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Canon VIXIA HF G30 HD Camcorder, worth it?

biberwoke95
Apprentice

I'm at a crossroads right now. Do I spend about $500 upgrading my DSLR (lens, mic, rig), or finally make the splurge for a camcorder? 1080p/60p is really appealing, and I've found multiple sites offering it for about $1200.

I've been checking out countless buyer's guides, so I thought I'd check here too. I can't see myself spending too much more than that, however if something is that much better for only a few hundred dollars more I'd consider it.

I mostly shoot football games, although not in a traditional sense. I work in football recruiting so I normally just follow one player around with a tight frame. My DSLR has gotten the job done, although it's less than ideal and time to upgrade.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

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shadowsports
Legend
Legend

Greetings,

You must be considering used or second hand?  $500 isn't going to get you much in DSLR upgrades and the G30 was discontinued log ago.

 

Before we could make any recommendation from a upgrade perspective, we would need to know what you had now.

 

B&H has the G50 for $999 today  

 

 

~Rick
Bay Area - CA


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rs-eos
Elite

I am not a fan of DSLRs for video; way too many limitations and they were never designed for video.

 

A camcorder or cinema camera would be far better.   I would avoid the G30 and even G40.  The sensors on those do not use oversampling for HD footage, so you'll have aliasing.   I own the G50 and am very happy with it.   It produces very nice oversampled HD footage and can also do 4K in decent bitrates.   Though I do miss having full control over the built-in NDs like I had with an earlier pro camcorder from another brand.

 

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