Re: [videoblogging] Are women less willing to speak their minds?

2008-04-12 Thread gerry tejeda
Although I agree with some of your valid points about What helps women talk on 
camera?  I totally DISAGREE with your traditional approach on how to do that.  
   
  I should know from first hand experience what it takes to get a women to open 
up and talk on camera.  Since, I do a weekly show about SEX and Relationships 
called The Gerry T Show http://TheGerryTShow.Blip.TV where every week I 
interview random women to talk to me on camera about these 2 topics.  
   
  If you don't believe me check out  A Love  Sex Confessional 
http://blip.tv/file/217944/  Where I interviewed her in her car.  
   
  I think that Lindsay Campbell of Moblogic who I've met and hung out with is 
VERY GOOD at what she does.  The problem lies not in a fuzzy microphone in your 
face, or being overwhelmed by a camera person, or the interviewer, or even 
being offered snacks while sitting on a comfortable couch in some studio.  
   
  The problem or the challenge lies in getting the RIGHT person in front of the 
camera.  Either the person you're interviewing has it, or they don't.  Its that 
simple!  
   
  From watching that video Are women less willing to speak their minds   I 
could tell right away what was going to happen before it happen.  
   
  Don't worry Lindsay Campbell and Moblogic you learn from your mistakes, and 
failures are the lessons of success.  
   
   
  Just keep making it happen!!  
   
   
  Gerry T
  The Gerry T Show
  http://TheGerryTShow.Blip.TV
  Twitter.com/TheGerryTShow

scoobyfox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  A question started by Lindsay Campbell on moblogic.tv after she had a
hard time finding willing chicks for her person on the street
interviews.

Here are my thoughts about it:

http://subvert.com/blog/2008/04/11/are-women-less-willing-to-speak-their-minds/

I do wonder about the many many fewer chick vloggers. I know that I
get a lot more personal emails from my blog readers and vlog watchers
than comments.

What do you think?

I'd certainly like to see public conversation be less chock full o' nuts.

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[videoblogging] Nokia Mobile Filmmaking Awards 2008

2008-04-12 Thread Rupert Howe
I should've posted this here before, but I thought David Howell
would've done it already.  

Nokia have asked him to run a parallel competition at
http://davidhowellstudios.com/

Both Nokia and Dave are running what is basically a videoblogging
competition, and there's not much competition at the moment, so
there's a good chance of you winning.

You don't have to shoot on a phone to win (though it'd probably help).

Films submitted should be 2 minutes long.  Subjects should be one of
the following:

1. The Best Part Of Today.

2. The Next Thing That Makes You Smile.

3. An Act Of Kindness.

4. The Next Person To Inspire You.

So - not every film will fit, but it's pretty videobloggingy brief.

Closing date is midnight, April 30th.

It's tied into a big event on May 10th called Pangea Day, which is
about 'bringing the world together through the power of film'.

Nokia are sponsoring Pangea Day and using it as a chance to promote
the idea of mobile filmmaking with their phones.

And to promote their new video sharing site Share on Ovi, which they
just launched.  They bought Twango and rebranded it.

You can see the 150 or so films that have been submitted so far and
submit your own at 

http://twango.com/channel/PangeaDay.film

And also post a link at http://davidhowellstudios.com/

Don't just fire and forget your entries if you want views and ratings.
 Get involved, leave comments and ratings to get more people watching
your films.  I'm trying to kick start conversation  involvement there
- there was none just a week ago.  I've had some interesting exchanges
and had lots of views and ratings as a result.

You can see the last thing I submitted at:
http://www.twango.com/media/PangeaDay.film/ruperthowe.10020
which is in the lead at the moment - uhhh... views, comments and
ratings appreciated :D

Finalists in the Nokia Awards will be shortlisted by popularity,
judged by views, favorites, comments and ratings.  Then judges will
choose winners.

David Howell will choose the winner for his comp.

Rupert
http://twittervlog.tv/





[videoblogging] Re: Studio Engineer Needed

2008-04-12 Thread Rick Rey
Hey Jim--

I recently watched your tour of the Rev3 facilities on Beet TV and I
was practically drooling. Here's the video if anyone is interested:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zDftE2Aay4

I don't think it was explicitly stated, but Jim  co are located in
San Francisco. Lots of talented people on this list and many in the
San Fran area. I hope a few leads pop out of the woodwork.


