bonnie & jason

Ruh roh…

I dropped our camcorder a couple days ago. I had bought it before Alissa was born to capture her in the glory of HD. It still plays video back ok, but when I try to record new stuff, I get this “effect.”

*sigh* I considered getting a new high end point and shoot camera but they’re expensive and frankly, do everything well, but nothing great. And since I’m good about carrying my SLR around, I wasn’t willing to compromise on the photo side of things. I also thought about getting a new SLR with video capability, but the handling and autofocus on those things is not so good. The image quality and ability to use my SLR lenses is really appealing, but given my subjects are uncooperative at best, that path got shut down. There’s also the possibility I could repair my current camcorder but my initial research showed that option to be good money chasing after bad, especially since the thing isn’t worth much money these days anyway. So I finally made the decision to just buy a new camcorder. I didn’t go super high end, but I didn’t go cheap either. So what did I get? You’ll just have to wait and see… I’ll put up a little first impressions post once it arrives and I get to play with it a bit.