Low cost complement to Sony A1U

RalphM wrote on 11/6/2008, 6:17 PM

Early next year I',m going to do a three camera recording of a play. The lighting will be very good and I want to use my A1 along with two other HDV camcorders.

The finished product will be in SD. I really like my daughter's Canon HV30, and HV 20 refurbs are cheap, but I expect that the colors will not match well with the A1.

Any suggestions for comparable Sony HDV cams in the under $700 price range?

Thanks

RalphM

Comments

jrazz wrote on 11/6/2008, 6:22 PM

I don't know if it is under 700, but the HC1 is almost identical. I bought one to compliment my other two A1's.

j razz

teaktart wrote on 11/8/2008, 11:45 AM

I mixed my Sony A1 with a Canon HV10 and really wish I had white balanced in advance of the shoot as the colors were very different and took a lot of correction to match.

farss wrote on 11/8/2008, 1:39 PM

We bought a HC5 in a runout sale, that should match pretty close to the A1. Cost was AUD 700 so they should be around the USD500 if you can find any.

Bob.