--
Rick Rey
http://epicfu.com
Assoc. Producer/Editor, EPIC-FU





--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, jlouderb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi, it's Jim Louderback from Revision3.  I've been lurking on this 
 group for a while (thanks for all the great advice), but I figured I'd 
 speak up on this.
 
 Revision3 is looking for a video engineer to manage, enhance and 
 operate our state-of-the-art HD multi-camera streaming video studio.  
 We're switched, have about 3,000 square feet of shooting space, a green 
 screen, etc.
 
 We need someone who wants to chart the course of what a 
 videoblogging/streaming studio should look be, on a beer budget.
 
 Let me know if you are interested.  And if I've offended the group with 
 this post, I apologize in advance.
 
 jim





Re: [videoblogging] Are women less willing to speak their minds?

2008-04-12 Thread Pat Cook
Hi everyone:

gerry tejeda wrote:
 
 Although I agree with some of your valid points about What helps women 
 talk on camera? I totally DISAGREE with your traditional approach on 
 how to do that.
 
 I should know from first hand experience what it takes to get a women to 
 open up and talk on camera. Since, I do a weekly show about SEX and 
 Relationships called The Gerry T Show http://TheGerryTShow.Blip.TV 
 http://TheGerryTShow.Blip.TV where every week I interview random women 
 to talk to me on camera about these 2 topics.

First off, I have to say that I have to say that I disagree 
(Respectfully mind you) with BOTH of you!

I have learned that women have ways of speaking their minds in ways us 
guys can't seem to comphrehend.  I know this because my mom is NOT 
afraid of speaking HER mind (And she's 62 years old!)  Her best friend 
(Who's about as old as I am.  I'm 41 going on 42 in June) is hispanic, 
knows martial arts, and is HARDLY afraid of speaking her mind and 
verbally putting people back in their place.  She's not afraid to do it 
PHYSICALLY too if needed.

I also live in an urban area and we all know how urbanized women 
(Particularly women who live in ghetto 'hoods can express THEMSELVES, 
now do we?).  If you don't, just watch an episode or two of COPS and 
you'll be QUICKLY educated.

 I think that Lindsay Campbell of Moblogic who I've met and hung out with 
 is VERY GOOD at what she does. The problem lies not in a fuzzy 
 microphone in your face, or being overwhelmed by a camera person, or the 
 interviewer, or even being offered snacks while sitting on a comfortable 
 couch in some studio.
 
 The problem or the challenge lies in getting the RIGHT person in front 
 of the camera. Either the person you're interviewing has it, or they 
 don't. Its that simple!

Agreed.  Which is why I posted the comments above.

 Don't worry Lindsay Campbell and Moblogic you learn from your mistakes, 
 and failures are the lessons of success.

We all do. Don't we? ;)

Cheers :D

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[videoblogging] Camcorder recommendation

2008-04-12 Thread L Velasquez
Hi, 

I am very frustrated and thought perhaps some folks here might be able to
recommend a few camcorder options for me to considerI figured this might
be a common question, so I did look through the archive for responses...but
some of my needs are a bit different and I thought it best to ask (again,
sorry).  

I WOULD VERY APPRECIATIVE of any help, honestly, I am very frustrated with
my search. 

I need a camera for recording classroom presentations and for my blog.  I
would like to use an external mic so the sound quality is good--so the
camcamera needs to have external mic input.

I would like to be able to record a fair amount (16 - 5 minute presentations
--about 80-100 minutes of material). But I need to be able to record and
then access the clips quickly during the class.  I would like (if possible)
to be able to offer them to the students at the end of the day as well, if
possible, but I can't take a bunch of time to do that.

I also need the ability to easily find the different presentations for
playback so we can review during class via a TV output...so I need ability
to output to TV (need RCA audio out)...

Also, I do have a blog for my business and I would like to record myself for
blog entries. 

For the classroom the quality doesn't have to be all that great, for my blog
I would like at least better than average quality.

I would be grateful for some opinions/thoughts/comments...

I should mention that I ALREADY OWN AND USE a SONY Handycam DCR-TRV38
--which is an older mini-DV tape camera, it has external mic and also
firewire connection to my MAC..it works fine...EXCEPTI can't go back to
individual student presentations (I need to review in the order they
presented   AND I can't easily give  INDIVIDUAL presentations to each of the
students to play.



Thanks again for any help you can provide.


