Cool - I've been looking into transfering some old hi8 tapes, and this will work great! Thanks!
David On Jan 24, 2010, at 5:08 PM, "mgmoon" <mgm...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Video capture devices are available quite cheap. > We have one of these that I transferred home videos to my vlog. > http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.11267 > $11.59. > Sample of some video is here... > http://mikemoon.net/vlog/2010/01/10/toboggan-fun-1989/ > > Mike > http://vlog.mikemoon.net > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Tom Dolan <tomjdo...@...> 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...@...> >>> 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...@... >> >> >> >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
