[videoblogging] Videoblog How-to

2009-06-22 Thread Stanfordchic
Not sure if this would be of interest, but I saw this contest: http://www.howcast.com/videochallenge and I thought it might be great for a videoblogger to enter. All the entries right now seem to be pretty non-practical, like how to waste time and how to save a village from annihilation.

[videoblogging] iphone 3gs video testing so far

2009-06-22 Thread David King
Y'all might be interested in my rambling blog post about video on the new iPhone 3GS - it's here: http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/06/22/playing-with-iphone-3gs-video/ The video quality is not too shabby - reports are saying it's about as good as video on the non-HD Flip camera. I'm still a bit

Re: [videoblogging] iphone 3gs video testing so far

2009-06-22 Thread Kevin Lim
David, Nice elaborate post! :) Frankly speaking, I upgraded to the latest iPhone for the camera! The auto-focus and auto white balance of the iPhone 3GS camera are great, and you can massage the focus by touching on specific subjects on screen. As you've noted, I too love the decent macro

Re: [videoblogging] iphone 3gs video testing so far

2009-06-22 Thread Michael Sullivan
so does this thing capture to h.264 (i assume)? On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Kevin Lim brainop...@gmail.com wrote: David, Nice elaborate post! :) Frankly speaking, I upgraded to the latest iPhone for the camera! The auto-focus and auto white balance of the iPhone 3GS camera are great,

Re: [videoblogging] iphone 3gs video testing so far

2009-06-22 Thread Michael Sullivan
nevermind. i am reading david's post ;) 2009/6/22 Michael Sullivan sullele...@gmail.com so does this thing capture to h.264 (i assume)? On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Kevin Lim brainop...@gmail.com wrote: David, Nice elaborate post! :) Frankly speaking, I upgraded to the latest

[videoblogging] Re: Videoblog How-to

2009-06-22 Thread Gena
I'd say go for it if you have completely read the contest rules and guidelines. That if you win $2,000 you can expect to pay taxes on it and receive a IRS 1099 statement. That is standard on almost all contests people enter and win. So that is not a big deal. You agree to participate in

Re: [videoblogging] iphone 3gs video testing so far

2009-06-22 Thread David King
Yes it does! H.264 and aac for audio. Pretty cool! Sent from my iPhone On Jun 22, 2009, at 7:08 PM, Michael Sullivan sullele...@gmail.com wrote: so does this thing capture to h.264 (i assume)? On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Kevin Lim brainop...@gmail.com wrote: David, Nice

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Videoblog How-to

2009-06-22 Thread Irina
gena u are lovely! lol On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Gena compumaven...@earthlink.net wrote: I'd say go for it if you have completely read the contest rules and guidelines. That if you win $2,000 you can expect to pay taxes on it and receive a IRS 1099 statement. That is standard on

[videoblogging] Modding the Canon 5D Mark II

2009-06-22 Thread Mike Meiser
Long time no write, but just because I'm lurking doesn't mean I'm don't love you. ;) For a while now there have been some impressive open source firmware alternatives for a whole range of Canon cameras. These enable all sorts of cool features, many Canon just hadn't thought of. However, being as