Best Camera for Recording Pool?

BeiberLvr

BeiberLvr

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Looking for one around or under $200

I'd prefer something that has a good low light setting and can record in 1080p.

Also, no fish eye lens if possible.
 
I have another video cam canon hg10 that has a 40gb Harddrive built in that I'm not using. Its Full HD 1080p. It was a $1000+ cam back in 2007. Read some reviews on it. I never messed with the settings so videos could prob come out better but they look great. Uploading to YouTube really compresses the file size so some of the quality is lost.

Here's a couple videos I did with the camera I mention above the canon hg10 40gb one.
http://youtu.be/Wf5N_-Uui54
http://youtu.be/pJd9I3_7QoI

Random vid of the camara http://youtu.be/bEtwbQPPuNQ

Either cam will work great. If you would like to buy the HG10 I can give you a good deal. Just pm me.
 
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I haven't touched my $600 Canon HF10 since I got an iPhone 5. The "5" version of iPhone takes excellent video. It doesn't zoom or have remote record/pause but you don't really need those features for static pool video. The audio quality (mic) is very good also, although again it's not that important in a pool video.

Here's an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydYr6mKyVQM Remember, this is youtube compressed. It looks even better streamed to my digital TV (via Airport Express) at home.
 
bdorman said:
I haven't touched my $600 Canon HF10 since I got an iPhone 5. The "5" version of iPhone takes excellent video. It doesn't zoom or have remote record/pause but you don't really need those features for static pool video. The audio quality (mic) is very good also, although again it's not that important in a pool video.

Here's an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydYr6mKyVQM Remember, this is youtube compressed. It looks even better streamed to my digital TV (via Airport Express) at home.
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That is really good quality. I'd probably go that route if I was in the market for a new phone, but I have another year until I can upgrade. I also would really like a low light setting on the camera since the hall I play at is really dark except for the lights over the tables.

The Sony Action Cam looks good and is in my price range. Although I'm still unsure if I actually want to buy a camera. I'm still deciding on that, a break/jump cue (never had one), or pool lessons.
 
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