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Looking for a video camera

shayser · 2010-04-15 12:30:22

I'm looking for a budget video camera for two purposes: 1. To record a series of choral concerts and put the video on the web. 2. To record students playing musical instruments and singing in a one-to-one classroom situation. This will go on the web too but will mainly be used to study the student's progression over a…

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15-04-2010 1:30pm

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shayser

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I'm looking for a budget video camera for two purposes:

1. To record a series of choral concerts and put the video on the web.

2. To record students playing musical instruments and singing in a one-to-one classroom situation. This will go on the web too but will mainly be used to study the student's progression over a period of time. For the singers, the audio would have to be of a decent quality.

I would like to get one that can take an external mic and also has a flash. Any I've read about with the external mic option are pricey.

Anyone got any ideas?

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#2 15-04-2010 1:33pm
Brian

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Kodak Zi8 is a pretty cheap option that has an external microphone jack.

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#3 15-04-2010 7:45pm
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Thanks. That looks like a very good option at around €150. It's got the mic in so would be perfect for the classroom stuff. Not sure about the lack of optical zoom for the theatre.

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