** Edited 4/24/08 @ 12:30 (new video links) **
In this thread, Dan Clermont posted some video of Brian sanding and polishing using a Rotex. It was a great video and Dan makes some convincing arguments about carrying around one camera that will capture video and still images.
OTOH a purpose-specific camera can give you better quality. Two of the video cameras I'm looking at is the Canon HV30 and Canon HF10. The HV30 uses MiniDV while the HF10 uses internal or add on solid state memory (SD) cards.
When I started writing this post, I had only seen one HV30 video and no HF10 videos. Below are links to some HV30 sample videos. Now, after looking at the vids below? I'm amazed at the quality. If you want to get blown away, instead of clicking on the start triangle, click on the "Full" botton in the bottom right corner of the video frame.
;D When your watching, remember that these were shot with a camera that's not much bigger than your hand and costs less than $850. (WARNING - HIGH SPEED CONNECT ONLY):
First, here's a how-to video. The topic is silly, but the quality is amazing:http://www.vimeo.com/777514.
Here's one of some dogs. Notice the lack of motion blur when they move around:http://www.vimeo.com/902319.
Here's one that I REALLY like of the Blue Angels:http://www.vimeo.com/847606. The music is nice too.
This is a video using a wide angle converter for the HV30 lens:http://vimeo.com/890157.
A nice demo video of using a Raynox M250 macro converter lens for the HV30:http://www.vimeo.com/884221
And a few others:http://www.vimeo.com/872557,http://www.vimeo.com/935448, andhttp://www.vimeo.com/892592.
As you can see, they are both little bitty buggers:
I'm blown away at how far video quality has improved in the last 8 years or so.
What do you think about using these cameras to upload video for sharing techniques and ideas.
Thanks,
Dan.
p.s. And they take 3 megapixel photos too.
In this thread, Dan Clermont posted some video of Brian sanding and polishing using a Rotex. It was a great video and Dan makes some convincing arguments about carrying around one camera that will capture video and still images.
OTOH a purpose-specific camera can give you better quality. Two of the video cameras I'm looking at is the Canon HV30 and Canon HF10. The HV30 uses MiniDV while the HF10 uses internal or add on solid state memory (SD) cards.
When I started writing this post, I had only seen one HV30 video and no HF10 videos. Below are links to some HV30 sample videos. Now, after looking at the vids below? I'm amazed at the quality. If you want to get blown away, instead of clicking on the start triangle, click on the "Full" botton in the bottom right corner of the video frame.
;D When your watching, remember that these were shot with a camera that's not much bigger than your hand and costs less than $850. (WARNING - HIGH SPEED CONNECT ONLY):First, here's a how-to video. The topic is silly, but the quality is amazing:http://www.vimeo.com/777514.
Here's one of some dogs. Notice the lack of motion blur when they move around:http://www.vimeo.com/902319.
Here's one that I REALLY like of the Blue Angels:http://www.vimeo.com/847606. The music is nice too.
This is a video using a wide angle converter for the HV30 lens:http://vimeo.com/890157.
A nice demo video of using a Raynox M250 macro converter lens for the HV30:http://www.vimeo.com/884221
And a few others:http://www.vimeo.com/872557,http://www.vimeo.com/935448, andhttp://www.vimeo.com/892592.
As you can see, they are both little bitty buggers:
| Measure | Canon HF10 | Canon HV30 |
| Weight (gram) | 380 | 535 |
| Width (mm) | 73 | 88 |
| Height (mm) | 64 | 80 |
| Length (mm) | 129 | 138 |
| Weight (oz) | 13.4 | 18.9 |
| Width (in) | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| Height (in) | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| Length (in) | 5.2 | 5.5 |
I'm blown away at how far video quality has improved in the last 8 years or so.
What do you think about using these cameras to upload video for sharing techniques and ideas.
Thanks,
Dan.
p.s. And they take 3 megapixel photos too.
