What are the pros and cons of using an HDV camcorder instead of a DV camcorder?
If you're stepping into the world of high definition, some of the things you need to think about is high definition offers an awful lot of resolution. So things that we haven't thought about in the past have to be considered. Lighting is more important in HDV, flattering angles is more important in HDV, wrinkles tend to show up more, islands tend to show up more. High defintion is great, but it also can be a double edged sword. So you really want to spend more time thinking about the subject you're shooting, trying to flatter the subject as much as possible, and consider the detail is really just pops off the screen in high definition, wherein years passed things that we could have slipped by as more flattering become a little less flattering sometimes in HDV, so you want to consider that. These cameras can produce terrific images, but it's still up to you to make everybody look good. If money wasn't the issue, why not buy an HDV camcorder. You can always shoot in standard defintion, if what you have at home isn't ready for it, you can either shoot in standard defintion or, even better, you can acquire in high defintion, but output it in standard defintion and then future proof it. So, I mean, if you are in the thousand dollar market, you should be looking at a high definition camera. I mean, you're paying a little bit more but you're future proofing yourself.
