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"Eisboch" wrote:


"HD" doesn't mean High Definition. "HD" means hybrid drive or something
like that, meaning it has both disk drive and a memory card type
memory.
Look closely at the specs and make sure the camera is a "full high
definition with 1028i or p resolution.$

HD *does* mean High Definition. It just seems some manufacturers cheat
on this.

If you want a good picture, you need
1080/30P (1920 x 1080 at 30 progressive frames per second) (or 24)


I screwed up with the 1028. Meant to say 1080. The Samsung is 1080/30p.
I am still messing around and learning how to use it.

Eisboch

On Mar 13, 1:34*am, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:50:09 -0700, "Capt. JG"
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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I'm thinking about buying a HiDef video camera, primarily for use on
the boat.

Does anyone have any recommendations or cautionary advice?

I don't have a hd. I use a Flip vid camera... cheap and seems to work great.

I'm not familiar with that camera.

Can you post a link to one?

Wayne,

http://www.theflip.com

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On Mar 13, 1:34 am, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:50:09 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
.. .
I'm thinking about buying a HiDef video camera, primarily for use on
the boat.

Does anyone have any recommendations or cautionary advice?

I don't have a hd. I use a Flip vid camera... cheap and seems to work
great.

I'm not familiar with that camera.

Can you post a link to one?

Wayne,

http://www.theflip.com

That's the one. I got the low-end version without the tripod port. If I had
it to do over, I'd get the one with the port. Other than that, I have no
complaints. It's a great camera.



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"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:50:09 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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I'm thinking about buying a HiDef video camera, primarily for use on
the boat.

Does anyone have any recommendations or cautionary advice?


I don't have a hd. I use a Flip vid camera... cheap and seems to work
great.

I'm not familiar with that camera.

Can you post a link to one?


About the size of a thin cigarette pack. Takes good pictures, but is a
fixed focus point and shoot. Gave one to the daughter for the first
grandbaby. Does a good job. Just plug in Flip Video to Amazon.com

Yeah, I figured it's "expendable" if it gets spashed, but I found it to be
quite durable. Got caught in two rain showers in Alaska last year with no
problem. I didn't try to protect it. Just dried it off after each and it was
fine. It zooms, but that can make things jittery. It's pretty good close and
medium distance from the subject. I think it cost me $70 used on ebay.

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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:50:09 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
. ..
I'm thinking about buying a HiDef video camera, primarily for use on
the boat.

Does anyone have any recommendations or cautionary advice?


I don't have a hd. I use a Flip vid camera... cheap and seems to work
great.

I'm not familiar with that camera.

Can you post a link to one?


About the size of a thin cigarette pack. Takes good pictures, but is a
fixed focus point and shoot. Gave one to the daughter for the first
grandbaby. Does a good job. Just plug in Flip Video to Amazon.com

On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:34:17 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

I'm thinking about buying a HiDef video camera, primarily for use on
the boat.

Does anyone have any recommendations or cautionary advice?


Lot's of good advice, thanks everyone.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:34:17 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

I'm thinking about buying a HiDef video camera, primarily for use on
the boat.

Does anyone have any recommendations or cautionary advice?


Lot's of good advice, thanks everyone.



We can't wait to see the videos from the topless
septuagenarian cruising assn, and in HD, even.

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:50:09 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
m...
I'm thinking about buying a HiDef video camera, primarily for use on
the boat.

Does anyone have any recommendations or cautionary advice?


I don't have a hd. I use a Flip vid camera... cheap and seems to work
great.

I'm not familiar with that camera.

Can you post a link to one?


About the size of a thin cigarette pack. Takes good pictures, but is a
fixed focus point and shoot. Gave one to the daughter for the first
grandbaby. Does a good job. Just plug in Flip Video to Amazon.com

Yeah, I figured it's "expendable" if it gets spashed, but I found it to be
quite durable. Got caught in two rain showers in Alaska last year with no
problem. I didn't try to protect it. Just dried it off after each and it
was fine. It zooms, but that can make things jittery. It's pretty good
close and medium distance from the subject. I think it cost me $70 used on
ebay.

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www.sailnow.com




I think the one I bought for daughter was $139. List was about $199.

Wayne.B wrote in
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I'm thinking about buying a HiDef video camera, primarily for use on
the boat.

Does anyone have any recommendations or cautionary advice?

Before you jump into the HD realm of video, please look at the demands that
it places on the system that you're going to use to edit it. HD requires a
huge amount of processing power (and memory) to do it well. The vast
majority of Windows based applications/systems can't do real-time editing
of HD video. You almost always have to generate a "proxy" version (low
res) version of the video to do the editing and then generate the HD output
based upon edits to the proxy version.

Then, if you're going to view the HD output on anything other than your
computer, you'll have to get a BluRay burner, which is expensive and the
media is very expensive relative to DVDs.

All in all, if you've never edited HD video before, I'd be very careful in
wishing for a HD video camera and associated systems to process it. The
camera will just be a small portion of what you'll have to spend to process
and view the output in HD.

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org

"Geoff Schultz" wrote in message
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Wayne.B wrote in
:

I'm thinking about buying a HiDef video camera, primarily for use on
the boat.

Does anyone have any recommendations or cautionary advice?

Before you jump into the HD realm of video, please look at the demands
that
it places on the system that you're going to use to edit it. HD requires
a
huge amount of processing power (and memory) to do it well. The vast
majority of Windows based applications/systems can't do real-time editing
of HD video. You almost always have to generate a "proxy" version (low
res) version of the video to do the editing and then generate the HD
output
based upon edits to the proxy version.

Then, if you're going to view the HD output on anything other than your
computer, you'll have to get a BluRay burner, which is expensive and the
media is very expensive relative to DVDs.

All in all, if you've never edited HD video before, I'd be very careful in
wishing for a HD video camera and associated systems to process it. The
camera will just be a small portion of what you'll have to spend to
process
and view the output in HD.

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org


Actually, the part about requiring a BluRay isn't quite accurate. I
regularly transfer HD files from my computer to my PS3 via the internal
network. Works great!


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