I agree, a great camera that you dont mind not being too delicate with it... and not too surprised he found such a good deal -- they make new models of these xactis at a pretty steady clip so the older model (which is usually only last years model) tend to get these good online deals.
Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomo.tv - finally moving to wordpress http://hatfactory.net - relaxed coworking AIM:schlomochat On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Rupert <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks! > I've been meaning to buy a Xacti for a while, and I was thinking that > a waterproof E1 would serve me well up here in the Pacific Northwest > winter. (Seems the trick is not to totally immerse it too much, or > the screen dies) > Also, I've loved the quality of the footage that people get with > their E1s. > > But I saw David Howell today in Vancouver, and he had a Xacti HD100. > It shoots great video. If you haven't seen his recent video shot at > English Bay in Vancouver with it, you should check it out - some of > the shots are stunning. Admittedly, most of the imagemaking is done > by the person making the image, not the camera... but anyway, he said > he got his HD100 at Walmart for... > $99.00 > > Maybe he was yanking my chain. > > $99 for an HD camera that shoots stuff that good. Must have been a > clearance sale or something. Or a mistake. > I've done 10 hours of travelling today so I'm too tired to check on > Walmart.com to see if that offer's still on - but it might be worth > checking out what they have, and for how much. > > Rupert > http://twittervlog.tv > > > On 11-Jan-09, at 12:39 PM, schlomo rabinowitz wrote: > > Hey all > I love my Xacti E1, and Amazon has a really good deal on the E2 today: > > <http://icanhaz.com/xacticam> > > In case you are looking for something like this. Had fun with mine on > the > waterslides the other week. (they are waterproof) > > Schlomo Rabinowitz > http://schlomo.tv - finally moving to wordpress > http://hatfactory.net - relaxed coworking > AIM:schlomochat > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
