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 typical.
On Dec 10, 2007 7:18 PM, Deirdre Straughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks! Looks as if I can edit it. > > > On Dec 10, 2007 6:47 PM, Raymond M. Kristiansen < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey Deirdre, > > > > I don't have the HD Xacti camera, but here is footage from the CA-65 > > model (http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/14708/sanyo_xacti_dmx_ca65/ ): > > http://dltq.org/media2/xactirawfordeirdre.MP4 > > > > It is straight from the camera. > > > > best, > > Raymond > > > > > > > > On Dec 10, 2007 2:05 PM, Deirdre Straughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > 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]<jannie.jan%40gmail.com>> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > 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 good sound, so placement of any camera near the speaker > > > > (either the person or the sound reinforcement speaker) will be > > > > essential. > > > > > > > > The quality of the Xacti HD camera we used at VlogEurope 07 was > > > pretty > > > > darned good. > > > > > > > > Xacti files are .mp4; 10 MB for 30 seconds of raw footage @ 640 x > > > 480 > > > > on the non-HD model I personally worked with. Darned if I can recall > > > > the model. Imagine the settings may be changed to another aspect > > > > ratio, esp. in the HD model. > > > > > > > > Sounds like an interesting project for you :) Let us know what you > > > decide > > > > to do. > > > > > > > > Jan > > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 9, 2007 11:47 PM, Deirdre Straughan < > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <deirdre.straughan%40gmail.com>< > > > deirdre.straughan%40gmail.com>> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > Here's the sitch: > > > > > > > > > > I am trying to get every office I deal with at Sun (6 - 10 sites > > > > worldwide) > > > > > to have a videocamera they can use to capture presentations etc. > > > which > > > > can > > > > > then be edited and re-used for sharing knowledge, training, etc. > > > Usually > > > > the > > > > > raw footage will be sent to me for editing, posting, and making > > > into > > > > DVDs. > > > > > That last point is important: I need good enough quality somewhere > > > that > > > > a > > > > > DVD is going to look reasonable (especially considering that > > > filming > > > > will > > > > > usually take place in less than optimum conditions); highly > > > compressed > > > > MPG > > > > > may not be good enough. > > > > > > > > > > One problem we've already run into is how to ship around large > > > amounts > > > > of > > > > > raw footage: these talks run 45 minutes up to 3 hours, and an hour > > > of > > > > raw DV > > > > > AVI = about 12 GB. Even Sun doesn't have the bandwidth for that to > > > be a > > > > fast > > > > > transfer, and I certainly don't have it at home. > > > > > > > > > > My gut feeling is that the best solution is MiniDV - tapes are > > > easier to > > > > > mail around than hard disks. But I'm willing to be told otherwise. > > > I > > > > don't > > > > > know the state of the art in HD-based camcorders these days - what > > > do > > > > they > > > > > compress into? How big are the resulting files (per minute)? > > > > > > > > > > Any thoughts/advice/pointers will be welcome! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > best regards, > > > > > Deirdré Straughan > > > > > > > > > > living & travelling in Italy > > > > > (and other Countries Beginning with I) > > > > > www.beginningwithi.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > The Faux Press - better than real > > > > http://feeds.feedburner.com/diaryofafauxjournalist - RSS > > > > http://fauxpress.blogspot.com > > > > http://wburg.tv > > > > aim=janofsound > > > > air=862.571.5334 > > > > skype=janmclaughlin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > best regards, > > > Deirdré Straughan > > > > > > living & travelling in Italy > > > (and other Countries Beginning with I) > > > www.beginningwithi.com > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > best regards, > Deirdré Straughan > > living & travelling in Italy > (and other Countries Beginning with I) > www.beginningwithi.com > -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan living & travelling in Italy (and other Countries Beginning with I) www.beginningwithi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
