Neil Katz here, a journalist. I have had very good experiences with
the Xacti CG65. Small, cheap, shoots well in low light, and is
stable on zoom, and files sizes are small. I did an entire video
story for the NY Times with that camera and even snuck a shot into a
report for CBS News on national TV.
http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=74e0011bd397f3fdad54e60c3b52612d009fa8bf
Judge image quality for yourself. And keep in mind the NYT site is
playing at about half resolution.
I have purchased and returned every camera in the Xacti line except
the CG65. The others have better specs, but nothing has a better
picture. And it fits in your pocket, which means you will get the shot.
Battery life is poor. Buy three batteries and a quick charger. Use
an online site to buy non Sanyo batteries. They run $20/each.
The only negative is in order to edit you will have to convert the
native mp4 files into DV. Sanyo says you can edit with mp4 files and
technically you can import them into Final Cut Pro. But it doesn't
really work, trust me.
That conversion process will take about 1 minute per minute of
footage. So if you shoot three hours, expect three hours of
conversion when you come home.
As an aside, working in India, if you don't have Sony, you can't get
it fixed or spare parts, adapters, etc.
N
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I agree. I've been using a Canon Ixus 860 (European name for
Powershot, I think) and it shoots beautiful video. I love it. And
it's FANTASTIC in low light. Better than Xacti. But not quite so
good a grip. I think the Xacti pistol grip is the best way to shoot
- better than the traditional camcorder grip.
It produces big video files, though, compared to other little cameras
I've used - so get yourself an 8GB memory card or two. I found the
best deals for memory cards online - shops will rip you off.
Rupert
http://twittervlog.tv
On 12-Jun-08, at 12:48 PM, Jay dedman wrote:
I'm heading to India for my honeymoon and the entire summer and
plan to vlog
and do some
interviews from there.
I *do not* plan to bring my macbook. I just want to bring a
firewire or usb
cable and upload
at cafes.
It needs to be small, light and easy to travel with and have
decent sound.
the canon powershot is actually a great choice.
it has good sound, its small.
It also records in AVI so a PC in an internet cafe will read them.
Just use Windows Movie Maker that comes with XP.
should be on most public computers.
Jay
--
http://jaydedman.com
917 371 6790
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