On Jan 11, 2009, at 09:56 , William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Loveless"
Subject: Re: OT - consumer camcorders
As a non-professional, family videographer, the most sensible way
to choose
a camcorder is to first look at the software you are going to use
to edit
the video with. Look up the compatibility list for which cameras
it will
work with. Then pick a camera from that list which has the
features and
produces the quality you want.
Thanks, Godfrey. That's actually some pretty good advice, and
something I hadn't really considered. Anyone have any video software
recommendations. I have access to Windows and Linux boxen.
It's very good advice indeed. I bought myself a JVC rig a while
back. Something that didn't occur to me to check was software
support. Unfortunately, Adobe Premier Elements (the software I have)
doesn't support TOD files, or at least didn't the last time I checked.
Yes, a very important point. I purchased what I thought was a neat
little DVC that used SD cards some 8 years ago.
It was only this past year that I've been able to view the videos I've
taken with it, as the file format was some strange crap that was
unsupported by anythng that ran on a Mac. As it is now I have to use a
Quicktime Pro plug-in. What I see is that the images were crap anyhow.
On the other hand, the camera took stills that were of better quality
and less distortion than the Kodak LS 443 I was using at the time.
Still have the DVC, but I shun it. Have thrown it out twice, but
picked it back up as perhaps having some redeeming value for some
project.
Joseph McAllister
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