Frustrated in Cherry Hill (aka Lisa)




[videoblogging] Re: Live internet video questions and thoughts

2008-04-12 Thread Chuck
I strongly suggest you try Mogulus with Flash Media Encoder (FME).  
Obviously, the things that make for good recorded video hold true for 
live as well (effective lighting, good white balance, good manual 
focusing, appropriate camera exposure, good audio, etc...)

FME on it's own is interesting in and of itself - but FME 
hosting 'aint cheap.  Mogulus (at least now while in Beta) is free.

I did a lot of research and settled on FME over the tricaster after a 
cost/benefit assessment.  Even at that, FME hosting cost me a lot.  
(I never got out of test with FME hosting as it was so expensive.)  

Mogulus is great.  I just streamed an IT conference in Ireland live 
and plan to stream some more content from Microsoft in Redmond next 
week.

So far, I'm of the opinion that using FME with Mogulus is unbeatable 
for live quality streaming.

Chuck
-- 
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phone: +1.347.284.6148

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--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
wrote:

 This group doesnt seem like quite the right place to talk about live
 video, can anybody recommend active communities that talk about and 
do
 such things? 
 
 Im still a bit disappointed by the video  audio quality of some of
 the live stuff Ive watched, even if its not via mobile phone, any
 thoughts on which service is the best in this regard?
 
 I still love vlogs but I cannot deny there is still a powerful thing
 that comes from live video, especially when there is live text chat 
at
 the same time. Sharing the eternal now with others is good for the 
soul?
 
 And even when it comes to pre-recorded stuff, shows etc, I stil find
 stuff being on at a certain time or on a regular schedule has 
appeal.
 I mean I love all the power and flexibility that videoblogs, video
 search, aggregating etc bring, but I do find I miss some aspects of 
tv
 (not the shows though). Almost the only time I watch TV these days 
is
 live stuff. I dont know if there's any mileage in a lot of vlogs 
being
 shown in a back-to-back tv channel format, where people can tune in 
to
 see a new episode for the first time at a certain time, perhaps with
 live chat between creators and audience?
 
 Anyways I wanted to talk more about technical aspects of live video,
 such as providing very affordable but sophisticated realtime camera
 mixing, special effects, video overlays and all manner of other 
stuff,
 but on a low budget. Quartz Composer is my tool of choice, and
 sometime late last year I think I was even offering to try to make
 some effects for the excellent Camtwist software, but I failed 
pretty
 badly, didnt have enough time and I realised I wasnt so good with
 Quartz Composer as Id hoped I was. But now Ive spent months with
 Quartz Composer and am a little better at it. And I started watching
 some live video and saw some bloke who was doing interactive 
gameshow
  karaoke. It was sort of naff but it had a certain charm, and he 
was
 really pushing his computer past the limits with lots of graphics 
that
 showed stuff. It set off ideas in my mind about how much better it
 could all be. And so here I am sprouting words about it without a
 clear agenda of where I am going with this.
 
 Erm, what else? Oh yes, that there are VJ's (club type not MTV type)
 who are used to mixing video live and doing effects etc, and most of
 them dont have fulltime mega-money making possibilities from the 
VJing
 scene, but have equipment and expertise that could be a very
 profitable partnership for organisations or individuals who need 
some
 live video facilities on a tight budget. Still Im only speulating on
 this, could try asking on vjforums.com and see what the response is 
if
 curious.
 
 Cheers
 
 Steve Elbows





Re: [videoblogging] Camcorder recommendation

2008-04-12 Thread Robyn Tippins
Could the handicam work if you ran a line into your computer, and  
recorded to your drive instead of the tape?

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 12, 2008, at 2:22 PM, L Velasquez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi,

 I am very frustrated and thought perhaps some folks here might be  
 able to
 recommend a few camcorder options for me to considerI figured  
 this might
 be a common question, so I did look through the archive for  
 responses...but
 some of my needs are a bit different and I thought it best to ask  
 (again,
 sorry).

 I WOULD VERY APPRECIATIVE of any help, honestly, I am very  
 frustrated with
 my search.

 I need a camera for recording classroom presentations and for my  
 blog. I
 would like to use an external mic so the sound quality is good--so the
 camcamera needs to have external mic input.

 I would like to be able to record a fair amount (16 - 5 minute  
 presentations
 --about 80-100 minutes of material). But I need to be able to record  
 and
 then access the clips quickly during the class. I would like (if  
 possible)
 to be able to offer them to the students at the end of the day as  
 well, if
 possible, but I can't take a bunch of time to do that.

