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 consider....I 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...EXCEPT....I 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) > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
