King_Cold wrote:I also wonder if a 3 1/4 CCD cam has a significant increase of quality over a 1 1/4 CCD cam or must you be a trained eye to see the difference?Thanx
I think you can tell the difference, all pro and most semi-pro cams use 3 chips, and for good reason. Question is, what are you shooting that would require the increase in quality? Is this for pro-quality production, or the family picnic? My 2 cents, good technique can make something shot on a 1 chip cam look really good, while average technique will take a 3 chip cams videos look amatuerish. (in other words, the user affects quality more than the camera) So if you are going to take the time to do proper lighting, pre-production, composition, wating for the right timing, etc, then yeah, go for the three chip. you will like the difference. If you are just messing around, save the money and work on other ways of making good home movies.
Also, I would go for miniDV, it is a good and widely accepted format. I dunno about the quality/durability of DVD cams, but it seems kinda gimmiky for me.