The iSight is about as good as it gets. You'll have trouble importing hi-8 into your Mac, unless you want to fork out for final cut pro and an analogue/digital converter box. Would be cheaper and much better just to buy a Kodak Zi8 or a Flip Mino HD for $100-200. Or even the previous version of either: the Zi6 or the Flip SD, for slightly less.
Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 24 Jan 2010, at 21:56, Tom Dolan wrote: > Hey Jay, > > I'm sittin here reading Steve's book when a thought occurs. My father- > in-law gave me a Sharp video camera when we left Japan to return to > the US. It's a Hi8 camera with all the menus in Japanese, but Masako > translated them for me so I could use the camera. The output is Hi8 > tape of course with RCA cables too. I stopped using it because I > figured the world is digital and time has passed it by. But maybe I > could still use it...thinkin budget. > > Of course if it required an expensive converter of some sort I'd > rather put the money into a new camera...any thoughts. > > Also, I am making the vid-pod in my studio using the iSight on the > iMac. Looks ok so far. Would I get any noticeable increase in > production values if I got the Logitech webcam for Mac? > > Thanx, > Tom > > On Jan 23, 2010, at 7:38 PM, Jay dedman wrote: > >> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Tom Dolan <tomjdo...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> Thanx for the response Jay. I've been monitoring this group for >> awhile >>> and I'm impressed with the (mostly) positive energy here. I >>> appreciate your input. >> >> We used to have big flame wars and dramafests every six months or so. >> Pretty tame these days. Think people are all just busy creating and >> living their life. >> >>> I do have a channel up on blip.tv and have only >>> uploaded a test file to see if I could get it to work. It's been >>> there for 2 + months while I've been getting ready to get real. I'll >>> inform the group about the blog-n-channel when I get further along. >>> Any opinions on tube mogul? >> >> Seems like a great option if you want to spam multiple video sites at >> once. http://heyspread.com/ is another one. It all depends on what >> your goal is. I'd focus on making the best videos you can....then >> worry about all the promotion etc. >> >> Steve Garfield just published a book called "Get Seen": >> http://www.amazon.com/Get-Seen-Secrets-Building-Business/dp/ >> 0470525460 >> He probably answers a lot of questions for the beginner on, well, >> getting seen. >> >> Jay >> >> -- >> http://ryanishungry.com >> http://momentshowing.net >> http://twitter.com/jaydedman >> 917 371 6790 >> >> > > Tom Dolan > tomjdo...@gmail.com > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
