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What are some great camcorders to pair with a Nikon D3200 ?

My main skill is videography and I have a Nikon D3200 which has worked well for me as far as taking pictures and nicer quality video. I working toward doing media professionally, and I'm leaning toward getting a better camcorder to use with my SLR.

What I'm looking and hoping for is a camcorder that takes really fine video and pictures, such that when I start a shoot with my Nikon and finish with the camcorder and later video edit and put the two sources together, the camcorder footage is great enough to be almost indistinguishable from the footage shot by the SLR.

I have an older SONY camcorder that I use right now, but I'm hoping for a better camcorder quality wise and wifi would be great also.

Any suggestions on a great camcorder to pair with the Nikon 3200 ?

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  • Jim A
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    My suggestion is, don't.

    I did a career in broadcast television videography and I can tell you that one of the most important parts of production is identical cameras... if you need two at all. If you mix them you're going to find a major difference in the look because they're completely different cameras - your Nikon and a camcorder... they do not look the same at all. Editing can't fix this either.

    So if you must have two cameras, which to me really isn't necessary, buy another 3200 or buy two camcorders of the same model and then either way shoot and compare the look. If the look is different trust me it will show up in your edits.

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