Hi Stephen, if you are getting into AVCHD format (as with the new
Sony 100G HD modem, you will need to edit the footage in Windows
using an AVCHD capable video editor, of which there are a few now, or
on the Mac, import into Final Cut Pro, or
thank goodness,
download a little program called Voltaic, which converts the footage
into a format that can be used with iMovieHD, or the final cut
products. It costs $30. You need every ounce of your processor(s) for
the conversion process.
Unless you shoot in standard definition video.
I expect that Apple with catch up with native AVCHD editing in the
next few months, but it isn't there yet.
The Sony direct to DVD burner MC3 does not handle AVCHD footage, but
there is another one out in Japan, the Sony MC5, which does handle
AVCHD - I think we may have a few months wait for that model. Google
AVCHD to find out more.
cheers, Susan.
On 03/08/2007, at 6:33 PM, Steven wrote:
I'll be in the market soon for a video camera also, since my
existing 6-year
old Sony has bitten the dust.
I am getting the Sony repaired, mainly because I have a string of
MiniDV
tapes and without the camera I have nothing to play them on.
I thought the new Sony HD 100GB Hard Disk
<http://www.sony.com.au/dis/catalog/product.jsp?categoryId=23774#>
looked
good, although pricey. I haven't been down the HD route before -
any bad
points to consider? Fully Mac compatible? I imagine there's some lost
quality when backing up your footage to, say, DVD, but I don't
imagine it's
practical to keep everything on hard disk.
I thought the Sony hard disk option might well in conjunction with
Sony's
DVDirect DVD burner
<http://www.sony.com.au/dis/catalog/product.jsp?categoryId=34505>.
Regards
Steven
On 3/8/07 9:28 AM, "Susan Hastings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Ruben, I've had the opportunity to play around with a few video
cameras lately, trying to work out what is best. My experience with
cameras up to about $1,800 is that none of them handle low light (one
lamp in the room, dark corners) well, but none was particularly worse
than the others either. However, if you use your normal overhead
lights, the video quality is very good. I don't think you would need
special lighting to get good video, even with the Sanyo.
I wonder what other people's experience is?
With regard to the HCSD cards, I haven't read of any problems with
the newer AVCHD cameras recording in full high definition onto the
cards. I've tried the Panasonic SD1, which produces excellent HD
video.
cheers, Susan.
On 02/08/2007, at 11:41 PM, Dark1 wrote:
I'm considering buying a video camera so I've been doing lots of
reading lately. I'm mainly interested in recording times spent
with my friends (most of the time indoors at night). I tried
reading the Australian Macworld as Lloyd suggested but the article
focuses on cameras around the $2000 mark which isn't what I'm
looking at. I've been reading up on the Sanyo VPC-HD2 mainly due
to Martin's recommendation on it.
I've got 2 main concerns with this camera. I'm worried about how
it will perform under house light conditions. I'm not sure what
people classify as low light conditions but apparently the camera
has lots of noise in low light.
I'm not too sure on HCSD cards. From what I've been able to find
on the net the rating on the class relates to the sustained data
write rate in Mbps. That means a HCSD card with a rating of 6
wouldn't be able to sustain recording at the highest quality
setting which runs at 9Mbps.
I'm guessing that the HD2 will come to a cost of around $1000 by
the time I buy sufficient HCSD storage and at least 1 additional
battery.
If anyones got any info that could be helpful to me, suggestions or
comparisons with other cameras, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks
Ruben
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