 I also need the ability to easily find the different presentations for
 playback so we can review during class via a TV output...so I need  
 ability
 to output to TV (need RCA audio out)...

 Also, I do have a blog for my business and I would like to record  
 myself for
 blog entries.

 For the classroom the quality doesn't have to be all that great, for  
 my blog
 I would like at least better than average quality.

 I would be grateful for some opinions/thoughts/comments...

 I should mention that I ALREADY OWN AND USE a SONY Handycam DCR-TRV38
 --which is an older mini-DV tape camera, it has external mic and also
 firewire connection to my MAC..it works fine...EXCEPTI can't go  
 back to
 individual student presentations (I need to review in the order they
 presented AND I can't easily give INDIVIDUAL presentations to each  
 of the
 students to play.

 Thanks again for any help you can provide.

 Frustrated in Cherry Hill (aka Lisa)


 


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[videoblogging] Re: Camcorder recommendation

2008-04-12 Thread Chuck
You can use your existing DV camera and external mic with Flash Media 
Encoder and Mogulus.  

http://www.mogulus.com/wiki/index.php/Use_Flash_Media_Encoder_or_On2_F
lix_live_Encoder_with_Mogulus

You can stream live to your blog (and anywhere else you or anyone 
wants via embed windows) and Mogulus lets you record what you stream 
to re-use for your later subsequent (non-live) programming.

Your students could also be producers and you could all collectively 
work together as a production team and share cameras, devices, and 
content between you team.

http://www.mogulus.com/channels/produce

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

Chuck Boyce
-- 
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http://chucktv.ning.com/

phone: +1.347.284.6148

IM/chat:
skype chuck_boyce_jr
yahoo chuck_boyce_jr
Live [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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google [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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twitter chuckboycejr 
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, L Velasquez [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
wrote:

 Hi, 
 
 I am very frustrated and thought perhaps some folks here might be 
able to
 recommend a few camcorder options for me to considerI figured 
this might
 be a common question, so I did look through the archive for 
responses...but
 some of my needs are a bit different and I thought it best to ask 
(again,
 sorry).  
 
 I WOULD VERY APPRECIATIVE of any help, honestly, I am very 
frustrated with
 my search. 
 
 I need a camera for recording classroom presentations and for my 
blog.  I
 would like to use an external mic so the sound quality is good--so 
the
 camcamera needs to have external mic input.
 
 I would like to be able to record a fair amount (16 - 5 minute 
presentations
 --about 80-100 minutes of material). But I need to be able to 
record and
 then access the clips quickly during the class.  I would like (if 
possible)
 to be able to offer them to the students at the end of the day as 
well, if
 possible, but I can't take a bunch of time to do that.
 
 I also need the ability to easily find the different presentations 
for
 playback so we can review during class via a TV output...so I need 
ability
 to output to TV (need RCA audio out)...
 
 Also, I do have a blog for my business and I would like to record 
myself for
 blog entries. 
 
 For the classroom the quality doesn't have to be all that great, 
for my blog
 I would like at least better than average quality.
 
 I would be grateful for some opinions/thoughts/comments...
 
 I should mention that I ALREADY OWN AND USE a SONY Handycam DCR-
TRV38
 --which is an older mini-DV tape camera, it has external mic and 
also
 firewire connection to my MAC..it works fine...EXCEPTI can't go 
back to
 individual student presentations (I need to review in the order they
 presented   AND I can't easily give  INDIVIDUAL presentations to 
each of the
 students to play.
 
 
 
 Thanks again for any help you can provide.
 
 
 Frustrated in Cherry Hill (aka Lisa)





[videoblogging] Re: Macbook Pro...

2008-04-12 Thread taulpaulmpls
My version has the Santa Rosa and LED screen from 8 mos ago.  It's
hands down the most solid computer I've ever owned.  I usually have
most of the Adobe Suite and FCP open all at the same time.  4 gigs of
RAM helps.  I would suggest it to anyone.

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Verdi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I have a 2 yr old 2GHz, 2GB ram, 128MB video card, first revision MBP
 and I use it every day for editing HD video. I love it. I would love
 to have a new MacPro but I don't want to sacrifice portability and I
 can't afford one as a second machine. I'll probably keep this one
 another year and wait for the next generation of processors -

http://www.macrumors.com/2008/03/19/intel-outlines-next-generation-processors-nehalem-due-in-late-2008/
 
 - Verdi
 
 On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  love it  bah!  long live the glorious PC and Windows down with the
   evil cult of Mac, did you know that it's all those mac people who
   are creating all the computer viris's?  And they are also responable
   for global warming, and they snore alot and have bad breath!
 
