Necronomicon Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 I'm about to bite the bullet, but I'm looking for the best featured/lightest/smallest/most cost effective solution. Who's using what? What do you do with it? What did you pay for it? Etc, etc... Thanks a bunch, -J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fence_Sitter Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 cannon GL2 no question... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fence_Sitter Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 oh shit... uhm... i have used it for a pro (kinda ) company climbing and for weight you cant beat if for a camera with 3 chips... $2,500 will get you a nice package... i have done ice, rock, glacial and party filming with it along with some film projects for school. lemme know if you are interested in what to get in packages (ie battery size etc)... happy huntin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necronomicon Posted August 18, 2003 Author Share Posted August 18, 2003 I was thinking more like $500-600. $2500 makes me want to hurl, and there is no way I can justify spending that much cash for the stuff I want to do with a DV camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_w Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 I bought a Sony TRV-19 Digital video camera to use on Denali. It weighs about 2.5 pounds, no protruding parts to break off and most of the ports are covered so no dirt can get in. It cost $599 and was their low end model. The only difference between them is the one that I have has a black and white viewfinder and doesn't take stills onto removable media. The resolution on the stills was low (800x600 or 1024x768) and I couldn't justify it for the extra $100. It has a carl Weiss lens (everyone says it's good) 120x zoom (10 optical, 12 digital). The 2.5 inch LCD panel is touchscreen so it worked good with gloves on. I bought a 2 or 4 hour battery but it lasted me 8 hours because I couldn't use the LCD panel with all the sun in alaska. It uses the mini-DV video tapes, so that keeps the size down. It has I-Link\firewire (IE 1394) connect for downloading to your computer. I have been able to download the video to my computer with no problems. It's not fully supported by adobe premier, but enough to download the video. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1051826093372&skuId=5234301&tab=1&type=product&productCategoryId=cat04015 I'd recommend it. Had no problems with it up to 18,000 feet and below 0 temps. chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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