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What are a few Prosumer camcorders?

Can someone help me with information on prosumer camcorders?

  • I'm looking for a good quality HD camcorder to use in independent feature-length filmmaking. Several action shots/scenes appear in my screenplay so I need a camcorder that will capture the fast pace of the movie. Would like some advice from people who are in the business and have professional experience with cinema-like production quality cameras.

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    To begin with, a prosumer camcorder will not be a "cinema-like production quality camera". A "cinema-like production quality camera" would be in the Panavision, CineAlta or Arriflex environment or maybe drop to a Red One or Silicon Imaging camera... For action shots in the prosumer environment stick with least compression. Most likely HDV, but better with XDCAM, HDCAM or DVCPRO HD formats. So... prosumer HDV points you to the Sony HDR-FX1000. Above this gets you to pro, below this is consumer.

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We used a Canon 5D Mk2 for one feature and a Canon 7D for another. The results were good and very cinematic. Our next feature we're slated to use the RED. I was an associate producer on another low budget feature shot on the Canon's HD version of the GL2 (the exact camera escapes me right now). The results were good but I actually feel that the DSLRs gave a better result. You can check out some of our stills taken from the raw footage at the top link below and the other link is related to the DSLR Video community. I'm a produced screenwriter with feature film and TV credits.

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