On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 1:06 PM, John Pinner <funth...@gmail.com> wrote: ... > I think I posted you about this a few weeks ago:
Looking back through my mail, you did, but you'd written the part about the cards in a quoted part... As a result I /completely/ missed that. (the SD cards I bought aren't a waste though, they're always useful) I've been worrying about that and playing with SD cards, and how to figure out how to deal with the power supply issue. Personally I think the suggested approach isn't a bad one, and manageable. (But then I would say that since I posted it, I wouldn't've posted something I thought was bad :-) > I ordered the > necessary SDHC cards a few weeks ago. They arrived and work well with > the Sanyo Xactis - they're 16Gb and we have 6. That's useful. Looking back, I see you've got class 4 which has a slower transfer rate. However, the upside is they're bigger, which is helpful. (Bigger is definitely better in this case) In particular, even if we go with the plan I've suggested, having 6 16GB cards means they can all be emptied after the conference, and just need to charge batteries at lunch time, and that's eminently helpful. If we do get a power solution, then the cameras can be managed by less people, and cards emptied daily. Either way it's great :-) > We have one tripod that can be borrowed as well. That's great. Richard Barran has offered to bring his. If we can get to one per camera, that's really helpful, but not vital at this point. > I haven't had time to resolve the power supply problem but hope to > have a hacked solution this week. If we do, we can definitely do better, and the 16GB cards will help there. If you can't get it hacked in time, I've got a workable solution. Basically, my aim this year is to record more of the conference. If that's achieved, that's a good step - so I'm aiming for practicality, not perfection. I think if I was going to do this again though, I'd seriously consider using either web cams or HD web cams and recording direct to disk - it strikes me as a more scalable solution - even if video quality was slightly lower. > I can be of limited help during the conf. This is great as it is - much appreciated. Michael. _______________________________________________ Europython-improve mailing list Europython-improve@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython-improve
