Canon HG10

AKaplan · 05-28-2009, 05:05 PM

I am interested in either photography or video.
I have Photoshop CS3 and Sony Vegas, and have about a 400-500$ budget...
I am a beginner to both.
I have looked into a Canon HG10, and found one on tigerdirect refurbished, and other sites have them for $600 (affordable) while others have them for over $1000?
I have not looked into cameras much, but my father has a Nikon D40.
For those of you who have done either photography and graphic design or video and such, which do you recommend or find more enjoyable as a pastime, and less tedious?
If this is in the wrong section just tell me or feel free to move it, I felt it could fit in a couple of sections.
Oh yeah, can the HG10 take photos, or continuous photos while recording?
I suppose thats a two-for-one depending on the quality.
I plan on taking summer lessons and self-teaching, I'm young and I plan on going to music college, but I feel in this day and age I should be learning as much as I can, but I don't plan on taking this to a professional level.

AKaplan · 05-28-2009, 08:31 PM

edit button wont appear, oh joy.
this doesnt belong in techsupportforum,
So i suppose,
to just pay attention to this part:
I have looked into a Canon HG10, and found one on tigerdirect refurbished for 500, and other sites have them for $600 (not refurbished) while others have them for over $1000?

05-28-2009, 05:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
AKaplan Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 20 OS: XP Professional SP3	Canon HG10 I am interested in either photography or video. I have Photoshop CS3 and Sony Vegas, and have about a 400-500$ budget... I am a beginner to both. I have looked into a Canon HG10, and found one on tigerdirect refurbished, and other sites have them for $600 (affordable) while others have them for over $1000? I have not looked into cameras much, but my father has a Nikon D40. For those of you who have done either photography and graphic design or video and such, which do you recommend or find more enjoyable as a pastime, and less tedious? If this is in the wrong section just tell me or feel free to move it, I felt it could fit in a couple of sections. Oh yeah, can the HG10 take photos, or continuous photos while recording? I suppose thats a two-for-one depending on the quality. I plan on taking summer lessons and self-teaching, I'm young and I plan on going to music college, but I feel in this day and age I should be learning as much as I can, but I don't plan on taking this to a professional level. Last edited by AKaplan; 05-28-2009 at 05:07 PM.

05-28-2009, 08:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
AKaplan Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 20 OS: XP Professional SP3	Re: Canon HG10 edit button wont appear, oh joy. this doesnt belong in techsupportforum, So i suppose, to just pay attention to this part: I have looked into a Canon HG10, and found one on tigerdirect refurbished for 500, and other sites have them for $600 (not refurbished) while others have them for over $1000?