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How is it for regular use, both outdoors and inddors. Also is it easy to transfer files to your notebook? I want easy compatibility with both MAC and windows. Also do you record everything in a CD or a cassette?
Is there any other similar camcorder that i can consider?

The good: Manual focus ring; cameralike mode wheel; shutter- and aperture-priority modes available for video; optical image stabilization; excellent LCD and microphone; takes decent snapshots.

The bad: Poor low-light video quality; microphone picks up motor noise.

The bottom line: Canon's feature-packed camcorder shoots very good daylight footage but has reason to be scared of the dark.

if the answers above that i gave u is little help this site shows pics and more information for the Canon OPTURA 50 hope i answered ur question. good luck.

http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Canon–Optura-50-Camcorder-Review.htm

I have a Canon Optura 30 MiniDV camcorder. I have been previously able to connect to the computer and download the videio via a firewire cable. I did yesterday. After the download and some editing, I installed a trial version of winAVI to convert from AVI to DVD and noticed that there's a watermark when writing, so I canceled and removed the program. Since then I've not been able to connect to the computer with the camcorder. The computer does not recognize that that it's connected.

any thoughts?

Thanks

Try going to Control Panel / System / Hardware / Device Manager. Expand the IEEE1394 Bus host controllers, right click on your firewire card and uninstall it. Switch your PC off, connect your camcorder, switch it on and reboot the PC.

I have a Canon Optura 50, I have a firewire cable, and I use Windows Movie Maker.

When I record from camcorder to my computer there seems to be a slight delay in recording. For some reaso it looks like it skips a second or two once in a while. I don't know how to fix this. Ultimately I would like to record to my computer and then make a DVD out of it. What's the best resolution and recording to use? There are a lot of options on the resolution to record, but I'm not sure what to pick. One of them says "if you want to save, edit and watch on your computer choose this one". However this one saves it into a really small resolution. I then picked the option "if you would like to make edits on your computer and then record back onto tape choose this one." This one is (DV-NTSC - AVI) something like that. With so many to choose from I'm lost. Ultimately I would like to have something that doesn't skip. I'm not sure why it's "jerky" and looks like it's having seizures.

If you want to author a DVD from the footage, you should save either as DV-AVI or the highest resolution WMV. Go to Save Movie, choose the My Computer option, and on the Movie Setting tab click the Show more choices link. Click Other Settings and choose either High Quality Video (NTSC) or DV-AVI.

Your computer may not play either of these back smoothly on your computer screen because your video card may not be up to playing back high quality video. But burning a file from either of those two settings to DVD will result in a DVD that should look great.

I have a Panisonic PV-GS83. It just broke, however I have a warranty on it. Now I need to know whether to buy another one. Or a Canon Optura 50. Some of the features of the Optrura 50 sound like something I would use, the mic jack, manual focus ring, I read it has better video quality.

http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Canon–Optura-50-Camcorder-Review.htm

http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Panasonic-PV-GS85-Camcorder-Review-33760.htm

Canon ZR950 or ZR800.

Good zoom, mic-in jack, miniDV tape based…

If you still have the warranty on the GS83, does that not just get it repaired?

I'm looking at buying a High-Middle of the line Camcorder and have narrowed it down to these two. I have no Camcorder experiance, but would like to do some film work for friends. What will give me the best results?

Check out www.camcorderinfo.com. Amazing, independent review site. I know GS400 had been hailed as the best camcorder under a $1000, so I could only assume GS500 is just as good…check out the site..

Can anyone tell me which one of these two camcorder is betterCanon ZR 850 and Canon Optura 400.

Thanks

Get Canon Optura 400 Camcorder Better
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The video is just from my SD card on Canon Optura camcorder, and I edit it in Adobe Premiere, then go to Export >> Adobe Media Encoder. I have tried saving as a windows file and as a quicktime, but both came out pixelated or a lot smaller (added a large black frame in window, making viewable space like 30% smaller). That is the best format?

it really depends on where you put your files, SD cards for example. It also depends on what your footage consists of.

.wmv files are generally really really poor quality and end up blurred and heavily pixelated.

.avi files are generally pretty good and don't have as much quality loss. These do take up a lot of space though.

.mov files are also very good and show generally a clear picture. These are good for action and camera movement.

.mpg files are good if you have a lot of static shots, ones that don't move or have a lot of action in the shots.

You might also want to look at your settings for export. They might be exporting to a smaller size or with poor quality. Make sure you check those in your preferences.

Hi!

I am part of the vastly growing "Youtube generation". I have done some minor video projects before, but I am thinking of expanding onto youtube and buying an new camcorder.

Here are the two I am between:

Canon Optura 100
Canon HV10

The Canon Optura is not HD, but still has an impressive picture. The Canon HV10 is HD, and has an even better picture, but costs a good $300 more. While I am willing to pay the money, I need to know if its worth it to buy an HD camcorder for youtube. Can youtube play HD?

Please note that I do not have an HDTV or any other appliance that plays HD.

If you are planning on making small video projects and youtube videos, I recommend you buy the Optura. I have heard good things about the Optura (it even has a 1/3" CCD), and Youtube doesn't even have HD capabilities anyway. You probably won't even be able to take advantage of HD features anyway for a couple years due to the fact that it is still new and being developed. Don't get me wrong, the HV10 is still a nice camera, but Internet and Youtube videos are highly compressed and you will not tell the difference between SD and HD.

If I were you, I would save the extra $300 and spend it on audio equipment or something, considering the Optura has a microphone input. They say that audio is just as important as video.

Edit: Also, there is no point in an HD camera if you have no HDTV, because the only difference between HD and SD is resolution, so HD video on an SD tv would look no different than SD video on an SD tv. There's also the HD-DVD that you have to buy, too…