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New grandson, 15 year old _dead_ camcorder :-(
What's the newest game in town that you would recommend? Price is _almost_ no object, I have so many freebie points available on my Amex that I probably won't have to spend a dime for most things I've seen. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
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"Jim Thompson" wrote in message ... New grandson, 15 year old _dead_ camcorder :-( What's the newest game in town that you would recommend? Price is _almost_ no object, I have so many freebie points available on my Amex that I probably won't have to spend a dime for most things I've seen. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave If you expect to do any editing, you are probably best off with a tape based camcorder. If this is an HD camcorder, you really need to dig in to the tradeoffs between tape, Hard Drive, semiconductor, and DVD. People I know who are into this seem to sneer at the DVD based recorders. Tam |
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"Meat Plow" wrote in message ... On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:34:40 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: New grandson, 15 year old _dead_ camcorder :-( What's the newest game in town that you would recommend? Price is _almost_ no object, I have so many freebie points available on my Amex that I probably won't have to spend a dime for most things I've seen. ...Jim Thompson Sony digital (kind that uses a tape). I have a small Mini DV Sony that takes wonderful movies in 16:9 or 4:3. Has a touch screen display, Super Night Vision, remote, USB etc...etc... and fits in the palm of your hand. I have seen really bad reviews on the touch screen, and would go with Canon or Panasonic. Most important is to be sure it works with whatever editing program you plan to get, Adobe, Pinnacle, and Roxio; probably in that order. I have a non HD Canon (16:9 & 4:3) and use it mostly with Pinnacle Studio. For low light use, the Panasonic is a lot better because of the 3 CCD pickup. Tam |
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"Jim Thompson" wrote in message ... New grandson, 15 year old _dead_ camcorder :-( What's the newest game in town that you would recommend? Price is _almost_ no object, I have so many freebie points available on my Amex that I probably won't have to spend a dime for most things I've seen. I'll probably get totally flamed for even thinking this... But my recommendation is to get a Casio EX-V7 Camera. Last year, on a trip to Japan I bought a Sony DVD - I have the DCR mini-dV at home but did not want to lug the camera around so I could transfer images and video into the computer. The DVD concept was neat as heck, and the super Night shot was great! But, within a month, I'd given up using it - it was a power-hog and the DVD's were prone to errors. Then I bought the under-$300 Casio camera - a 7-MPix camera with a 7x optical zoom that also takes hi-res Mpeg4 video with stereo sound (playable with Quicktime and others). It uses SD and SDHC cards - currently up to 8GB capacity are available and you can fit about 1 hour of video on each GB. The package is about the size of a deck of playing cards without any protruding lens. I've since taken over 40 hours of video and untold hundreds of images with excellent results. And I can carry it everywhere all the time in my jacket pocket. So, get the Sony or the recommended 3-ccd job, but get the Casio as well. In all likelyhood, you'll end up using the little digicam more that all your other video toys put together! QS ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
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"Jim Thompson" wrote in message ... New grandson, 15 year old _dead_ camcorder :-( What's the newest game in town that you would recommend? Price is _almost_ no object, I have so many freebie points available on my Amex that I probably won't have to spend a dime for most things I've seen. ...Jim Thompson Canon's got a pretty nice miniature HDTV Camcorder for about $950 street price, the HV10. http://www.maximumpc.com/article/canon_hv10 If you've got that kind of display may be worth it. Robert H. |
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:34:40 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote: ...Jim Thompson A couple of years ago I bought a Canon ZR90. It is small, about $500, uses tapes OR SD cards. It has enough features to meet my needs and not so many as to keep me confused. The SD cards have come down in price enough to make me consider them instead of tape! I tend to take my cameras wherever I go and about half of them expire to accident, theft or loss. John Ferrell W8CCW "Life is easier if you learn to plow around the stumps" |
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In article , John Ferrell wrote:
On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:34:40 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: ...Jim Thompson A couple of years ago I bought a Canon ZR90. It is small, about $500, uses tapes OR SD cards. It has enough features to meet my needs and not so many as to keep me confused. The SD cards have come down in price enough to make me consider them instead of tape! I tend to take my cameras wherever I go and about half of them expire to accident, theft or loss. John Ferrell W8CCW "Life is easier if you learn to plow around the stumps" I got an older Sony just before everybody downsized a few years ago. The downsized models didn't have full A/V inputs and outputs, so I'm still satisfied. The model I have also has great sound. It doesn't overload like many. I have recorded bands and jet dragsters. Well the jet does start to overload somewhat. One thing I hate about mine is when there is a memory stick in there, I sometimes put it into Stick opperation, then I soon got a memory full warning, thinking I was going to tape. Through the Sony, I converted a bunch of VHS video tapes to computer, video in/ firewire out, edited and made CD's. greg |
