I need (want) to purchase what I call a "burrito" camcorder -- one of the <$1000 consumer handheld camcorders, digital, true widescreen (~1900x1080). Could use some advice, suggestions.
Here is the situation: I already own a Canon XH-A1 for the majority of my shooting. But I have a couple of short films to produce this summer that will require having the camera over water, with me standing in the water-- so I do not care to do that with the expensive XHA1. I am thinking just get a burrito, and a $400 waterproof "ziplock bag" type casing for it. Plus I would then have a burrito for easy short filming while traveling light.
But should the burrito be the kind that shoots all onto flash memory, or to hard drive, or a combo, or tape?
It would be nice to keep the burrito under $1000 retail (hopefully $500-700 street) so it is affordable when factoring in the waterproof bag for it.
Of course this will introduce a whole new problem-- mixing footage from the burrito (~1900x1080) with that from the XHA1 (~1400x1080). Is that solvable, or will I have to just shoot the short with one or the other?
Here is the situation: I already own a Canon XH-A1 for the majority of my shooting. But I have a couple of short films to produce this summer that will require having the camera over water, with me standing in the water-- so I do not care to do that with the expensive XHA1. I am thinking just get a burrito, and a $400 waterproof "ziplock bag" type casing for it. Plus I would then have a burrito for easy short filming while traveling light.
But should the burrito be the kind that shoots all onto flash memory, or to hard drive, or a combo, or tape?
It would be nice to keep the burrito under $1000 retail (hopefully $500-700 street) so it is affordable when factoring in the waterproof bag for it.
Of course this will introduce a whole new problem-- mixing footage from the burrito (~1900x1080) with that from the XHA1 (~1400x1080). Is that solvable, or will I have to just shoot the short with one or the other?
