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Re: QUESTIONS ANOUT LOW-FI DIGITAL VIDEO CAMS



Hey Ted,

I am now using a Flip Ultra $115.00 on Amazon. I am also completly new to 
video so I read reviews and they were great for this price break. The 
sound 
record part is also pretty fair for what it is. I like it . 1 hour record, 
built in usb, and internal software which I don't use.
The problem I had was that I could not open its AVIs in Sony Vegas or even 
Windows Movie Maker, all I got was audio. I checked around and found that 
if 
I converted the AVI it makes to WMV it worked fine. Slow though. I just 
upgraded my old Vegas 6.0 to 9.0 platinum for 50.00 and it works like a 
charm without converting.
http://www.theflip.com/store/Product.aspx?CID=F2 Says that it works with a 
mac.
As far as Mac software check the forums 
http://www.maclife.com/forums/post/1503267
There is a ton of stuff on it.

Hope this helps at all,

Jeff


Says that it works with a mac.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tEd ® KiLLiAn" <tedkillian@charter.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 6:49 PM
Subject: 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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