Lisa, what kind of camera equipment do you have right now? Do you have a digital camera? Do you have a webcam for your computer? What kind of videoblogs do you want to make?
You can make a videoblog without a camera, using photos you've taken, for instance and clipping them together as a video. Or screencast a recording of your desktop. A lot of digital cameras also have a video feature-- mine takes 7 1/2 minutes of video on a 512 MB card. It was about $300; I could buy a 1 GB card for 15 minutes of video for another $100. I moblog using the video feature in my cell phone. Cell phone: $250, plus the cost of monthly service. Videos are small and kind of grainy, and limited to 30 seconds at a time, but I can vlog with them. For my main vlog, I use a 5 year old Sony Handycam that uses Digital 8 tapes. Go Digital 8! Never had trouble with the camera quality, though I will someday afford myself a tiny DV camera. So, when you ask how to get what you need, the question comes back: what do you want to do? Figure that out, and then you can decide what you really need. On 2/3/06, Mrs. Ours MA PLPC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Okay, so... where does a gal with an extremely limited budget go to get what > she needs for less than 700.00 including carrying case, tripod, memory > upgrade? > > I have an embarassing wealth of children and thus an embarassing lack of > funds!!! > > What's a newbie really require? I've got aspirations of course but I can > always upgrade if needed in a years time. > > Thanks ever so, > > Lisa (the inquisitive one) > > >From: "Bill Streeter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com > >To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com > >Subject: [videoblogging] Re: Predictable cam corder question > >Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 21:07:55 -0000 > > > >Just say no to Digital 8. It's a dying format. Go miniDV, or > >something that can record to a card. > > > >Bill Streeter > >LO-FI SAINT LOUIS > >www.lofistl.com > > > >--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "grasshopperatyourfeet" > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Okay... > > > Here comes the inevitable and somewhat obnoxiously predictable but > > > obligatory novice vlogger camcorder question. I found this deal at > >Best > > > Buy... Could use advice.. it's looking pretty reasonable and with > >the > > > tripod included seems like the way to go... > > > Opinions please? > > > Thanks Ever So, > > > Lis (Richard's Daughter) > > > > > > http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp? > >skuId=999945500050003&type=produ\ > > > ct&productCategoryId=pcmcat8000050006&id=pcmprd45700050003 > > > <http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp? > >skuId=999945500050003&type=prod\ > > > uct&productCategoryId=pcmcat8000050006&id=pcmprd45700050003> > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to > get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > -- Stephanie Bryant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blogs, vlogs, and audioblogs at: http://www.mortaine.com/blogs Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/