kk think i might steer clear of that then .. thanks for the advice people

gonna have a quick swatch on ebay the now

personally i would butch on ebay for a 2nd hand 1CCD MiniDV cams - ive seen the little sony handycams (like DCR-TRV33, DCR-PC5E) go for about 80-120 quid all in, which isnt too shabby and there alright, picture quality isnt brilliant, but you wont do with anything that has a single CCD!

one of the things that worries me with that samsung is the storage, isnt exactly huge - although im no expert at mpeg compression, i know with dv compression (used on DVcam, MiniDV etc) a gig is about 8mins of footage :lol:

does anyone know a software program which doesn't have a problem with mpeg files?

the resolution seems to be quite good MPEG4 (720 x 576 / 25fps)

it is a very small one...nice indeed

somebody on here was selling a Samsung Miniket VP-M110 camcorder..browse throu the classifieds

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=276737

yeah...but i think some video editing programs are made to edit pre-compressed videos.

Sony Vegas is a good example of this.

oooh really?! ... good advice.

see i have no idea and stuff like that is important to know.

so it could present a problem when i come to edit the video on my laptop?

the only worry is the format it encodes the video into.

With a normal Mini Dv camera such as a Canon 830i for example, the video is stored to tape and then captured to a computer in an uncompressed format (.avi), edited and the compressed into the format of your choice

With that camera, i think it encodes the video as it records it. And only certin programs can edit those types of films.

I think Premiere has problems with Mpeg videos (speaking from experience)

hey...

thinking about getting a camcorder as a toy to put in the car for track days and just generally use. ideally it should fit in my pocket.

i've seen this one ... http://www.samsung.com/uk/products/camcorder/miniket/vp_x110lxeu.asp

anyone have any views on it?

thanks
tim