I Want One
It must be a universal truth that as soon as you become a parent, you want a camcorder. I'm no different. I was never really bothered about video before now, even when the boys I was mountain biking with in Switzerland were making cool films of long downhill runs with helmet-mounted cameras.
Anyway, now I see the use for a decent camcorder, especially in conjunction with a site like YouTube.
I'm looking for a camcorder that manages High Definition and uses a hard drive for storage (MiniDV tapes seem like very old tech to me). The only consumer camera that matches that spec - the Sony HDR-SR1 - isn't released yet. It should be out in the US at the end of October and I guess the UK soon after that. Hopefully, the price won't be prohibitive. $1,500 in America probably means around a grand here.
I'll probably want Final Cut Studio too but that's way too expensive. iMovie will probably be good enough for whatever meagre film skills I may have.
