Well its not a waste. When I have parties, my video camera is constantly on, recording every moment of the party. Even after a week of transferring the videos, I still watch it, cuz got some lawak scenes . Plus, 5 years down the line, You would want to watch that party again

Another I plan to do is to start my own online show on Youtube
So I will definately be needing my handycam. Currently I own 1, using tape, got that in 2002. Now 2008, I'm gonna get my SR12E

Video is an art. Creative is a must.  Well, we have to think out of the box. kinda boring with normal videoing.

Yup. My dad heard I wanted a new camera, so now he is funding mine . Got enough money now, but waiting for promotion, Not too mention, my assassin's creed hoodie business will start after exams so got extra money to buy the underwater casing

what you say makes a lot of sense C-Fu. for me the main reason i would want a HD camera is if i was doing another project, I'd rather have more detail before rendering than less. like what they say, better to have more and need less, than the other way around.

but most of your points i do have to agree with.

I make money with my dv camcorder. No need la HD.

Any reason?

I'd rather pick on Sony DCR-SR55E. Should be cheaper, better low light quality, better picture quality, better everything lah. But if I'm not mistaken, Samsung SC-HMX20 should be a lot cheaper. And, BETTER. For lowlight, this is paling best in its class.
One thing need to consider while taking widescreen footage (HD or not) is that it is not advisable if you are holding it without support, like a tripod. if it's widescreen, then your footage will shake A LOT more than normal 4:3 resolution. one trick that you can try is that you tutup the top and bottom of your cam's lcd display with selotep so it's like shooting in widescreen, then in editing u cut the top and bottom of the footages lah. less shakiness, but proper (simulated) widescreen. one semi-indie hollywood movie "Tomorrow is Today" did something like this to get cinemascope-like image (very very wide, rectangular footage) plus HDV cam, with movie lens. Very effective
My video editor loves editing in HD, because of the richer colour than normal SD. although technically comparing the colour between DVCPRO50 and HDV or some of the HD flavour like 4:4:4 HDCAM SR is pretty much a stupid thing to do unless you have a superpower mahal nak mampus CALIBRATED monitor But comparing normal/SD cams to MPEG2/ MPEG4 picture like those from HDD cams then you do see better colour, but resolution wise (blur/clear or not) is pretty much depending on the camera.For me, more detail always means better lens and better/bigger chip. tu je.
One thing that I always tell people who want to shoot video: get BETTER, CLEARER audio. For video, you can get away with a lot of things - your shot teruk a bit, but nice looking people, setting not nice enough, but got really good action, etc like that. but if your audio is crappy, everything you have on video wont matter.

so get a cam that can get good, clear audio, and everybody will love whatever that you shoot. and to get a good audio is a lot easier if you have a positioned/focus mic - mic that take clear audio on a very narrow angle, not a mic that can take all the noise even from belakang camera wan. because the rationale is that humans always try to only listen to whatever that the eye focuses, right? maybe you can try to limit the angle that the mic captures by covering the sides of the cam by selotep the sides with some plastic ke, who knows

Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD1010 Camcorder Review is out.   You could get as low as USD500 (plemix.com) for this compact full HD camcorder.

yup, i bring it along wherever i go, shoot for any happening. this would be last sanyo camcorder as she was acquired by panasonic... rip

Oh that is sad. Well, I'm waiting for the Mega sales, then some promotions before I buy my SR12E from Sony hehehe

Hey there. Read my blog. Updated it with the full story . Megasales start November 29th, that time I'll go hunting hehehe

My dad is a good negotiator, so hoping to swap the printer with the telephoto lens .. harap harap jadi la

hey unknowndevices! long time no see. No la, haven't buy yet. My uncle got some friends in Sony, so hoping to get better price

camcorder, is it for snap video only? can handycam camcorder type take picture as well? sory newbie here...peace

after snap, the picture/video can be deleted or not??by using camcorder with tape storage...what i know is, digital camera definitely can delete every pics n vids at anytime rite...but how about camcorder that with tape like minidv,hi8 or digital8??is it permanent like using film?? sory 4 the newbie inquiries...

Oh haha icic, well its good to have you back . My uncle's friend is working in Sony. Just gave him the model number that day. Hahaha, I want to switch the printer la with telephoto lens .. Yup yup.
Nowdays, hdd and sd slots are better
If Tape, then you use software like Vegas Video to edit. Its kinda pointless to take a picture with yr handycam tat has tape, I've tried. You can record over it

i had the GS-230, love the size.

long time neva post here.. here's my rig =D

shoot of course! you can check out my site at http://www.point8cam.com. No broadcasting production thingy going on but, i have plans for a few things =)

However, i haven't had the chance the shoot anything with the mic yet, or at least make proper use of it. Thinking of getting a smaller mic for compact purposes.

Ooo! yea sure. Let's PM each other