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I currently have a two year old Panasonic SDR-H18, SD, records in proprietary format, cam kinda sucks, hard-drive storage. I want to start a video blog series, but with the ability to do remote interviews at local small businesses.

I've got about a 1500 budget to try to get a camcorder, and any mics I would need. Can anyone point me in the right direction as far as a decent setup. I do have both video and audio editing software, so this is strictly a hardware solution. I do have two studio condenser mics, so my mic requirement is something that I can use on the go. With maybe a good portable lighting solution.

Looking to see if it's worth waiting until my budget increases and get a better HD cam? Or even bypass HD altogether and stick the cheapo panasonic and just get a DAT recorder and sync the recordings since the end result will be stuck on the web somewhere anyway.

Finally, is there a site like 99designs.com, but instead of design, that does a video clip intro using my assets?

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If you're doing things that are strictly for the Web, you can still get away with an SD camera for now, which is what your budget can buy you. I use the Panasonic DVX-100a for all of my Web stuff. You can shoot in anamorphic widescreen to get some 16x9 footage that most won't be able to tell isn't HD. The camera's got great color and 2 XLR ports with phantom power, so you won't need an external mixer.

As far as the mics go, I use 2 Sony ECM-44Bs. They are wired and kind of bulky, but they get the job done. They sound alright.

I don't know the answer to the site question.

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Awesome, thanks for the info! – Robert Hinojosa Oct 19 at 13:04

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