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Originally posted by certified instigator
It's nice to see so many small, inexpensive cameras with mic inputs
Regardless of the availability of mic input, I'd probably just bring a laptop to the set and hook up the mic into that laptop. With Audacity (free open-source audio software), you can record audio with total manual control of everything. And these days, everyone already has a laptop...
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Originally posted by Vasic
Vixia HF 20 is identical to the cheaper HF-200 in everything except onboard memory, which HF-200 doesn't have. The price difference much more than what you'd pay for the comparable SDHC memory card. I don't think I'd ever want to buy a camcorder with built-in flash memory when an identical model without it is available. It's a waste of money. In this case, the price difference is $150 for 32GB of memory. For that much money, you could buy around 80GB worth of SDHC cards (5 16GB cards at $30 or so).
You know, because I'm been looking at this for camera for awhile, I've seen that said around a lot (that it's cheaper just to get SD cards). But... ?url= http://www.vistek.ca/results/MemoryCards/stor%20media-mem%20cards-multi%20med/SD--SDHC-Cards.aspx?order=Price?places?/url? I've looked at (including ultra-cheap vendors like Tiger Direct) to get a comparable amount of memory it will cost at least a bit more than the $150 difference.
So... yeah. From MY research it would indicate it's actually a better deal to have the HF20's internal memory, but it's kind of confusing considering resources like CNET also state it's a waste of money. It's interesting.
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http://vimeo.com/corax
Well, here's what I found:
$35 US for 16GB, from the most mainstream online source out there. Many other brands and stores are in the neighbourhood ($35-40), and with careful rebate hunting, you could find the above-mentioned $30 deals. Even without them, and even if it came to $50, it is still less than the $150 difference for 32GB. Class 4 cards are more than adequate for the 24Mbps camcorders (they can put through 4MBps, which is equivalent to 32Mbps).
