Digital film, unlike analog captures details very well in a sort of brutal realism where images are not captured and recorded on film but finer details(pixels). You want the best 'traditional" lens you can afford, don't ever count on, or settle for, digital zoom unless you have to, as the image gets really pixilated really fast. It looks like that is exactly what you pay for in the difference in the cameras, a better imaging system. The higher resolution will be nice when viewing it on a LCD Display and if you foresee using this to make movies you will watch on a TV that is LCD or plasma, where the pixels and digital system are very good, you WILL notice a difference. The Lens in the Optima is better as well as the CCD, or Charge-coupled device which interprets and digests the image are a grade higher then the Elura but the underlying recording and output systems are identical. The difference between these cameras lie in two elements that directly correlate to a much better image and clearer, crisper picture, and as Nikon says: "When the picture matters, the camera matters."
Mike On Feb 28, 2005, at 10:58 PM, Peter McGrath wrote: > Don, > Yes, Mike certainly knows his stuff! > His expertise in videography is evident. > > Hey Mike, any advice on camcorders? > > Got the point about the difference between iMovie and Final Cut, how > important is it to get a high resolution camcorder? > > Refered by the "Ward of the Bard" to Murphy's, and to Canon, I > searched the web for something of decent quality and as economical as > possible. Somewhere between the Elura 65 and the Optima 40, I started > leaning towards the Optima for the almost double resolution. > > What's important? What really matters? > > Pretty much decided on Final Cut Express as a necessary investment, > are these choices, the Elura 65 or the Optima 40, reasonable? > > Peter McGrath > eLogic Platinum > > > On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:01:44 -0500, meredon3 at bellsouth.net > <meredon3 at bellsouth.net> wrote: >> Really enjoyed the demo of Final Cut that Mike presented at the last >> meeting. Don't know about your >> response, but I thought Mike did a great job. Hope the response was >> good, because I would like him >> back to show more tips on editing software. >> >> thanks, Don >> >> Don Meredith >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be February 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be March 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
