Reply to "New video camera purchase advice/suggestions"

SultanofSwat10,000+ posts

Here is what I did.

Video camera with SD card only - no hard drive (its much cheaper).

Buy a big SD card with high speed - watch for "class 10", etc. (You can use these cards even after the camera wears out) Have an extra card handy.

Transfer videos to PC for viewing, editing, etc.

Install an extra 2TB+ hard drive inside your PC (takes 15 minutes to install, costs $79 or so). Every week/month copy/zip all your videos and pictures to the new drive as a backup. (The plugin, external hard drives are way too slow for this)

Or, buy Acronis backup software ($39 or so) to automatically backup to the new drive every x days. (Don't buy anything but Acronis)

So, put the hard drive on your PC, not on your camera.

11/23/1111:29 AM

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