Another digital video camera question
 

Im looking not only for a good digital video camera, but looking for one that takes still pics as well. Im not referring to a digital that does stills because I know the wuality is poor, but looking for a camera that does good video and ok to good photos as well for around 800.00

Is it possible, and does anyone recomned one they have heard of or used.

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I still haven't seen one that even makes OK photos - best I've seen does 640 X 480 and they look awful (compared to even a 100 dollar still camera), unless it's a close-up shot.

We use a Canon Elura and it does have progressive scan still capability - not sure what the price is now since we bought it a while back, but at the time it was the best out there. Something better may have come along though by now http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/board/smile.gif

And if you do find a good one PLEASE let us know! LOL

I do know one guy runing a site and I'll ask him what they are using right now. It generally takes them a few days to answer email but if you don't hear something from me shoot me an email to remind me.

Most camcorders take really shitty still images, they don't look too bad when you reduce them to 50% (360x240) but even then it looks "wide" and adds 20 pounds to people.

It's better to get a still camera for that purpose also. It will keep the wear and tear off of your camcorder (which will cost more to repair and has more moving parts)

I have to definately agree with the others when saying you want to have a seperate camera for stills. I do alot of things with my DV cam however generally stills from it are of less than optimal quality... blury, too much motion, etc etc... you want to get a stand alone that you can use for stills..

Now, the question is does that break your budget then? I've seen some inexpensive DV cams.. JVC's GR-DVF31 is currently like 460 on Cnet's Shopper.com (electronics, Camcoders, digital video, sort by price), which would leave you a bit of room for a decent still camera as well

If you do get more equipment, check out http://www.jandr.com/ for the best prices.

You have to call them though and haggle.
I got my Sony 570D (dvd player) for $380
instead of $450 (everywhere else)

Comparison shopping rocks!

I have to agree with everyone else on this one