   Man.I really wish I had bought a mac, go for it!
 
   Heath
   http://batmangeek.com
   http://heathparks.com
 
   --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Meade meade.dave@
   wrote:
 
 
  
I have a Macbook Pro and I love it (love it love it).  It's the
   first
mac I've ever owned, so I can't really compare it to others for you
but I can tell you how mine has performed...
   
I have the 2.4 GHz (Intel Core 2 Duo) with 2 GB of RAM
(I assume you meant to say yours would have 4GB no MB)
   
Mine preforms very well.  Last night I exporting a 5minute 480x270
multi-pass H.264 mp4 at 600kb with 192kbps stereo sound ... while I
didn't actually time it I can remember / guess at this much:
* it initially said it was going to take 20some minutes but didn't
actually take nearly that long
* It probably took 7-10 minutes? (I'm a pretty bad guesser of such
things but ...)
* It wasn't long enough that I even bothered walking away from the
   computer.
   
Sometimes when I have a more complex edit with lots of filters in
   FCE,
the real time rendering isn't great, but hitting option-r does a
very quick render of the timeline for you.
   
I'm sure there will be projects where you'll want/need go off to do
something else while it exports ... but I've still always felt that
   my
lil' macbook pro's export times fall well within expected and
reasonable time frames.
   
I have the glossy screen, and I really like it, but the
glossy/matte
issue seems to be kinda like arguing religion ... I'm not sure
there
really is a right answer.  It's probably more about which looks
   better
to your eye.
   
well I dunno if any of that is helpful, but I use my Macbook
Pro for
all my editing/exporting now and I've not had any regrets.
   
- Dave
   
 
 
   On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Ron Watson k9disc@ wrote:
 Hey everybody,
  I'm looking to pick up a macbook pro in the not too distant
   future
  and was hoping to get some feedback as to how the new machines
   are
  performing, and any config suggestions.

  I'm looking at the 15 2.4Ghz 200GB with 4 MB of ram.

  Any help would be appreciated...

  I'll be taking a trip down to the Mac store sometime soon...

  Questions:
  How is rendering time on these machines?

  Is there a large difference between the 2.4 Ghz and 2.5 Ghz
   models?

  What are the pros  cons with the glossy display?

  Cheers,

  Ron Watson



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[videoblogging] What Video Format is Suitable for Large Screen Viewing (at a conference)

2008-04-12 Thread jocelynford
I am producing a short video for a conference on the Olympics and 
media freedom that takes place in Paris next week. The video will be 
viewed on a large screen.  It doesn't need to be great quality (I'm 
a newbie, so it won't be!)   But it should be watchable.  
 
I have recorded the interviews in mp4 on a Sanyo C40 xacti, using a 
Sandisk card.  I can use either moviemaker or powerdirector6 
software to edit.  I'd like to know what format to use  for the best 
possible quality images on a big screen.  
 
If I use videoconverter I can convert to wmv, flv, mpg, mp4, avi. 
With powerdirector I can save it as .mpeg1, .mpeg2, .avi., divX, 
avc .mpeg4. 
 
I also have powerdirector options like write back to dv  tape/hdv 
tape (I would need to confirm whether the organizers have tape, and 
the appropriate screening deviceI don't) and media max (whatever 
that is!)
 
Other options: I can upload it to youtube.  I recall reading about a 
trick that made youtube less fuzzy on bigscreens, but don't know 
what it is. 
 
I'd appreciate any advice!  
jocelyn
U.S. public radio/Foreign Correspondents Club media freedoms 
committee
beijing




Re: [videoblogging] What Video Format is Suitable for Large Screen Viewing (at a conference)

2008-04-12 Thread Brian Richardson - WhatTheCast?
Your best options (highest quality first):

1. If you have a camcorder that takes DV/HDV tapes, then write back to 
DV/HDV tape. Play it back with a tape desk or camcorder hooked up to the 
TV/projector (this may not work for you since your camcorder isn't 
tape-based).

2. Write to DVD MPEG2 (MPG file). Play it on a computer hoked up to a 
TV/projector.

3. Write to DVD MPEG2 (MPG file) and use a DVD authoring program create 
a DVD that you can play in a standard DVD player

4. Create a DiVX file using the DiVX High Definition Profile (should 
make something close to 720p quality). Play it on a computer hoked up to 
a TV/projector or DiVX capable DVD player.

