cheap 3ccd camera

If anyone wants to buy a cheap camera that has 3ccd then here you go....


http://www.be-direct.co.uk/productDetails....window&ID=16727


EDIT: just found it over £100 cheaper lol

http://www.digital-point.co.uk/model.php?ID=1811

oh, like 800 bucks. is that all?!

the new link I just posted is only £351.79 (647.928 USD)

Heres a stuipid quistion

But how do you get the full quility from a 3ccd camera? do you just upload with a fire wire as usal?

yes.

Yeah, theres like 5 cheap 3ccd panasonics that look exactly the same now, I might get one next.

I remember weak hating these, something like regular sonys perform better than any panasonics....

I want to get a 3cc cam next time I get a cam, ours is shitty

the ccd's on these cameras are so small your better off going with a good quality 1ccd camera

Only if it has a bigger CCD than the 3CCDs...

The Panasonic PV-GS120 has 3 CCDs, at 1/6" a piece. The Sony DCR-HC21 has 1 CCD, also at 1/6". So, while the 3 CCDs in the GS120 are small, they are no smaller than a lower-end 1 CCD camera.

Now, if your choice is between 3 1/6" CCDs and 1 1/4" CCD, yes, get the bigger 1-chip.

are there any SMALL ccd cams?

1/6" is small. (One sixth of an inch)

Bigger cameras (ones that aren't referred to as 'camcorders') will use CCDs that are at least one-third of an inch square, or even half of an inch. The broadcast models that shoot TV-quality will use two-thirds of an inch square.

The bigger the chip, the more light can get to it, which makes the picture look better.

the top panasonic of that line has...
NEW Crystal Engine : Image Processing LSI
Image Processing LSI - The NEW Crystal Engine is a special new image processing circuit for 3CCD camera systems. Processing the signal from each of the three CCD's independently, it gives both moving and still pictures exceptional quality

so is that good or bad

Sounds good

From what you pasted here, it looks like the older Panasonic 3CCDs used a single processor to get data from all three CCDs at once.

The new one has three independent processors, one dedicated to each CCD. That'll probably tighten up the image quality, and, more likely, allows them to do more complicated gain and filtering on the fly.

BUT....the only one out of the new panasonic range that has it is the NV GS-400...so yeah
get that one...that's the one I'm planning on getting
oh and I love that focus ring...it's lots of fun

Those Panasonic 3CCDs are nice cameras, even though they seem to have sort of a bad rep.

Check out "The Monitor Skit" on our site; it was shot on a PV-GS120 with minimal effort, just pointing and shooting for the most part, with only a few of the "extras" used (like exposure lock and manual focus.)

yeah theyre pieces of shit. My friend has that camera in an NTSC version. It does terrible in anything but broad daylight, and even then the picture is pretty average. When you shoot homegrown stuff you dont get to choose your light settings, you need something that can perform in all conditions. Filming with those cheap shit cams at night is next to pointless, even with a light. The sony cams cant be out performed in low-light conditions. Theyre the best. Not to mention that theyre the only cams out there with a legit nightshot. The other cams have these immitation night modes where they slow down the shutter speed and convert to b&w to gain more light and it ends up looking shit. Sony uses infrared technology, and even though it films in green, you can actually get rid of that and make it look more life like in premiere and some other programs.

Always go with Sony. Except unless its something like a dvx100..