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Video Camera XLR
Looking for an HD camcorder with an XLR port for under $1000? Does one exist or do I have to go prosumer?
I’m a recent graduate of a Film Production program and am looking to purchase a video camera for under $1000 to put together some basic news stories for a non-for-profit organization. The video quality doesn’t need to be terrific, nor do I need a ton of manual options. I would however like to be able to record to a mic that isn’t built into the camera, for the purposes of recording clear interviews, so I’d like a camera with an XLR port. I’d also prefer a camera with an internal drive as opposed to tape.
Can you help recommend me a camera?
Thanks for your time,
Daniel
Unless you buy used – or use an XLR adapter like those from juicedLink or BeachTek, there is no camcorder under about $1,800 with built-in XLR audio connectors.
The Panasonic DVX100 has XLR audio in but is standard definition only.
The Sony HVR-A1U has XLR audio-in, and while part of the Sony HVR professional series, its single CMOS imaging chip and small lens does not provide much flexibility for lighting conditions. It is the pro sibling of the consumer HDR-HC1 from about 3 years ago.
That said, for under $1,000, new… the Canon HV20/HV30/HV40 and the Sony HDR-HC9 are the least expensive camcorders with a mic jack (1/8″ – 3.5mm) and manual audio control. Use of the above mentioned XLR adapters will provide the XLR mic connectivity you need. The hard disc drive based consumer camcorders in the same range use an anemic version of AVCHD (MTS) compression and are not recommended – and they do not have manual audio control.
As a recent graduate of a film production program, you probably also know that miniDV tape capturing HDV provides best available video quality due to least compression applied (when compared to other consumer recording media and their associated file formats). In order to have HDV stored to a hard drive, that is normally by way of an external hard drive (like the Focus Enhancements’ FireStore series) connected to a firewire-equipped camcorder – most commonly a miniDV tape based camcorder.
In the “prosumer” High Definition environment, that means (at least by my definition) the Sony HDR-FX1, HDR-FX1000, HDR-FX7. All are 1/8″ (3.5mm) stereo audio-in… which means an XLR adapter. There is no hard disc drive prosumer camcorder.
XLR first appears in the previously mentioned Sony HVR-A1U. The HVR-Z1U, Z5U, Z7U and V1U round out the HDV pro line at Sony. Then there is the Canon XHA1 and XLH series, Panasonic HVX200 series and the JVC GY pro series. There are more above this… specifically in the Sony HDCAM/XDCAM and Panasonic PRODVC series camcorders – into those proprietary formats. The Panny HVX200 uses P2 cards for non-tape. The only hard drive cams are form Sony (external hard drives that connect to the firewire port of the miniDV amcroder and the external hard drive records HDV – like the FireStore units). There are some new Pannys in their AVCAM series that use a higher 24 mbps AVCHD compression than the anemic consumer camcorders use – I have not seen any pros using them.