[cofe]

that looks like pretty good quality for 100 gold coins.

[lagerstarfish]

That's a great picture for the price. The colours can probably be sorted out easily by colour correcting and tweaking brightness/contrast and saturation. Better that the reds are washed instead of the usual budget camera thing of over saturating reds to make skin tones look warmer.

I think you should get another one, Jim, and start shooting in 3D. Then you can justify buying a 3D monitor.

[dave]

Jim, get a couple dozen of them set up on a huge curved rig and shoot some concept bullet-time shit. Dense could black up and be lawrence fishbourne. Take the red pill Jim.

[lagerstarfish]

short of painting the cave green and doing some smart key trickery, the video adjusts fine to summat like this in Vegas



Can't seem to get rid of the spunk stain effect on the rock; I can only assume that it is actually there and not a camera-produced artefact 

[Paul B]

It was just an observation... I think if I manage to sell the HV40 + 1000d and then have cash left after buying the 550d then I'll let Nat buy one of these 

[lagerstarfish]

Jim, get a couple dozen of them set up on a huge curved rig and shoot some concept bullet-time shit.

I wonder if enough of us have cameras and camcorders to do a monstrous bullet-time shoot of someone working a steep problem in a controlled environment (like a cave) 

[Johnny Brown]

Depends how static the subject is. For a mid-dyno shot, I suspect unless the models are identical they wouldn't sync well enough.

[dave]

Plus all models would process the images differently and probably give you a different look/colour/tone from each camera, even with a factory reset - you'd have to stick with identical cameras to be sure.

There was a video a few years back by some scandanavian guy who did a freeze-frame bullet-time shit on a dyno problem, I think it was done with a shit load of disposable P&S cameras rigged to trigger together.

[saltbeef]

that guy has the endurance of a seal

[SA Chris]

After some deliberation, went for (I think) the waterproof version of this camcorder. Will have it by weekend, hopefully, will see how good it is.

[Tris]

Did it arrive Chris? Any good?

[SA Chris]

Will have it by weekend

 

[Tris]

Doh 

I'm not good with dates...

[SA Chris]

Pleased with results so far, will put some stuff in Vimeo soon.

Jim, have you got a protective pouch for yours. Pretty underwhelmed by the "sleeve" it came with, and best I can find locally is the Lowepro Apex AW 30, but it's a bit snug, and the next size up (the AW60) looks to be a bit too big.

[Johnny Brown]

What you need is the sleeve off an old minidisc walkman.

[Jim]

mine didn't come with any pouch, but for one hundred bones, I wasn't expecting one.
Like Johnny said, we had an old minidisc case lying around of the wifes that it fits in nicely

[SA Chris]

I only ever had a cheapo sanyo MD player, didn't come with no pouch. Will ask around tho'

[Jim]

I wouldn't go scouring the country looking for MD cases, it fits in nicely but its far from a good fit. Its just a little pouch thats about the right size, nothing special

[richie0210]

Chris how's the sample footage from your water proof one coming on? Can you record with the viewing screen closed or does it have to be open to record?

[lagerstarfish]

I was in T J Hughes today and saw that they are flogging the Kodak Mini ZM1 for £15 (40% off the marked price of £24.99).

Only VGA video, but waterproof and feels pretty solid

I picked one up for the 2 year old to use in an attempt to distract her from her need to play with my gadgets. I've already had it in the fish tank and am looking forward to dunking it in my pint when I next go to The Sheaf. I seem to have a need to use the kids' gadgets.

I'm impressed at it's low light performance and reasonably wide lens

[Tb]

Kodak mini has provided us with plenty of fun. It seems fairly robust as well!

[lagerstarfish]

I was just about to ask whether that was shot using the QVGA 60fps mode, but I see that information is listed on Vimeo.

It's a cracking little camera.

I think I'll tape up the bottom hatch for any sustained underwater filming.

[al123]

hi, really really clueless about cameras but am keen to learn. just after a few recommendation of sort of do it all cameras?
not too expensive but not your cheap Argos tat either.  cheers all

[neil h]

the gopro2 has just been released, mines on order, nice and cheap(ish) twice as sharp as the old the old one

[SA Chris]

I'm half hoping my old one dies, but it hasn't so far.