Re: [videoblogging] trouble with embedding flash
yes, I will host the videos on my site. She has very limited download bandwidth available to her via her web hosting service. I was hoping to be able to keep the xml playlist on my site as well so I can upload changes as needed. On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I have a client who wants to run the videos from my site and embed the player into her site. It runs one video after another automatically. I am not sure how to build a swf object to do this, or if has to be done this way. I have several actionscript files that go along with this flash player that are written as separate files. With that is mind, does someone know how to embed the video player on her site and have it run from videos from another site? when you say run the video from your sitedo you mean you want to host the videos on your own server? jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: megaVideo
I agree with you. That is why I post some content to YouTube, hoping to draw people to my site. And being 'visible' is a good thing. I am going to be putting a clear logo throughout my videos from now on, so at least others will see where it is from and hopefully visit me. On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Davis Freeberg da...@davisfreeberg.comwrote: I think that one of the things that you have to consider when it comes to MegaVideo, is the incentives structure they use to get people to post. Since they can't actually upload the files themselves without violating their safe harbor, they pay contributors part of the ad money to upload popular content. I suppose, some might get worked up over it, but my philosophy is that if you can't beat them join them. The site itself is getting huge traction, probably close to 25 million unique visitors each month by now. One can ignore that audience or accept the spammy ads and the questionable business model of the site but be able to at least control your submissions. If you post your own content, other people won't be able to scrape it and submit duplicates. In the long run it's probably better to build an audience around the site, then to try in vain to stop them. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, sjs Productions sjsproduct...@... wrote: Thanks Jay for you input. Sorry I didn't remember the discussion from a few years ago. The url is now internal to megavideo, and it looks like someone might have done a screen capture and then flashed it again. I don't mind that someone puts my video on a website, but this guy took off my information and is now monetizing it. That I do mind. I will watermark my videos more carefully in the future. Do you have any favorites for online video storage where you maintain sole copyright? I don't care if you have to pay, just do not want to share copyright and need to have control over who sees the videos. Thanks again for your help Susan On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:15 AM, Jay dedman jay.ded...@... wrote: Hi All,I just saw one of my video podcasts on megavideo. http://www.megavideo.com I don't mind that they show it. However, they have added ads in front of it, and cut off the ending of my video so that my website is not promoted. Is this legal? Has anyone else had this issue We spoke of these issues a couple years ago when spammy video sites started popping up reuploading videos and inserting ads. You can try emailing them asking for a takedown, but its doubtful anyone would respond. I could be wrong. What the exact URL to see how they're doing it? Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] trouble with embedding flash
Hi All, I have a client who wants to run the videos from my site and embed the player into her site. It runs one video after another automatically. I am not sure how to build a swf object to do this, or if has to be done this way. I have several actionscript files that go along with this flash player that are written as separate files. With that is mind, does someone know how to embed the video player on her site and have it run from videos from another site? Hope that is not too confusing. Thanks for all your help Susan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] megaVideo
Thanks Jay for you input. Sorry I didn't remember the discussion from a few years ago. The url is now internal to megavideo, and it looks like someone might have done a screen capture and then flashed it again. I don't mind that someone puts my video on a website, but this guy took off my information and is now monetizing it. That I do mind. I will watermark my videos more carefully in the future. Do you have any favorites for online video storage where you maintain sole copyright? I don't care if you have to pay, just do not want to share copyright and need to have control over who sees the videos. Thanks again for your help Susan On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:15 AM, Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All,I just saw one of my video podcasts on megavideo. http://www.megavideo.com I don't mind that they show it. However, they have added ads in front of it, and cut off the ending of my video so that my website is not promoted. Is this legal? Has anyone else had this issue We spoke of these issues a couple years ago when spammy video sites started popping up reuploading videos and inserting ads. You can try emailing them asking for a takedown, but its doubtful anyone would respond. I could be wrong. What the exact URL to see how they're doing it? Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] megaVideo
thanks! On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Jay dedman jay.ded...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:33 PM, sjs Productions sjsproduct...@gmail.comsjsProduction%40gmail.com wrote: Do you have any favorites for online video storage where you maintain sole copyright? I don't care if you have to pay, just do not want to share copyright and need to have control over who sees the videos. Blip.tv is a good hosting solution that allows CC licenses and private sharing. Flickr is good for videos under 1 minute with same kind of assurances. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] megaVideo
Hi All,I just saw one of my video podcasts on megavideo. http://www.megavideo.com I don't mind that they show it. However, they have added ads in front of it, and cut off the ending of my video so that my website is not promoted. Is this legal? Has anyone else had this issue Thanks for the input Susan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] how to repair out of sync .mp4 files
