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OT: QUESTIONS ANOUT LOW-FI DIGITAL VIDEO CAMS
Greetings Spacefarers,
Like a good many of you I am finding myself watching in amazement as
some of our colleagues from this very LD list create and post some
rather nice little (if grainy) videos online - the most creative of
which seem to be done especially on the cheap and low-fi end of the
technology spectrum.
Fascinated as I am myself with this phenomenon, I continue to feel
somewhat fearful about trying anything similar of my own for the simple
fact that (even though I am a parent of 3 children) I have never even
owned a video camera in my life.
On occasion, some friend at some function or gathering will hand a
camcorder to me so I can continue to record some scene while they
themselves are otherwise occupied.
This has always left me feeling rather nervous (even though I am quite
comfortable around "still" cameras - digital or otherwise - having
studied photography in HS and college).
But that is the sum of my experience with the things.
The short version of the long story: when the kids were small, cameras
were bulky, complex and expensive . . . we were poor and had other
survival considerations in mind than providing video fodder for
deprived grandparents only a few hours away.
So we never bought one.
Now these things are getting smaller and seemingly cheaper all the time
(even in the range I am thinking of . . . like one of those little Flip
Video DV Cams).
Someone on the list recently mentioned the Flip Cam as something they
used.
Anyone using one and also using a Mac to edit their video on?
Other solutions and/or suggestions (given that I am solidly committed
to the Mac platform - it's what I've been using for 20 years)?
What software are you editing these videos in.
Thanks for any info any of you might provide.
tEd ® KiLLiAn
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