On Thursday 10 June 2010 13:52:22 John Pinner wrote: > Hello, .. > These cameras are cheap for a reason, for example Sanyo quote a DC supply ( > replaces the battery pack) but in practice this isn't available anywhere.
Interesting. You gave me the model description so I'll try and find out the power requirements - maybe maplin or similar have a generic PSU which works? (rhetorical q - I'll check) I've had some success there in the past. > But I have a contingency plan so hopefully they will be running off mains. > If not we will have to work with a one hour battery life and have plenty of > spare batteries available. In which case we may want to scale back ambitions initially to try and get 2 tracks worth rather than just 4. (To try and be realistic - I'd rather get 2 tracks well than 4 tracks badly) > Nor is there a mic input, I wondered about that. Even with the 10x mag one which I borrowed and used last year, having tried various mics I discovered why a balanced audio input a) is worth it b) costs a lot more! > but I guess if the talks are being recorded > anyway we can always mix in a separate audio track, presumably with modern > electronics this shouldn't be a problem like it was in the days of > Standard-8 and mag tape recorders. It'll be easier, but sync will still be hard. (Which is why I didn't attempt it last year incidentally) > We need a (physical) meeting in the near future to sort out the whole > audio/video thing, with our guys and Rhubarb Radio. How about Saturday > 25th, to coincide with the next PyWM meeting? I'll see what I can do and get back to you. Actually playing with the cameras you have and seeing the limitations would be great. Regards, Michael. _______________________________________________ Europython-improve mailing list Europython-improve@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython-improve
