Greetings. I've been basically out of circulation since June 2006 when my project recording studio was fully submerged and destroyed and my home was filled with water 4 feet shy of the roof. So I spent 2 1/2 years rebuilding my home while teaching at two area colleges part time. Now the rebuild is complete and I am getting ready to rebuild my studio and get back to work full time. Unfortunately this will mean working for someone else as the assets I used when self employed are gone. It was an uninsured loss as I was not located in a flood plane and was not covered for flood.
Things have changed and I feel I am way out of the loop. I've been teaching digital audio recording and I am up to date on the audio. In my studio I was deeply engaged in digital audio recording but I was a mere dabbler in video. I used mini DV which was awesome for my purposes but today not as widely available. Plus everything is moving toward both High Def and wide-screen. I've tried a few HD camcorders and they were absolute crap. This did not surprise me because with mini DV 4GB would get me less than 20 minutes of editable video, and many HD camcorders are boasting long times with mere 4GB cards.
So what are the formats that are of high quality and ideal for the prosumer who is not a full time videographer but occasionally needs to create well edited material for high quality community broadcast or low budget documentaries, etc?
I would greatly appreciate any web sites or books you would recommend that discuss advantages/disadvantages and costs of the various formats compatible with NLE video editing of HD Wide for both professional and prosumer markets.
Thanks.
Things have changed and I feel I am way out of the loop. I've been teaching digital audio recording and I am up to date on the audio. In my studio I was deeply engaged in digital audio recording but I was a mere dabbler in video. I used mini DV which was awesome for my purposes but today not as widely available. Plus everything is moving toward both High Def and wide-screen. I've tried a few HD camcorders and they were absolute crap. This did not surprise me because with mini DV 4GB would get me less than 20 minutes of editable video, and many HD camcorders are boasting long times with mere 4GB cards.
So what are the formats that are of high quality and ideal for the prosumer who is not a full time videographer but occasionally needs to create well edited material for high quality community broadcast or low budget documentaries, etc?
I would greatly appreciate any web sites or books you would recommend that discuss advantages/disadvantages and costs of the various formats compatible with NLE video editing of HD Wide for both professional and prosumer markets.
Thanks.