The camera I would buy for hunting (under $800 )
May 4, 2009 by admin
Filed under A video pro's take
I get a lot of folks asking me what the best video camera out there is today. I always reply “how much money you got?” Here are my thoughts on what I would buy for under $800 to take into the field.
I have always liked Canon’s consumer/prosumer cameras. They seem well built and have great optics. They also pack a lot of features in.
Their HV30 is a great example. It’s a HD camera that shoots 1080 hidef to HDV tape.
At this point, I would recomend against a camera that shoots to hard disk only, SD or HD. There are still too many “gotchas” with off-loading and storing data. Putting it to a DVD is a whole ‘nother story. (Unless you get a Mac, then iMovie is the solution to a lot of those problems.)
HDV is essentially the high def version of mini-DV. It uses the same type of tape, which can be picked up almost anywhere now. Plus, you don’t have to worry about offloading the camera in the middle of the week at camp.
B&H Photo has them in stock as of this writing for around $750.
Check out others thoughts on the HV30.
That camera would fit perfect right inside my hunting pack. Bet that Canon shoots alot better footage then that High eight camera I got.