I recently had a sync problem that I fixed by bringing in the QT movie into QT and then exporting the movie as a new name out of QT. Might try that. Susan On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:10 PM, scoobyfox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just ripped and output (with Handbrake) a DVD from a show I did into an mp4 file. The audio is lagging a second or 2 behind the video. Is the only way to repair this to split the track in imovie and then manually try to re-align them? Is this a known problem outputting with handbrake? Appreciate any insight or help. thanks, heather [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] audio out of sync with video when using iSight and QT Pro
You might try 'exporting' the video from QT Pro, saving as a different name. In the export function you have an option to save with DVCPro NTSC compression, frame rate of 29.97. I would also select 'best' for quality. This has saved the day for me recently when my audio was about 3 seconds out of sync with my video in FCP, but played fine in QTGood Luck On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Clintus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently noticed that when I shoot a video using the built in iSight camera with QT Pro that the audio is out of sync with the video. You see it mostly when you upload to youtube or import it into Final Cut Pro. It doesn't seem out of sync when just played back in QT. But if I shoot video from within iMovie, it's fine. Anyone else seeing this issue? I'm thinking it may be caused by an update to QT or the iSight firmware. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Social Widgets
Hi Ron,I am also updating my website... long needed.. and adding widgets. Have you tried widegetbox? You ca even make your own widgets there. susan On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Ron Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everybody, I was just wondering if anyone could recommend some cool social widgets. I'd like to create a page on our community site where people can have interactive fun, essentially a playground of social widgets, which would get narrowed down to one or 2. Keep in mind that the widgets need be extremely simple, as our members are not geeky in the least. I've got a meebo chat / video room on there right now. http://k9disc.com/index.php?option=com_contentview=frontpageItemid=75 I'd like to throw a few more things up and see if they stick. Peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] animated text
I believe I just saw a free filter for doing that for either Premiere or FCP. Do you use either one of those programs? On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Brian Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hey guys, I'm making a video and wanted to know how to make karaoke text -not the bouncing ball but color solids that move through the text -any ideas? thanks. -- Brian Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] taxiplasm%40gmail.com 210-683-6027 taxiplasm.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Anyone going to the New Media Expo?
I've been to the Hilton and am not excited to stay there again. Any suggestions? Susan On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 2:49 AM, danielmcvicar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I'm in LA, I will be there! --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Roxanne Darling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shane and I are there, speaking here: http://www.newmediaexpo.com/incoming.php?linkid=1896 I'll be thinking about ways we can all connect. F2F still rules. Rupert - surely you want to come to Vegas??? Aloha, Rox On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 5:13 AM, sjs Productions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This will be my first time there as well. Would love to get together with everyone. On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 8:01 AM, Steve Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]steve%40offonatangent.com wrote: I'll be there too.. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Roxanne Darling o ke kai means of the sea in hawaiian Join us at the reef! Mermaid videos, geeks talking, and lots more http://reef.beachwalks.tv 808-384-5554 Video -- http://www.beachwalks.tv Company -- http://www.barefeetstudios.com Twitter-- http://www.twitter.com/roxannedarling [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Anyone going to the New Media Expo?
The room I had was falling apart. The showerhead was almost off the wall, etc. That was a few years ago so maybe it has been renevated. susan On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 8:08 AM, Adam Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uh oh, it's my first time at the Hilton. What do I need to watch out for? I've heard that Harrah's hotel is nice, and a nice central location when using the monorail. Adam W. Warner http://indielab.org http://wordpressmodder.org - Original Message From: sjs Productions [EMAIL PROTECTED] sjsProduction%40gmail.com To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 8:18:07 AM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Anyone going to the New Media Expo? I've been to the Hilton and am not excited to stay there again. Any suggestions? Susan On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 2:49 AM, danielmcvicar danielmcvicar@ yahoo.com wrote: If I'm in LA, I will be there! --- In videoblogging@ yahoogroups. com videoblogging% 40yahoogroups. com, Roxanne Darling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shane and I are there, speaking here: http://www.newmedia expo.com/ incoming. php?linkid= 1896 I'll be thinking about ways we can all connect. F2F still rules. Rupert - surely you want to come to Vegas??? Aloha, Rox On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 5:13 AM, sjs Productions sjsProduction@ ... wrote: This will be my first time there as well. Would love to get together with everyone. On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 8:01 AM, Steve Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]steve% 40offonatangent. com wrote: I'll be there too.. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Roxanne Darling o ke kai means of the sea in hawaiian Join us at the reef! Mermaid videos, geeks talking, and lots more http://reef. beachwalks. tv 808-384-5554 Video -- http://www.beachwal ks.tv Company -- http://www.barefeet studios.com Twitter-- http://www.twitter. com/roxannedarli ng [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Anyone going to the New Media Expo?