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"Meat Plow" wrote in message ... On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:46:31 -0500, Tam/WB2TT wrote: "Meat Plow" wrote in message ... On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:34:40 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: New grandson, 15 year old _dead_ camcorder :-( What's the newest game in town that you would recommend? Price is _almost_ no object, I have so many freebie points available on my Amex that I probably won't have to spend a dime for most things I've seen. ...Jim Thompson Sony digital (kind that uses a tape). I have a small Mini DV Sony that takes wonderful movies in 16:9 or 4:3. Has a touch screen display, Super Night Vision, remote, USB etc...etc... and fits in the palm of your hand. I have seen really bad reviews on the touch screen, and would go with Canon or Panasonic. Most important is to be sure it works with whatever editing program you plan to get, Adobe, Pinnacle, and Roxio; probably in that order. Mine is 4 years old and works flawlessly. You're going to have isolated problems with any brand. As far as software goes, Pinnacle works fine with Sony stuff. It works. Some people find it annoying as hell, though. Tam I have a non HD Canon (16:9 & 4:3) and use it mostly with Pinnacle Studio. For low light use, the Panasonic is a lot better because of the 3 CCD pickup. Tam My sony works in no light. |
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"Robert" wrote in message ... "Jim Thompson" wrote in message ... New grandson, 15 year old _dead_ camcorder :-( What's the newest game in town that you would recommend? Price is _almost_ no object, I have so many freebie points available on my Amex that I probably won't have to spend a dime for most things I've seen. ...Jim Thompson Canon's got a pretty nice miniature HDTV Camcorder for about $950 street price, the HV10. Something to be said for the HV10 and HV20. They contain an A/D converter which allows you to connect any analog source to the camcorder, and download it to a PC via Firewire as digital. I know Jim's old camcorder does not work, but when I was in the same shape I borrowed an HI8 camcorder from a friend so I could make digital copies of my old HI8 tapes. I used a PCI analog capture card, which I would not have needed with one of these Canons. If you look at the HV10, look at the HV20 also. Both have Firewire. You don't want to have to use HDMI. Tam http://www.maximumpc.com/article/canon_hv10 If you've got that kind of display may be worth it. Robert H. |
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We use the Canon Elura 85 around the lab for making promo and product videos
and as yet, there hasn't been a thing I've needed that it didn't have. Jim -- "If you think you can, or think you can't, you're right." --Henry Ford "Jim Thompson" wrote in message ... New grandson, 15 year old _dead_ camcorder :-( What's the newest game in town that you would recommend? Price is _almost_ no object, I have so many freebie points available on my Amex that I probably won't have to spend a dime for most things I've seen. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
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RST Engineering (jw) wrote:
We use the Canon Elura 85 around the lab for making promo and product videos and as yet, there hasn't been a thing I've needed that it didn't have. I second the Canon brand. Seems to be more reliable and have better features than most other brands. |
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On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:04:57 -0800, "RST Engineering \(jw\)"
wrote: We use the Canon Elura 85 around the lab for making promo and product videos and as yet, there hasn't been a thing I've needed that it didn't have. Jim What do you use for a video editing program? Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com |
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Jim -- "If you think you can, or think you can't, you're right." --Henry Ford "Spehro Pefhany" wrote in message ... On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:04:57 -0800, "RST Engineering \(jw\)" wrote: We use the Canon Elura 85 around the lab for making promo and product videos and as yet, there hasn't been a thing I've needed that it didn't have. Jim What do you use for a video editing program? Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com |
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On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:45:58 -0500, Meat Plow
wrote: On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:46:31 -0500, Tam/WB2TT wrote: "Meat Plow" wrote in message ... On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:34:40 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: New grandson, 15 year old _dead_ camcorder :-( What's the newest game in town that you would recommend? Price is _almost_ no object, I have so many freebie points available on my Amex that I probably won't have to spend a dime for most things I've seen. ...Jim Thompson Sony digital (kind that uses a tape). I have a small Mini DV Sony that takes wonderful movies in 16:9 or 4:3. Has a touch screen display, Super Night Vision, remote, USB etc...etc... and fits in the palm of your hand. I have seen really bad reviews on the touch screen, and would go with Canon or Panasonic. Most important is to be sure it works with whatever editing program you plan to get, Adobe, Pinnacle, and Roxio; probably in that order. Mine is 4 years old and works flawlessly. You're going to have isolated problems with any brand. As far as software goes, Pinnacle works fine with Sony stuff. I have a non HD Canon (16:9 & 4:3) and use it mostly with Pinnacle Studio. For low light use, the Panasonic is a lot better because of the 3 CCD pickup. Tam My sony works in no light. Excellent! it makes videos for the blind! ;) -- JF |
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