Opinions on Cam Corder wanted

For electronic gadgets, I always buy Sony stuff. It always works, and the company will take care of it if there is a problem.

Sony makes camcorders that record on DVD. You just put the DVD in the camera itself, and it burns the DVD while you film. It's much faster than plugging it into your computer and waiting for the DVD to get burned from your tape or video card.

They have several models you can buy on eBay for under a Grand. I've been lookin at em.
 
Russ Chewning said:
Heh heh, well YEAH.. I could probably figure out how to build something like this, but it would cost a lot more than what a camcorder would cost. Sony, Minolta, etc.. They have the advantage of economies of scale. The thing is, that outside of very specialized fields like sports trainers, there's not a lot of people who would need the capability to film the exact same area for hours, outside of security firms, and security firms do not usually deal with higher resolution filming, because they film not just for a few hours, but for days...

If I had to guess, I'd think that low to mid end consumer products are not going to have this capability, as not a lot of non-professional types would need it. But who knows? This is the sort of feature that would be fairly easy to program, and the same software might be usable across a companies whole line of products..

Russ
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I don't know how big an investment you are wanting to make, but I do know our security cameras at work are 480 horiz lines of resolution. A simple triplex system and some editing software and you could set up several cameras in the room for some SWEET home pool video.
 
JimS said:
Sounds like a pretty cool tool. I goggled it and found some pretty interesting prices.
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Well, the $50 investment fell through so it's back to the drawing board
 
dmgwalsh said:
I want to get a Cam Corder that I can use to tape pool. To use for stroke analysis as well as an occasional 2 hour straight pool match. I'd like to be able to turn the film into dvd. Anyone have any experience with this type of product. Any recommendations?

Thanks in advance.
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1, Having a camera is great. From your description a regular digital camera would cut it. Most of the models today have video capturing options. You can fit 90 min of video w/ sound on to a 2GB memory card.

Pro: compact, inexpensive, can be use as photo camera, video file can be transferred to computer quickly
Con: lower quality video and sound

2, If you want just a little better quality, you might want to go for a lower end camcorder: a good place to check is http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/con...ac=&fi=all&pn=1&ci=1871&cmpsrch=&cltp=&clsgr=

Pro: better video quality, more settings for recording video
Con: tapes/blank DVD cost money, slightly bigger,

For the ones use tape media, it takes a lot longer to transfer video file. The tapes are reusable for quite a few times

For the ones use DVD media, you get a DVD made instantly straight from the camera. However, there is a very small risk of losing the recorded footage when small accident happens to the camera.

Getting a digital camcorder ( a camera with a built-in digital storage device such as harddrive or memory card ) is nice, most of them are a little more expensive if you want a brand name product..

What is your budget?

Choices, choices....
 
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Russ Chewning said:
Does anyone know of any camcorders that have the capability of being controlled directly form the PC? Zoom level, light level, etc? I want a camcorder that I can basically plug in, put on an elevated shelf pointing down at the table, and control completely through the USB/Firewire connection.

Do any of your camcorders allow this? It would be nice to see a preview on the computer screen before you start filming, ya know?

Russ
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Hi Russ

I think this is a software issue, check this out
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Canon-Announces-PC-Software-Pacakge-for-Camcorder-Control.htm

When I was in school I wrote a software to control laserdisc players. I also did one to control lights in various location in the house (thru X10)

An alternative way is to program a special IR remote.
 
This one ...

The Hitachi Hybrid offers a lot of versitility, and has some real nice features, editing, do static prints, play 3 second record over 12 seconds (slo-mo), record to DVD without a PC, true 16:9 format plus screen on camera is true 16:9 (no cropping) and other neat features.

http://www.hitachihybrid.com/
 
the best hi res cam

I have a 8 ft kasson table with a mini cam pointed right down from the light above shows the hole table best part it is wireless and only about 200 for the set up hope this helps
 
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