Yes!!! thank you. It is very helpful. See you there Susan On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hilton Las Vegas hasn't been renovated and your experiences there are common among conference goers. A conference I represent (PubCon.com) is a media/conference partner with New Media Expo and my current company - Storybids will be exhibiting at New Media Expo so I know Las Vegas well, in fact, over half of the Las Vegas Strip is a client in one way or another. My recommendation would be to stay at a hotel with direct monorail access that is a decent property such as Ballys/Paris or MGM Grand. Other options that are close by and nice are Treasure Island/TI and Wynn Las Vegas provides a shuttle every 20 minutes from 8am to 8pm. Getting a cab is challenging from the convention center - especially at days end when everyone is heading out to dinner. A much nicer option that is walkable is the Renaissance on the opposite side of the convention center and the property is only about 3 or 4 years old so the rooms are nice and new, however, again, getting a cab at this property is challenging and I've had to wait upwards of 20 minutes to get one on a busy night. A big plus to this hotel is no casino and no smoking so its a lot calmer than most strip hotels. I'll most likely be staying at Planet Hollywood since I'm a Starwood Hotels member and they tend to upgrade their Gold and Platinum members and the walk next door to Paris/Bally's isn't too bad to catch the monorail to the convention center (10 min.). Hope this is helpful. Joseph Morin CEO Storybids, Inc. www.storybids.com The Product Placement Marketplace --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, sjs Productions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The room I had was falling apart. The showerhead was almost off the wall, etc. That was a few years ago so maybe it has been renevated. susan On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 8:08 AM, Adam Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uh oh, it's my first time at the Hilton. What do I need to watch out for? I've heard that Harrah's hotel is nice, and a nice central location when using the monorail. Adam W. Warner http://indielab.org http://wordpressmodder.org - Original Message From: sjs Productions [EMAIL PROTECTED] sjsProduction%40gmail.com To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.comvideoblogging% 40yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 8:18:07 AM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Anyone going to the New Media Expo? I've been to the Hilton and am not excited to stay there again. Any suggestions? Susan On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 2:49 AM, danielmcvicar danielmcvicar@ yahoo.com wrote: If I'm in LA, I will be there! --- In videoblogging@ yahoogroups. com videoblogging% 40yahoogroups. com, Roxanne Darling okekai@ wrote: Shane and I are there, speaking here: http://www.newmedia expo.com/ incoming. php?linkid= 1896 I'll be thinking about ways we can all connect. F2F still rules. Rupert - surely you want to come to Vegas??? Aloha, Rox On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 5:13 AM, sjs Productions sjsProduction@ ... wrote: This will be my first time there as well. Would love to get together with everyone. On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 8:01 AM, Steve Garfield steve@steve% 40offonatangent. com wrote: I'll be there too.. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Roxanne Darling o ke kai means of the sea in hawaiian Join us at the reef! Mermaid videos, geeks talking, and lots more http://reef. beachwalks. tv 808-384-5554 Video -- http://www.beachwal ks.tv Company -- http://www.barefeet studios.com Twitter-- http://www.twitter. com/roxannedarli ng [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Anyone going to the New Media Expo?
