I have no idea how that is done and I'm not even sure I fully understand what it means - but those pics are very cool!
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Miescha said:
On a related (non 4x4 but still photo-ish) subject, I purchased a JVC Everio GZ-HD6U full 1080p HD video camera and I'm not really all that impressed. I know this is a 'consumer' level HD video camera, but I guess I expected more. I've only had it a few days, so maybe I just haven't mastered the settings. I'll keep working on it.
Any suggestions for consumer-level HD video anyone?
I'm no expert, but after about 10 years of using a Sony (Handycam Vision CCD-TRV65) which served us faithfully until it wigged out about a year ago we bought a Canon.
I did a fair amount of research before taking the $1,150-ish plunge with the Canon iVIS HF10.
It comes with 16G of memory and takes the SD card for additional storage capacity. With the purchase price I got "free"
$300-ish credit so I chose to get the bigger battery and a 16G (no-name brand) SD card.
I'm not sure what your priorities are, but after using not-so-light-nor-small Sony, I was set to get something that would be one of the smallest, lightest, fairly advanced (high-definition) unit that I could get my hands on.
Another thing that was high on the list was the ability to take decent digital still photographs, preferably even while I'm videotaping (Is that phrase still appropriate or should I say "filiming"
)
While the picture quality of it while recording is not THAT good, the quality is on-par with, if not better than, my stand alone digital camera (not the latest, either though.
) if I'm not recording video.
I was tired of juggling the outdated camcorder and the digital camera. So having them both with good quality was VERY important to me, again while being one of the smallest HD models. (Panasonic had something even smaller with HD, but the video/pic quality left something to be desired of: Is that the right expression?)
ANYWAY, we had considered a couple of Sony models with hard disc (MY "HD" referring above was "high-definition", just to clarify), but while they offered mucho storage space they tended to be a tad bulky, therefore making them noticeably(sp) heavier than the Canon.
Now the Canon is not w/o any shortcomings (IMO):
-No view-finder, which was helpful outside, especially on sunny days.
-No infred(sp) like my old Sony had, which kind of made it cool/funny taping my family while they slept.
-Not the best optical zoom available on the market, especially compared with couple of the non-HD models in Canon and JVC line. Mine is 12x, but I believe yours and one of the Canon models I had looked at were over 30x optical zoom, which certainly made them look tempting with the kids' outdoor sports playing.
ANYWAY, I'm not sure if this was the kind of feedback you were seeking and I certainly am no authority when it comes to this kind of stuff (Or anything, for that matter
)
Despite the short list of shortcomings listed above I am thrilled with the size, picture quality(ies: both filiming and snapping pics), and weight.
Are you going to keep your JVC or dislike it so much that you might actually consider replacing it with something else?
The Everio model I had looked at with the killer optical zoom was about 1/2 the price of the Canon I ended up buying, which certainly made it VERY attractive. But I asked myself, "How often do you really need 30+X optical zoom, compared to the need (or the want
) of having a high-definition video with decent optical zoom?
Good luck!
Pics taken with the optional/larger batteries on both units.
