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Title: Question for those of you that use digital cam corders
Post by: barry on April 03, 2011, 05:40:42 PM
Went to buy a digital cam corder today and found one I liked but the memory card the store suggested - 64 gb sdxc - was $140.
Do I need a 64 gb card to film hunts?
If so where can I find a better price?
Title: Re: Question for those of you that use digital cam corders
Post by: Cove on April 04, 2011, 04:36:55 PM
You can buy a smaller card, it just won't hold as much video. I'd at least get a 16g. As long as you get the footage off the camera and saved to a computer or external hard drive you should be able to keep enough space free.
Title: Re: Question for those of you that use digital cam corders
Post by: gophert on April 04, 2011, 04:58:18 PM
I have a 16 gb and have never come close to filling that thing up even with HD video.  I always come home and download the files to the computer.  I've had a few of those cards go haywire on me so I don't keep video on them long. 

Keep in mind, you are only going to want to watch the same turkey strut and gobble for so long.  After a while its boring.  Editing is where all the work is.  Good Luck!
Title: Re: Question for those of you that use digital cam corders
Post by: PANYHunter on April 04, 2011, 07:48:45 PM
I've got an 8 gig card in my cannon HF100 HD and i will run out of battery long before I run out of video.  I would suggest getting a smaller one
Title: Re: Question for those of you that use digital cam corders
Post by: archery1 on April 04, 2011, 08:59:22 PM
CAN U PUT A EXTERNAL MIC ON THE cannon HF100 HD ? IS THERE ANOTHER HD CANON CAMCORDER THAT IS BETTER SUITED FOR RECORDING HUNTS ?
THANKS
Title: Re: Question for those of you that use digital cam corders
Post by: Wrangler95 on April 05, 2011, 02:09:28 PM
I just have a 4GB card and it holds 50 mins. of video!!
Title: Re: Question for those of you that use digital cam corders
Post by: beech river game calls on April 11, 2011, 10:47:40 AM
A 16gb card will give you plenty of recording time. I prefer to have multiple 16gb cards then one 64gb card, that way if you happen to loose a card you haven't lost everything.  Your main thing is to make sure recording speed of the camera is lower than that of the card. I use 15mb/s cards with no trouble. Also you can buy sandisk 16gb SDHC cards on amazon for around $30 shipped. Been using these cards for a while and have never had any trouble.
Title: Re: Question for those of you that use digital cam corders
Post by: archery1 on April 11, 2011, 11:06:36 AM
16 gb is plenty.. you can record plenty of footage with that..  i have a 8gb in my one camcorder and its plenty .for over 2 hours of recording...... check online..an  ebay does have some cheap ones also.. i got my 3-   16gb cards for about 17 dollars shipped to me a piece..