It's BACK!

[pyat]

You would not beleive the hoops I had to jump through to get this recorded. We're talking multiple jump disks, an MP3 player to record audio, and a broken web cam held in place with duct tape and faith. Synching the audio was a freaking nightmare.

At some point in the new year, I'm going out and buying a dedicated digital camcorder with a decent microphone.

Comments

Yay!!!!

[cynth9000.livejournal.com]

Good job!!! Glad that your back:) I always enjoy the videos:)

Re: Yay!!!!

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

Joy! Welcome back Pyat's Fortress!

[sixteenbynine.livejournal.com]

The best TV show of 1957 is BACK! :D

[momentrabbit.livejournal.com]

Should I mention that Staples was/is clearing out their old stock of Kodak digital cameras?

And that I snagged a C330 for $60?

Took 8 minutes of full colour qvga video, with audio, in Quicktime as a trial: audio was actually very good. Could have gone longer, but the cam was running on alkalines and starting to wear down.

Gave it to The Mate, as she was tiring of her video-without-sound on her cx7300 model. Going to snarf hers for documenting projects in The Workshop.. OF DOOM!

[archai.livejournal.com]

Hee. I love your Pyat's Fortress bits; you have a unique demeanor that fits very well with the style in which you do the cinematography (that term still applies to vlogs, yes? Please say it does...). It's a unique and altogether pleasant combination.

Also, even if you stop recording with it, save that mic as a prop. It adds a lot, somehow. :D

[kianir.livejournal.com]

There are some cheap Chinese digital camcorders with surprisingly decent video quality available. One, variously marketed but most popularly the Jazz DV150, is this little pearl-colored bloc d'cheese with a screen and a tripod mount, and takes excellent 640x480 30fps video. It can be had for as little as $75 new. (Which, considering your current favorable exchange rate, will be even better.)

I haven't checked sound quality; I know it's poor, but it might be servicable for your purposes. I'll have to play with my house-brand variant at work and get back to you with a sample. At any rate, you'll want to get a dedicated camcorder, as you suggested, rather than a still camera with video -- even my Canon PowerShot S80, which is a highly respectable high-end model, takes only adequate video with poor compression, 15 minutes taking up 1GB.

I got the packing stuff to box up your Pentax, and it should be on its way in the first part of the new year!

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Something to consider, indeed! Thank you, sir. :)

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Archai!

The mic is non-functional anyway - it always was a prop. :)

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I'm going to scope out some sales in the new year, yeah. Audio is a big point for me - a lot of digicams, even expensive ones, lose the synch between audio and video pretty soon.

I look forward to receiving my magic spy camera!