sparkeh Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 So I've just dropped the last of the Digital Blue cameras into the bin *air punch* but we need a replacement. Anyone got any recommendations for camcorders for primary kids to use?
localzuk Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 Well, depends how much you want to spend! We got a Praktica DVC5.7 free with our Serif suite order and I can't recommend it enough for general use! Its SD card based and easy to use! Praktica DVC5.7 High Definiton 1080p Camcorder 3.0: Amazon.co.uk: Camera & Photo 1
sparkeh Posted March 13, 2014 Author Posted March 13, 2014 Well, depends how much you want to spend! Cheers. Not sure yet, we are budget setting at the moment so a range of options would be good.
localzuk Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 On a higher level, we bought some Panasonic V500M. They're better quality, but more expensive. I also think they may have gone EOL now.
laserblazer Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 We have a couple of half decent camcorders and a load of Flip cameras. I think I'm the only one who uses the camcorders, the staff far prefer the simplicity of the Flip.
localzuk Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 It annoys me so much that Cisco killed the Flip cameras. They were perfect for schools!
sparkeh Posted March 13, 2014 Author Posted March 13, 2014 Yeah we have some Flip cams already which are much loved but we didn't replace them all before they were canned
laserblazer Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 These might be a replacement for the Flip cam. US Reviews are pretty good. http://www.amazon.co.uk/kodak-playfull/s?ie=UTF8&keywords=kodak%20playfull&page=1&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Akodak%20playfull
localzuk Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 Have Kodak not abandoned their digital camera manufacturing lines now though, so they'd be EOL?
sparkeh Posted March 13, 2014 Author Posted March 13, 2014 I was looking at the Kodaks but share the concern about whether they EOL?
hardtailstar Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 We ditched our digital blues last term We spent about £80 each on Nikon cameras that could take a picture and video.
dhicks Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 Anyone got any recommendations for camcorders for primary kids to use? We've just bought a bunch of Panasonic DMC-F5 cameras (actual model number to search for might also be DMC-F5EB). These were around £40 from Tesco Outlet selling on eBay - cameras sold in Tesco stores and then returned, nothing wrong with them, all worked fine. We bought Eye-Fi Pro cards (another £50 each) for each camera and a spare USB charger and charging cable, so total cost around £100 per camera. The cameras are simple to use (point them at stuff, take photos or videos), without too many controls or settings to get in the way, and they charge via USB. With the Eye-Fi wireless cards the photos and videos transfer straight to our file server, so there's no messing around with swapping cards around. 1
smidsy Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 Did you purchase any cameras after this discussion and have any positive / negative experiences? It is something that I am now looking at for our children doing interviews with authors for the Guardian website. At the moment we will have to use our class cameras which aren't great for picking up sound.
sparkeh Posted June 4, 2014 Author Posted June 4, 2014 No, actually they didn't show up in anyone's budget requests as I expected so didn't go any further with this. Wonder when people will notice we no longer have any video cameras...?
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