Looking for decent budget video camera?

JabbaNut

You can lead a idiot to water but cannot teach a idiot algebra.

Terfyn

You continue to prove that point.

MrFraggle

And the prize for the AV Forums weirdest post of 2018 goes to........

Terfyn

MrFraggle. What you bought, does it work for you?

Incidentally I knew a guy who was hopeless at Algebra but was brilliant at History.
So to quote another stupid phrase:-"Its horses for courses".

MrFraggle

Bought one of these for 60 quid,
Olympus SZ-31MR Review
As yet I have not collected it. Am meeting the guy at his work where coincidentally a friend of mine also works. Managed to knock a couple of quid off the price and hopefully it will do all I require which is not a lot.

Terfyn

It looks a very nice camera, I hope it works for you. Please would you post an example of your feathered friends for us.
I have a window mounted bird feeder which will soon be needed by the local feathered population. I will follow your example and set up my camera to film results. But being lazy I will use my remote app to trigger the camera.

MrFraggle

This is what I have got via my B700 which I had on a mini tripod at the kitchen window.
Unfortunately this does tie up the camera somewhat hence the need for a back up.

Terfyn

So many sparrows?? (I think) in one spot. Can understand why you want extra cameras.

MrFraggle

It is not so much a extra camera per se, It is just that I have the B700 tied up in the kitchen ready to put into action if I spot something worth capturing which means it is difficult to use it elsewhere. So I will set up the Olympus in the kitchen whilst having the B700 to hand.

12harry

Good to read you have sorted the problem; however, it was never fully explained as to what was wrong with the Sony - Whilst that budget model lacks BOSS (stabaliser), judging from your "sparrows" videos, Sony would be hard pressed to fix movement which is intentional ( and why would anyone want to?).
Other Posters had similar Q's which were passed over.
If you bought it new, then send it back ( although we'd like to have seen a non thro-the-glass garden shoot). As to the colours; there is usually a Menu Topic that covers this. It's possible you've already set your other cameras to "Vivid" ( or similar ), so the camcorder files looks less-so. - Normally in a Video Editor, there are plenty of options to change image from B&W thro' to Colour-Excessive. The brightness and contrast along with the "centre-point" can be trimmed quickly, to suit the viewer.
Cheers.