At first blush, was thinking that Xacti HD cameras that record to SD
memory cards would prove an interesting solution.
Mailing you the SD cards shouldn't be too much of a problem. Very
small. Perhaps TOO small?
Problem with all of this - regardless of what camera you choose - will
be getting
Could someone send or (better) let me download a small sample of Xacti MP4
video so I can see whether I can work with it with my current software?
On Dec 10, 2007 1:43 PM, Jan McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At first blush, was thinking that Xacti HD cameras that record to SD
memory
Do the Xactis also fall into the category of does not perform well in low
light? cause our lighting situations tend to pretty much suck... (people
want the room lights low so they can see the presentation slides better -
http://blogs.sun.com/storage/en_US/entry/what_we_re_watching_brian is fairly
here is a music video that supposedly was shot solely with the xacti hd1000:
http://www.sanyohd1000.com/
here are some hd700 samples that someone posted up:
http://gallery.mac.com/crosby007#gallery
This is someone else who posted a few low-light samples from HD1000:
The xacti cameras vary in their ability to shoot in low-light but
generally speaking they are not ideal for this.
You can get good results by changing white balance and iso but it
sounds like you need something that can
more consistently handle low-light well so a larger quality lens
should be
I'm always very biased towards tapes ... Less compression than flash/DVD
camcorders, easier to archive footage than hard disks, cheaper media
than DVD camcorders, easy to trade footage, fewer strange file formats
to confound your editing software.
A tape camcorder can be converted to a hard
My instinct is to agree with you, but in a spirit of correct spending of the
company budget, I'm looking at the alternatives.
Raymond, the footage you sent that you said is at the highest possible
quality setting, how many minutes per GB can you record at that setting?
The reviews also talk
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From: Deirdre Straughan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: 11-Dec-07 4:34
Subject: Re: [videoblogging] your thoughts on tapes vs HD?
My instinct is to agree with you, but in a spirit of correct spending
