good video camera

[lgskywalker37]

Is there a camera that is good for capturing the speed of a golf swing that would cost under $400? What cameras do the people that submit videos here use?

[GregJWillis]

Re: good video camera

I use a High-8 on sport mode. You get the 30 frames a second nice and clear to look at each position in a normal swing. I then bought a Analog to Digital converter from Belkin for about $70...it was cheeper to get both then the just the 1 Digital camara 4 years ago. I did pay $1000 for the High-8, but today you can get the same model for about $230...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...lance&n=502394

Today, I would probably go with a good digital8 that connects to USB2 or Firewire. You are still well inside the $400 limit.

[LowPost42]

Re: good video camera

I use a Panasonic PV-G## series.

I eBayed it for $270 (I think).

[30yearlayoff]

Re: good video camera

2nd the Panasonic GV-P### series. I just got a p250 for 540.00 It's an $1100.00 camera. The 250 is replaced by the 300 but....though the 300 is cheaper, it lacks many features the 250 has/had. However, it is still 3ccd camera and has manual controls with shutter speed down to 1/8000. On a bright, sunny day this is tremedous at that shutter speed.

[lgskywalker37]

Re: good video camera

thanks for the advice guys

[Theologic]

Re: good video camera

Is there a camera that is good for capturing the speed of a golf swing that would cost under $400? What cameras do the people that submit videos here use?

1. You want DV tape if you dump to computer. NTSC is interlaced at roughly 30 frames per second. Most DV cameras capture this uninterlaced. What does this mean?

You can get up to 60 frames per second with a DV camera.

2. You want a shutter speed of 1/1000 of a second or better. Canon and Panasonics work well. The cheaper JVC and Sonys may not have this at all. Only a sports mode, which may not be fast enough.

3. It is very helpful, like me, you are look for certain things like "clearing your hips" at the range, to have built in slow motion. For instance, the Panasonic GS59 has this. The lower models do not. Thus you can do a quick and dirty view at 30 fps in slo-mo at the range, and dump 60 FPS to your computer at home.

I would recommend the Panasonic GS59, which is a hair under $400.

Theo