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My dads VX-1000

 

 


Myth
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Feb 20, 2005, 2:37 AM

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My dad was into photography and camcorders pretty much his whole life. He died last year and I remember he had a Sony camera. When they found him in his car he had all his camera equipment and computer equipment, unfortunately most of his cameras were sold as my mother needed the money badly. I remember on his cruises he had a digital camera back in 1998/1999 and it had really good picture. I have just now gotten around to finding the camera unfortunately I'm not sure if I should keep it or not. About last year I bought one of those small Samsung cameras and it only lasted about 3 months before completely going dead on me. The picture sucked big time, the price was medium (about 600 dollars), and there was no warranty on it (sams club told me there was). My mother asked me if we should sell my dads camera and buy something else. I figured since the camera was big that it was old and not used anymore as most of the time I'm on vacation everyone has these small cameras with LCD screens but I've been looking up the camera and it looks like it still retails at a high price. My question is should I keep the camera or should I buy something else? Would it really be of use to me? I'm really not sure if it even works, charging the battery now to see if it does. How does this camera have an advantage over the smaller cheap digital cameras at circuit city? Let me know please thanks


Bob A
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Feb 20, 2005, 11:44 AM

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Assumimg the VX1000 is in good working condition it will outperform ANY of the CC or Bestbuy cheap consumer cam by a huge margin. The VX1000 produces a professional quality picture and has many manual controls to customize picture quality for different situations. The cam had a list price of $4200 when new and your dad probably paid something close to that when he bot it. Give the cam a fair test and you will never go back to a cheap consumer cam unless size or LCD screen is the only consideration.


RickSp
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Feb 20, 2005, 6:52 PM

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I still use my VX1000 as a back up camera. It can shoot really nice video. For years it was the workhorse for indie feature films and documentaries. If the camera is functional it should give you much better images than you could get from little single chip DV camcorders.

The only advantage that I can see from the newer consumer cameras is that the VX1000 won't slip easily into a jacket pocket and the VX1000 does not have all the silly bells and whistles that some consumer cameras have, like night shot, various in-camera special effects or a 100 times digital zoom. Not entirely sure why anyone would want most of these but that is a seperate question.

So I guess the trade off is form factor versus image quality. The VX1000 is a larger but better camera while the newer cameras can be more convenient and give very good results compared to the old 8mm consumer camcorders that they have replaced. The footage may not be as good as the VX1000 but may suit your needs very well.

Rick Spilman
Meridian Multimedia
www.meridianmultimedia.com