5. Create a Windows Media file using a High Definition Profile (should 
make something close to 720p quality). Play it on a computer hoked up to 
a TV/projector.

6. Write an MP4 file (640x480) and dump it on to an iPod. A $10 cable 
will connect the iPod to any TV or LCD projector.

Use at least two of these options. If you don't know what will be there, 
then take multiple formats.

YouTube will look really bad on a big screen, so don't bother with that 
option.

Good Luck ... br

jocelynford wrote:
 I am producing a short video for a conference on the Olympics and 
 media freedom that takes place in Paris next week. The video will be 
 viewed on a large screen.  It doesn't need to be great quality (I'm 
 a newbie, so it won't be!)   But it should be watchable.  
  
 I have recorded the interviews in mp4 on a Sanyo C40 xacti, using a 
 Sandisk card.  I can use either moviemaker or powerdirector6 
 software to edit.  I'd like to know what format to use  for the best 
 possible quality images on a big screen.  
  
 If I use videoconverter I can convert to wmv, flv, mpg, mp4, avi. 
 With powerdirector I can save it as .mpeg1, .mpeg2, .avi., divX, 
 avc .mpeg4. 
  
 I also have powerdirector options like write back to dv  tape/hdv 
 tape (I would need to confirm whether the organizers have tape, and 
 the appropriate screening deviceI don't) and media max (whatever 
 that is!)
  
 Other options: I can upload it to youtube.  I recall reading about a 
 trick that made youtube less fuzzy on bigscreens, but don't know 
 what it is. 
  
 I'd appreciate any advice!  
 jocelyn
 U.S. public radio/Foreign Correspondents Club media freedoms 
 committee
 beijing

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[videoblogging] Re: PAL Camcorder in my NTSC world

2008-04-12 Thread Mike Moon
Just as a follow up, with regards to me lookimg for a new camcorder.
It's done...
http://blip.tv/file/get/Moon-NewCamcorder442.mov

Thanks for your input.

Mike
http://vlog.mikemoon.net

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Mike Moon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Thank for the response folks.
 
 Yes Brook, it's a used camcorder and yes there is much to be lost, but
 also lots to be gained. The camera is being sold as it's not been used
 much at all. The price is right for my budget and it's resale value,
 in the right PAL market, would be great.
 
 I did read about the lowlight performance, but being an old Xacti
 user, I'm use to poor/no lowlight video. The pluses for me are the
 built in light (arm-length-vlogger) and the ability to lower the
 shutter to 1/30 and even 1/15.
 
 It's not a perfect camcorder, for everything I'm after in a camcorder,
 but it's what I can afford. I need an upgrade from my Xacti C40 and
 this seems like a good fit.
 
 Mike
 
 
 --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Brook Hinton bhinton@ wrote:
 
  For the web, it won't matter. You'll just burn to PAL ratios
instead of
  NTSC.
  FCP and its FCP Studio accompaniments handle PAL just fine. I have
 no idea
  about FC Express or imovie.
  
  But I would think VERY hard before getting this camera.
  
  For DVD - if you want NTSC, and you want it to look even watchable,
 it is
  possible on a mac with compressor now that its mpeg2 frame controls
 support
  more advanced motion analysis, but the time it takes to compress
in this
  mode is just unbelievably long. And its still not going to look great.
  
  On a PAL tv, it won't look more like film - PAL is still interlaced.
 It's
  25i, not 25p. The reason some video-to-film features were shot in
PAL is
  because its easier to transfer 25i to 24fps film, and because PAL has
  slightly better resolution than NTSC.
  
  Why are you opting for a PAL HV10? PAL is usually much more
 expensive in an
  NTSC country. Is it a great deal on a used camera? I STRONGLY advise
 against
  used video cameras, especially consumer gear. The heads are the
 first thing
  to go, and they aren't cheap. You might get two good tapes before
 drowning
  in dropouts (and HDV dropouts make DV dropouts look like no big
 deal). You
  might also get very lucky, but its quite a gamble.
  
  The HV10 is also somewhat notorious for its poor low light
performance.
  
  Sorry to throw cold water on anything but thought I should voice these
  concerns,
  
  Brook
  
  
  
  
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  Brook Hinton
  film/video/audio art
  www.brookhinton.com
  studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab
  
  
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