Video camera

[Water Badger 26]

Any advise on good camera to record my hunting exploits ?

 

I want to capture,

• deer stalking
  
• ratting
  
• ferreting
  
• coursing (not in the uk)
  
• lure coursing
  
• fishing
  

any advise websites suppliers experience makes specification

[tegater 789]

I use a Panasonic SD 90, HD, video camera, and among other things I use it to record ferreting and shooting. Straight onto an HD tv the quality is awesome, although it loses a little when transferred to YouTube, if that's what you want to do.

 

It's a full HD camera.

 

Hope this helps.

[Water Badger 26]

Thanks tegater have you used it in low light conditions as with stalking and ratting in barns this will be an important consideration, also capture of fast moving images (rats, whippets) thanks for the input

[tegater 789]

Thanks tegater have you used it in low light conditions as with stalking and ratting in barns this will be an important consideration, also capture of fast moving images (rats, whippets) thanks for the input

Not really used it for low light too much, but if filming hares before sunrise it handles it ok, although as with any digital camera, the lower the light levels the quality drops a little.

 

Moving animals are no problem, and if you look at one of my ferreting vids, the one in October I think, you will see footage of rabbits running full pelt into longnets.

 

Hope this helps.

[glogin 87]

I use now quite old model - Canon HG10. It has decent low light transmission, but can't really compare to other models. It has only x10 zoom, you may need more for stalking or coursing. Ask yourself wheter you need all manual settings or not. More advanced cameras with full manual settings will usually be x10-12 only, whereas cheaper models are often higher zoom. I would only go for top 3 makers: Canon, Sony or Panasonic. If you can't afford current model with the spec you want, try to go for older model. It might be bigger or have less fancy features, but might have bigger sensor and hence better low light performance. If you are more serious about filming you might need microphon input, viewfinder or hot-shoe, but not really necessary if you want to keep it simple. If you are more into photography not video, most modern SLRs or hybrid cameras can film in HD and with the option of changing glass you can have good video quality and zoom you like, but it will not be small rig...