This will be my first time there as well. Would love to get together with everyone. On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 8:01 AM, Steve Garfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll be there too.. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Google Video Sitemaps
funny you should ask. I have seen it and started to institute it, but I can't get it to work with dynamic webpages. ( even though I hand coded it into the rss feed.) I am not sure however if google is reading that particular rss feed. So... I took it off for the moment and would love to see someone else do it susan On 2/15/08, Charles Iliya Krempeaux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did I just miss this when it was announced about Google Video Sitemaps? http://www.insideonlinevideo.com/2007/12/21/google-introduces-video-sitemaps/ http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/12/introducing-video-sitemaps.html It seems like a way to get video thumbnails to show up on the Google search results pages. (Like how it already does for YouTube videos.) Is anyone using this yet on their video blogs? Coming soon to Show in a Nox? :-) -- Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. http://ChangeLog.ca/ Motorsport Videos http://TireBiterZ.com/ Vlog Razor... Vlogging News... http://vlograzor.com/
Re: [videoblogging] Sony PMW-EX1 XDCAM EX SxS Pro HD Camcorder
I didn't get to keep the video just 'touch' the camera. However, they did so some overcranking for me and when I get that footage, I will post it. Don't hold your breath however... this could take a while susan On 2/14/08, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got to work with one for an afternoon. I really liked it for my needs. It overcranks and undercranks. Has a histogram you can see on the screen so it is easier to get the right exposure. However I am waiting to see how it looks in slo mo and how it looks on the web. It is a great price right now. I was told it was gonna be more. if you happen to post some of the video, id love to see your tests. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Professional: http://ryanishungry.com Personal: http://momentshowing.net Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9
Re: [videoblogging] Re: HD quality on YouTube
I think you can download a program to upload files larger than 100mb's. However it is only for a PC... MACs are left out. A while ago, I tried to upload a Flash file, and YT still compressed it again. It looked awful. Has YT changed this recently? sjs On Feb 13, 2008 1:51 PM, influxxmedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe this is true. The nudie video looked very good indeed. YouTube limits uploads to 100MB (does it still work that way, been a while) so they are not limiting DATA RATE. The nudie vids were 10mins long which is quite long, but if you encode down to H264 at a pretty high quality BEFORE uploading to YT I have heard you can get a lot more band for your 100MB buck. Also, using a dedicated FLV encoder to do a 2-pass Variable Bit Rate encode will yield much better quality than the generic YT upload default. I've heard that you can actually upload a video in flash format and it won't get transcoded. It'll maintain whatever quality in which it was uploaded. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Sony PMW-EX1 XDCAM EX SxS Pro HD Camcorder
I got to work with one for an afternoon. I really liked it for my needs. It overcranks and undercranks. Has a histogram you can see on the screen so it is easier to get the right exposure. However I am waiting to see how it looks in slo mo and how it looks on the web. It is a great price right now. I was told it was gonna be more. Just my 2 cents sjs On Feb 13, 2008 12:02 PM, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone used Sony PMW-EX1 XDCAM EX SxS Pro HD Camcorder. I am thinking of purchasing it and was wondering if anyone had any positive or negative feedback. hmmm...love to hear anyone's experience. here's a link: http://bssc.sel.sony.com/BroadcastandBusiness/markets/10014/xdcamEX_index.shtml new to me. jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Professional: http://ryanishungry.com Personal: http://momentshowing.net Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] New Video Camera Recomendations?
