[Paul B]

does it have a tripod mount? The sanyo not the D3S/X

[Jim]

apparently so

[SA Chris]

Already got a stack of them too. You can never have too many heavy, expensive cameras when you can only really hold one to take a photo. But fuck it. As money's no object, I might buy a few more to bandy around.

Quite handy to have a few. Never know when you will need a cheatstone, or to bash a tentpeg in.

[andy_e]

i'm after a decent camrecorder, sub £200, preferably HD and SD. Any ideas anyone?

[slackline]

Here, let me google that for you.

(Sorry, couldn't resist the obvious opportunity to use lmgtfy  ).

[Jim]

mine is being delivered today

[nik at work]

I'd be interested to hear what it's like Jim. The sensor size seems impressively big for such a cheapy.

[Jim]

Having had a quick play with this, I'm reall impressed at what you get for your money.
Its a great size and really easy to use. I haven't had time to look at any footage back on a big screen yet so can't comment on the quality.
Only 2 negative points that have struck me so far is that when taking still images it takes ages to take the picture and the battery is tiny (it does need to be tho) although I can't comment on how long it will last because I haven't had it long enough although I suspect an 8gig card which I think can take about 2 hours of footage will be full before the battery runs out. I will probably buy a second battery at some point.
First impressions are very good

[SA Chris]

I've yet to come across a mid / low price camcorder that takes decent still images. Might flex the plastic now i got a payrise!

[cofe]

I'm not fussed about the stills either. If it shoots 'decent' HD video for hundred quid then I'm interested. Jim?

[Jim]

its only 720 you know at 30 fps. you can go to 60fps but you have to switch to sd.
give us a few days to get some footage, inside & outside, and i'll post my results up

[soapy]

1080 vpc s1 imminent

£250 tho

[Jim]

does it have a tripod mount? The sanyo not the D3S/X

definitely yes

[lagerstarfish]

I notice that Aldi have a 720p camera for fuck all

ooops, my mistake, that was last year

[Tris]

I notice that Aldi have a 720p camera for fuck all

ooops, my mistake, that was last year

They still had them in my local Aldi this weekend...

[uptown]

give us a few days to get some footage, inside & outside, and i'll post my results up

Have you got some footage yet Jim?
I'd be interested to see the results.

[Jim]

going to put together some cave footage in the next day or 2.
I'm impressed, for the money I think its excellent. I'll put a single clip up on vimeo soon actually

[Jim]

sample


click to go through to vimeo to watch it in HD (ie native resolution)

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punter

[Jim]

make sure you click to go to vimeo site to watch it in HD, having just watched them both, the sd version displayed above is much poorer than the original on vimeo

[Paul B]

make sure you click to go to vimeo site to watch it in HD, having just watched them both, the sd version displayed above is much poorer than the original on vimeo

Nice on Jim.
Looks good although the colours look a little washed out (particularly the reds?) and foley looks like he hasn't been out of the cave for years (whiter that white?).

[Johnny Brown]

I suspect that is 99% due to the lighting. I'm impressed.

[Jim]

yes its the lighting in the cave.
can't upload another HD vid till next week.
the colours are all good in normal conditions

[Jim]

I'm impressed.

Hopefully not by Dylans climbing 

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He's finally seen the light about the cave