Am Video Camera?
What is the best Pro Am Video camera? I have been asked by my employer to get one for making promotional videos. I looked a lot at the Canon XH-A1S and a lot of people seem to like it.
Also, do most cameras on this level still use magnetic tape? I thought everything was shifting over to hard disks for easy computer transfer. Is one better than the other? Is it easy to transfer DV to a computer?
Any advice is warmly welcomed.
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- ?Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
The term is "prosumer".
Lots of easy to reach manual controls on the outside of the camcorder - not buried in a menu.
Large lens and imaging chip (preferably 3-chip system).
The Canon XHA1 pretty much qualifies as an "entry level" pro camcorder because of the XLR-audio-in connections. True "prosumers" like the Sony HDR-FX7 and HDR-FX1000 use 1/8" (3.5mm) stereo audio-inputs. These can also use XLR mics when an XLR adapter (juicedLink, BeachTek) is added.
Yes, many in this category continue to use digital tape. The track to flash memory includes having a computing infrastructure capable of long-term storage many folks can't financially deal with and miniDV tape is inexpensive.
Connect the camcorder's DV port to the computer's firewire port with a firewire cable. No USB. Yes, it is easy if the computer has a firewire port. It is impossible to do with USB.
