Hi Marlene I'm going to "borrow" one of Martin's posts he had quite a while back in the archives,... We bought one of these video camera's based on his recommendation and it's fantastic! Great quality and works very well,... I think the one we got from memory was the HD2000.
Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel ---quote--- Hi Tony, As I've posted in the past to the WAMUG list, we have been buying stacks of Sanyo VPC HD1010 FullHD video cameras here at Curtin after previously buying and using 3CCD JVC Everio GZ-MG505 and Sony DCRSR100 HDD cameras. Unlike the JVC and Sony cameras which record onto built-in hard disk drives which need to be connected to a computer and emptied before being able to record more footage, the Sanyo records onto removable SD cards. The camera itself is very compact yet very capable. The latest Sony and JVC cameras record in AVCHD format which can be imported into iMovie, a process that takes ages. In contrast, the Sanyo saves in .mp4 Quicktime-compatible H.264 AVC MPEG-4 format which can play straight off the SD card in Quicktime Player. Much more Mac friendly. You can also shoot 4 megapixel still images while you're in the middle of recording video. Here is a previous mini-review I wrote for some of our University users: We have been buying quite a few of these Sanyo cameras for a bit under the $1000 mark. I¹ve seen them online as cheap as around $7-800 including a 4GB SD card which can store up to about 8hrs of video. (or add a couple of hundred dollars for a 16GB flash card which stores up to 35hrs of footage). The camera saves video in MPEG-4 H.264 AVC format so can be copied straight onto a Mac and played back in Quicktime or imported straight into iMovie. Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD1010 (below are the specs of the HD1000, but the HD1010 only adds a few extra features like extreme slow motion) Very in-depth review of the camera here: http://www.steves-digicams.com/2008_reviews/sanyo_hd1000.html Records at up to Full HD resolution (1920x1080) and right down to 320x240 which we use for most talking head recordings: Resolution and recording times on an 16GB SDHC card: Full-HD 1920 x 1080 (60 fields/s 12Mbps) 2hrs 50 mins HD-HR 1280 x 720 (60fps, 12Mbps) 2hrs 50 mins HD-SHQ 1280 x 720 (30fps, 9Mbps) 3hrs 46 mins TV-HR 640 x 480 (60fps, 6Mbps ) 5hrs 32 mins TV-SHQ 640 x 480 (30fps, 3Mbps) 10hrs 28 mins Web-SHQ 320 x 240 (30fps) 34hrs 42 mins Audio- Only 260 hrs The medium High-def 1280 x 720 resolution is great for capturing detailed powerpoint slides or whiteboard writing for processing into the iLecture ³Screen Recording² format External mic input with hot-shoe mount on top (hidden behind pop-up flash) for attaching a Rode Video Mic or a lapel mic for high quality audio (also has built-in stereo mic and speaker) headphone jack Records on SDHC flash cards with up to 16GB capacity so with extra flash cards, you can just pop a fresh empty card into the camera for rapid turn-around. Records in MPEG-4 AVC format (Quicktime) so the files could be immediately played on the desktop of a Mac or PC and imported into iMovie HD. No joining of files needed for single recordings as the individual file size limit is 4GB which means a single recording at 320x240 could go for over 8hrs or a 640x480 could go for over 2.5hrs before hitting the file-size limit. Very good low-light performance thanks to a large 4 megapixel CMOS sensor and large high quality optics. ISO - Auto, 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200 Simple remote control for easy control of camera by lecturers or students (includes power on, zoom and record) Battery lasts for 2hrs and charges whenever the camera sits in the Dock. The dock has AV, USB and HDMI outputs The USB port not only allows the camera to act as a flash card reader when plugged into a computer, but it can function as a webcam when plugged into a computer but we haven¹t used this function 10x optical zoom + 10 times digital zoom when combined with the full HD sensor would actually mean the digital zoom is high quality when recording at 640x480 or 320x240 and would give some amazing levels of zoom to allow placement of the camera at the back of large lecture venues if needed. ---end quote--- On 28/10/10 6:11 PM, "Marlene Oostryck" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All > > I am considering purchasing a video/camcorder for travels in the New > Year. > > Any tips/suggestions of brands/models that work well with iMovie and > iDVD would be appreciated. > > I have read of suggestions in books and Google searches but would > appreciate first hand knowledge and experience from WAMUG members. > > Many thanks in anticipation. > > > Marlene Oostryck > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
