At OSNews we are committed on being geeky. However, "being a geek" does not always constitute a person who just loves technology. There are geeks about literature (who do you think wrote "Shrek"?), and of course, art geeks. This last kind enjoys a new booming lately with the commoditization of HD camcorders. The following editorial includes suggestions on camera choices, video editors and delivery formats, and has HD video samples of hobbyist cameramen that many professionals could be jealous of.
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Member since:2005-12-15
I was looking at getting a HD video camera, but opted for a Canon EOS 400D digital SLR. I'm very happy with my purchase but gee I'd love to be able to capture beautiful things in video, particularly reef life. For example, this to me is incredible beautiful footage: http://vimeo.com/360148
You've inspired me.
Edited 2007-11-03 08:56
Member since:2005-06-28
That was the idea around my article, to inspire the geeks around here. 
Yeah, you can wait a bit and get an AVCHD camera when they get better quality (currently, HDV has better quality), or, if you really can't wait, opt for the HV20.
BTW, I hope you clicked through to Vimeo to view the HD version via Flash. And if you login to Vimeo you can also download the original uploaded 720p video which has even higher quality than the 720/24p at just 2mbps that Vimeo re-encodes (it's an inherent limitation of their encoder backend apparently).
Edited 2007-11-03 09:00
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2005-06-28
Thank you, appreciated. Video has been my sole hobby the last few months so I was thinking for a while to write a summary article of my experiences.