[ale] OT: camcorder/camera combos

[Geoffrey]

Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 December 2002 04:00 pm, John Wells wrote:
> 
>>I've a baby on the way and with Christmas almost here, I think it's
>>finally time to invest in a camcorder.  I'd like to get something linux
>>friendly in that it'd be nice to be able to transfer video over.  In
>>addition, I'd like to be able to use it as a digital camera.
> 
> 
> 
> REmember you will not get any resolution (as a digital camera) better
> than640X480 without spending BIG BUCKS. Many of the consumer digital
> video cameras have resolutions of 320X240.

Define BIG BUCKS??

My sony trv730 was under $1000, does stills of 640x480 or 1152x864.

> 
> Also, you will _need_ a firewire port or a USB 2.0 port if you want
> to transfer digital video to your hard drive. At file sizes of about
> 6mgb (minimum) a minute USB 1.0 is just too slow.

Got the firewire port, just haven't had the time to play with it.

> 
> Sean
> 
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