Can anyone recommend a good camera for making YouTube like videos of guitar playing.
I don't need anything special, just something which records the sound reasonably well.
I'm not sure if any digital camera would do a good enough job or if I need something a bit more specific.
What do you guys use?
Camera for making YouTube like videos
mark wrote:
Mark- I don't think you need anything special to do these. Obviously, Hi-Def is better and digital is mandatory (not sure they even make analog anymore!).
But check the microphone specs. I believe the sound of digital video varies more than the picture. Unless you want to do a relatively complicated mic/pickup mixer setup, get a good mic in the camera! I thought Neil was using a mixer but he said he just uses a good Sony HD camcorder.
I have two Sony HD cameras and they have always worked well but I'm sure other brands, particularly Canon, work equally well!
Good luck! :cheer:
Can anyone recommend a good camera for making YouTube like videos of guitar playing.
I don't need anything special, just something which records the sound reasonably well.
I'm not sure if any digital camera would do a good enough job or if I need something a bit more specific.
What do you guys use?
Mark- I don't think you need anything special to do these. Obviously, Hi-Def is better and digital is mandatory (not sure they even make analog anymore!).
But check the microphone specs. I believe the sound of digital video varies more than the picture. Unless you want to do a relatively complicated mic/pickup mixer setup, get a good mic in the camera! I thought Neil was using a mixer but he said he just uses a good Sony HD camcorder.
I have two Sony HD cameras and they have always worked well but I'm sure other brands, particularly Canon, work equally well!
Good luck! :cheer:
Mark, I have been looking into a video system that would video/audio guitar playing and download to Youtube so it can be put on TG. I was refered to a Flip mini video cam. They cost between $130 &190. They have a USB plug that is part of the cam, you just video, and plug it into your computer and it has builtin software to download to Youtube almost automatically. Only thing I wanted was a aux. out for a remote mic for better audio. None on the Flip's have that. On Sept. 1, Kodak is selling a minicam w/ a remote mic out w/ 5 magapixels & will handle 32 meg card for 10 hours of video. Sells for $189. Need to buy a remote mic for about $50 for a good mic, its a Kodak Zi8. Check it out. It also comes w/ software to download to Youtube, just plug into your USB, has a usb flip out on the cam, also you can use a regular usb wire. I'ts made for easy video to Youtube download. Gary
From a previous post I made
The Flip both the standard and the HD version are great..
Any best buy...or Amazon..
But I came across this little unit just released..
Its called the ZOOM Q3 Videocam
Its made by Samson, it has a top mounted mike..captures 640 x 480 video
The audio gets stored as an mp3 file on a hd card...
This is the GUts nuts ..............
249 measly smackas..
Get your videos up into the new channel all..
The Flip both the standard and the HD version are great..
Any best buy...or Amazon..
But I came across this little unit just released..
Its called the ZOOM Q3 Videocam
Its made by Samson, it has a top mounted mike..captures 640 x 480 video
The audio gets stored as an mp3 file on a hd card...
This is the GUts nuts ..............
249 measly smackas..
Get your videos up into the new channel all..
mattwilliams wrote:
Matt- that camera won't be available in the US until October 9th! Cheers! :cheer:
From a previous post I made
The Flip both the standard and the HD version are great..
Any best buy...or Amazon..
But I came across this little unit just released..
Its called the ZOOM Q3 Videocam
Its made by Samson, it has a top mounted mike..captures 640 x 480 video
The audio gets stored as an mp3 file on a hd card...
This is the GUts nuts ..............
249 measly smackas..
Get your videos up into the new channel all..
Matt- that camera won't be available in the US until October 9th! Cheers! :cheer:
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mark wrote:
Mark,
How are you getting your videos online now? What's wrong with that camera?
Can anyone recommend a good camera for making YouTube like videos of guitar playing.
I don't need anything special, just something which records the sound reasonably well.
I'm not sure if any digital camera would do a good enough job or if I need something a bit more specific.
What do you guys use?
Mark,
How are you getting your videos online now? What's wrong with that camera?
AcousticAl wrote:
I bought a Panasonic SDR-S26.
Generally I'm very happy with it. I wanted something simple that I could point and shoot and then upload. I don't want to be spending a lot of time editing or knob twidling.
I could have done with a couple of extra features.
Such as a delay to when it starts shooting to give me time to sit down and be ready before it starts recording. This isn't too much of a problem as I have discovered that I can edit it out with the supplied software.
Being able to plug in an external microphone would have been nice, but I think the sound quality is just about good enough with the built in micophone
I've bought a camera since making this post and that's what I've been using.mark wrote:Can anyone recommend a good camera for making YouTube like videos of guitar playing.
I don't need anything special, just something which records the sound reasonably well.
I'm not sure if any digital camera would do a good enough job or if I need something a bit more specific.
What do you guys use?
Mark,
How are you getting your videos online now? What's wrong with that camera?
I bought a Panasonic SDR-S26.
Generally I'm very happy with it. I wanted something simple that I could point and shoot and then upload. I don't want to be spending a lot of time editing or knob twidling.
I could have done with a couple of extra features.
Such as a delay to when it starts shooting to give me time to sit down and be ready before it starts recording. This isn't too much of a problem as I have discovered that I can edit it out with the supplied software.
Being able to plug in an external microphone would have been nice, but I think the sound quality is just about good enough with the built in micophone
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Lavallee wrote:
I would check what quality you're trying to record at and what format you're trying to record in. Is there a way to change that in your webcam program (video capture settings)? For example- recording in .avi format will make huge files that aren't necessary. Try to change that to a more compressed format like Windows Media (.wmv) or Quicktime (.mov). Lower bitrates mean smaller more manageable files.
There are MANY variables. My webcam program will only let me record in 15second clips! I still haven't figured out why.I bought a web cam , but it is choppy (I have a dual core 2.1 with 4 Gb od Ram video card is pretty good under vista). Shouldn' t this works?
I would check what quality you're trying to record at and what format you're trying to record in. Is there a way to change that in your webcam program (video capture settings)? For example- recording in .avi format will make huge files that aren't necessary. Try to change that to a more compressed format like Windows Media (.wmv) or Quicktime (.mov). Lower bitrates mean smaller more manageable files.