Thanks so much, Frank. :) The camera I just sold on ebay sounds similar to yours, though admittedly a little better in quality... it was a Sony M1 with memory stick pro duo, 1GB for about 45 minutes of 640x480 mp4s.
I got that "upgrade itch" and sold it, and then purchased this POC Canon that is sitting in our toy room now... tomorrow we are going to return it and get a much better Panasonic, hopefully. The quality of my vlogs will be incredibly better...and perhaps even still in five second increments. In fact, for my "fan club" if you will, my first miniDV movie might be just that. Susan http://vlog.kitykity.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Frank Carver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Friday, February 3, 2006, 8:23:39 PM, Susan wrote: > > My downward slide started with my most recent videoblogging > > presentation at the apple store. ...Then I got another email this week saying they > > want me to run my presentation pretty much just on the Mac platform. > > My fault, I guess, for thinking I belonged in an Apple store. > > I must admit I have always been surprised by how so many people have > got involved with Apple stores. Maybe it's because I've never been in > one (the only one I have ever seen, in Amsterdam, was closed when I > went past), but it just seems plain strange to sit in the pocket of a > particular company with particular products to market. > > It may not reassure you but I can't see the odd alliance with > Apple Stores lasting very long. There's not enough in it for them. > > > Videoblogging has been a love-hate thing with me. I love to do it, > > but I hate the fact that it's hard to find people in my area that I > > can hang out with, that I can discuss videoblogging with. They're > > just not here. > > I'm sure this describes most of us. Don't be put off by the loud > voices from a few large metro areas. Most vloggers have never met > another vlogger, and those that did, probably made a big journey to do > it. I met a few last October at Vlog Europe, but I've never met any > here in the UK. It's a lonely hobby, but we kind of make up for it by > sharing our videos. > > > Sure--I have my new friend Greta--and she's having fun > > with it, making maybe a post a week--but the "passion"s not there, > > know what I mean? Plus--she's on a Mac. It's like Spain Spanish and > > Mexican Spanish. We share a similar interest, but not a similar platform. > > Well, maybe I'm lucky then. I don't know anyone with a Mac so at leats > I don't have that problem. I have a bunch of PCs with various > operating systems, but I've never used a Mac. Everywhere I have worked > or studied has been exclusively Windows, Linux or Unix. > > > So that leaves me where I am today--a little crushed inside, without a > > camcorder to vlog with at all, and with a vlog that I truly love but > > don't have the means to update, not counting old home movies I have. > > Still got any editing software installed? Why not try a few remixes? > They can be great fun, and a really good workout for your editing > skills, and best of all, no camera required! > > As an aside, I don't know how much you would consider spending on > videoblogging, but I have done almost all my vlogs using a small, > cheap camera which records MP4 to little flash memory cards. Even the > lowest price Firewire DV cameras around here are at least 200 pounds > (roughly 350 USD), but my little solid state camera was only about 45 > pounds (admittedly, plus the cost of an SD card), so I could get three > of them for the same money and still have change. To me that's cheap > enough to just chuck in my pocket and not worry too much about all the > problems that can happen with the complicated mechanics of a modern > tape camera. > > > Thanks for letting me rant, guys... I just seriously need some kind of > > pick-me-up right now. > > *virtual hug* > > -- > Frank Carver http://www.makevideo.org.uk > 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/
