Recommend me a video camera- I know nothing! (also in CR)

[rising_promise]

I have absolutely knowledge of what I need really but basically, I just want to be able to video my horse competing (well, actually I want to get someone else, probably OH, to video us competing!).

Budget is £150 so has anyone got one they rate?

We event so will need to be able to zoom and follow a horse SJ and XC.

Thankies!

 

[Minxie]

If your not wanting you shoot anything too fancy and want amazing quality combined with ease of use I'd go for the tiny FLIP. I'm actually into video in quite a big way and find I don't really use anything else anymore.

Its incredibly easy to use - just an on /off, good zoom, play, forward and fastforward.

But two amazing things about it. Despite its tiny size it HD quality - and it really is pretty fabby. As with most cheapish camera's it loses quality as you zoom but to be honest you'd be looking at a £400+ camera that didn't.

It shoots straight onto its 50 min hard drive so you don't have to spend money on tapes / discs etc.

But even better is that you connect it to your computer with a pop up USB drive. You literally just stick it into your laptop and away you go,

The only down side is that because it is so small , shake and shudder can be magnified. So I'd advise buying either a cheap monopod or a cheap tripod - they aren't expensive at all and also means you've got the flexibility of filming yourself if nobody is about.

Its great fun and comes in cool colours too .

The Flip

You can buy it in loads of places but heres one as a guide

play.com