Sony has a new XDCam EX which is everything on your wish list and more. I am not sure if it is available in US, but will be any day. Just sit down before you look at the price tag about 7,000-8000 us dollars. Cards run about 400-800 dollars or so I have heard. If you get it, I will be very jealous. sjs On 1/17/08, pettisb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Gang, I'm in the market for a new video camera. My Sony HC1 died a while back from overuse and I've been using my xacti hd2 with a wide angle lense and simple shotgun mic setup. I really prefer the hd2's 720p to 1080i. If I could send interlacing to hell, I would do it in a second. So I'm looking for a more beefy camera than the wee xacti to look a little more impressive and get better color and sound. Has to be 720p or 1080p. Has to record to hard drive or cards. I hate tapes. I'd like it to have 3 ccds but not essential. Low light awesomeness would be nice. Has to accept wide angle lens attachment. Has to be decent at recording audio. Anyone go to CES and see anything I should keep an eye out for? Anyone have a favorite camera that they are loving right now? Bre http://brepettis.com
Re: [videoblogging] FILE CRISIS: PLEASE HELP
try a different card reader. Or, try downloading the card from your original source ( ie: if they are photos, put the card back into the camera and connect the camera directly to the computer) On 1/9/08, mcmpress [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. I need some serious help. I have a 4G SDHC card full of video files I can't retrieve. When I put it in my card reader and put the card reader in my USB, I am getting an error message that says the disk is not formatted and do I want to re-format. I don't notice any damage to the card. How can I retrieve the files? And info, insight most needed and appreciated. Thanks. - Mary [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[videoblogging] Rss confusion
Hi All, Just a quick novice question. I use Wordpress with the podcast plugin. The plugin generates a RSS feed that I submitted to itunes. Do I need to generate another RSS file by hand to submit to other aggregators, or do I use this same url to submit everywhere? Thanks sjs
Re: [videoblogging] Rss confusion
Jay, Thanks for the response. And the article is great! The more I think I know about all this, the more I know I don't know much. sjs On 12/26/07, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a quick novice question. I use Wordpress with the podcast plugin. The plugin generates a RSS feed that I submitted to itunes. Do I need to generate another RSS file by hand to submit to other aggregators, or do I use this same url to submit everywhere? One feed will work everywhere. what many of us do is that the feed you have now...and push it through Feedburner.com. They will give you a human-readable RSS feed that you can advertise and enter into iTunes et al. If you ever need to change where your videos come from, you can go into Feedburner, put in the new feed info, and your subscribers won't need to resubscribe. That Feedburner URL will remain the same. RSS can be confusing, so Rupert wrote a great explainer of RSS on this list earlier this year that is archived on our fine wiki: http://videoblogginggroup.pbwiki.com/RSS+and+enclosures please shout out any specific questions. and tell us your feed so we can check out your work. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Professional: http://ryanishungry.com Personal: http://momentshowing.net Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9
Re: [videoblogging] best format to upload to youtube
thanks all for your responses. A great help On 12/20/07, Brook Hinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If your clip is very short you could try a strategy someone on Ken Stone's site uses - compress to photojpeg at as high a quality as you can while staying within the 100MB limit. Since photo jpeg doesn't compress temporally, you only end up going one pass through a temporal codec (whatever flavor of flash you tube is using). But this only works for a VERY short clip. Cutting your frame rate down to 15 should help too. I notice there's now an option to upload pretty gigantic files to You Tube using a program they offer for download, but it only runs on windows. WIth that option you could theoretically do photo jpeg or dv for longer clips. My best results so far on longer clips have been with h.264 even though You Tube claims they don't support it. Occasionally they'll reject an h.264 - it looks like these are usually close to but still under the 100MB limit, but I don't have enough data to know for sure that's the trigger. But it ends up in a low quality flash encode no matter what, so anything with detail and motion is just going to look like crap on YT. On the iphone, though, SOME of it looks pretty good - probaby because those particular clips are h.264 from a relatively high quality original upload. Brook ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab
Re: [videoblogging] Re: What kind of Pro camera should I get?
For a few more cents worth I use a Sony Z1, which definitely has both good points and bad points. I have used a panasonic P-2 which I found to be absolutely great in good light, but goes to mud very quickly... I did not find it to be a good low light camera. I am watching the new Sony that is due out shortly. Both it and the new Panasonic out soon supposedly will use a new GOP that is intraframe rather than interframe compression. The new Sony will have interchangable lenses as well as overcranking and undercranking and multiple frame rates. Supposedly it will also be able to record in HD on tape and to a SD card at the same time. Price point is to be around 8,000 OK here comes the disclaimer.I have not seen the camera-have only 'heard' about it. Just food for thought. Susan On 12/14/07, Stan Hirson, Sarah Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ryanne and I have also been in the market for a new HD camera for our professional work. I am no expert, but what I crave is a bigger lens. The smaller, consumer HD cameras look very very good.but for the money, I think its the big wide lens that does it for me. Also, I want XLR adapters. There's a lot of discussion about the tech specs of a whole bunch of HD cameras, but how well suited are they to hand-held shooting? It's a step down in quality from some of the cameras mentioned, but I'd like to know more about the Sony HD1000 that rests on the shoulder. Particularly with a Beachtek DXA Phantom power adapter for XLR mics and a wide angle adapter (probably .70). Funny thing is that they are touted as good for wedding and event videographers who want to look pro but little is said about the look of their hand-held shooting over the course of a day. The price is right as the camera itself sells for $1,900 now. Stan Hirson http://hestakaup.com
