Best Recording Mode for Kodak Playsport? The choices for this camcorder are WVGA, HD 720P, HD720P (60 Frames) and HD 1080P. The obvious answer would be HD 1080P but I've heard differently. Can you please tell me which recording mode you find comes out playing back the best overall picture quality? Also, which do you get the most bang for your buck regarding card/disk space vs. quality? Best Recording Mode for Kodak Playsport? The choices for this camcorder are WVGA, HD 720P, HD720P (60 Frames) and HD 1080P. The obvious answer would be HD 1080P but I've heard differently. Can... » Read More Best Recording Mode for Kodak Playsport? The choices for this camcorder are WVGA, HD 720P, HD720P (60 Frames) and HD 1080P. The obvious answer would be HD 1080P but I've heard differently. Can you please tell me which recording mode you find comes out playing back the best overall picture quality? Also, which do you get the most bang for your buck regarding card/disk space vs. quality? « Show Less
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Well it really depends on the situation and what you are recording. For me, the two recording modes I mostly use is either 1080p at 30 frames per second, or 720p at 60 frames per second. If you are recording sports, action, or anything where the subject moves a lot, I suggest record it in 720p 60fps because the playback will be a lot smoother since it is capturing 60 action frames within a second. With this mode, you can create a really smooth slow-mo effect through your computer. Try to YouTube "Slow motion 60 fps" and you'll see what I mean. I use 1080p for anything else including under water. Sometimes when my battery is low or my memory is almost filled up, I switch it to WVGA to conserve. Hope this helps! Well it really depends on the situation and what you are recording. For me, the two recording modes I mostly use is either 1080p at 30 frames per second, or 720p at 60 frames per second. If you are recording sports, action, or anything where the subject moves a lot, I suggest record it in 720p 60fps because the playback will be a lot smoother since it is capturing 60 action frames within a second. With this mode, you can create a really smooth slow-mo effect through your computer. Try to YouTube "Slow motion 60 fps" and you'll see what I mean. I use 1080p for anything else... » Read More Well it really depends on the situation and what you are recording. For me, the two recording modes I mostly use is either 1080p at 30 frames per second, or 720p at 60 frames per second. If you are recording sports, action, or anything where the subject moves a lot, I suggest record it in 720p 60fps because the playback will be a lot smoother since it is capturing 60 action frames within a second. With this mode, you can create a really smooth slow-mo effect through your computer. Try to YouTube "Slow motion 60 fps" and you'll see what I mean. I use 1080p for anything else including under water. Sometimes when my battery is low or my memory is almost filled up, I switch it to WVGA to conserve. Hope this helps! « Show Less
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Thank you Michael for your very helpful detailed response. Good to know in what settings to use which recording mode. I plan to keep it mainly on 1080p as you, unless filming an event with quick moving images such as a sports match in which case I'll switch to 720p @ 60fpm. Thanks again for your input :)
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In high speed mode the choices are 120 / 240 / 480 / 1000 fps. Best resolution is 120 & 240 you need good lighting for 480 above. You can get a good golf swing recorded at 240 fps, 480 fps will require a sunny day. Overall I'm very pleased with the high speed capability especially considering the price.
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This pretty much answers your question as to the difference between the 2 modes. It has to do with compression. I have yet to export and burn to a blu-ray a wedding shot at in FXP 30PF however this forum gives you a great handle and looks like an extremely informative place to start. http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/canon-xa-vixia-series-avchd-camcorders/506376-xa10-recording-modes-mxp-fxp-etc.html
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1080p video playback is great. no annoying pixilation or grainy resolution. 720p recording is not the best but with considered; proper lighting etc the recording quality is also very good. after you are done recording, you are not left wondering, what did I just record? both aspects of the laptop's camera are very good and both get my thumbs up!
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there is a selectable scale of continuous shooting speeds, from 1fps over the duration of 30s (or it will stop sooner if you release the shutter button), up to 40fps within 1s. Your choices are 1fps, 3fps, 5fps, 7fps, 10fps, 15fps, 30fps, and 40fps. I think a lot of people who like photographing sports would disagree with your statement about the utility of 40fps, even with the 30 picture cap. I'm also surprised you think the Sony has a better feature set. I think you'd get more regular use out of longer battery life, slow motion video, and shutter/aperture priority modes than you would out of optical video zoom and panarama shooting.
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sorry ! I don't know that question. Frankly speaking, I only turned on this cam ! hmm .. I didn't buy the memory card and therefore I can't check 720p mode and FPS. the benefit of this cam is light ! light cam ! because this cam have Zeiss lens, you can use Zeiss lens. Zeiss lens is good ! I think the benefit of this cam is light and Zeiss lens
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Fahad said on November 14, 2013Yes, I've been experimenting with option. To see what I exactly mean, watch the train in this clip http://youtu.be/rz_kIt1NFpo JJ said on November 14, 2013 | Edit Some thoughts that might improve quality:Is the video jumpy on the camcorder display also?Are you recording in AVCHD or MP4?Are you recording to the on-board hard drive or to an SD card?If the video clip does not jump in the camera, then look at you computer.Do you have a really fast video processor to handle the large video files?Was the video rendered (in some video editing program like Adobe Premier) before uploading to U-Tube.Have you contacted the SONY customer support line? Fahad said on November 14, 2013Yes, I've been experimenting with option. To see what I exactly mean, watch the train in this clip http://youtu.be/rz_kIt1NFpo JJ said on November 14, 2013 | Edit Some thoughts that might improve quality:Is the video jumpy on the camcorder display also?Are you recording in AVCHD or MP4?Are you recording to the on-board hard drive or to an SD card?If the video clip does not jump in the camera, then look at you computer.Do you have a really fast video processor to handle the large video files?Was... » Read More Fahad said on November 14, 2013Yes, I've been experimenting with option. To see what I exactly mean, watch the train in this clip http://youtu.be/rz_kIt1NFpo JJ said on November 14, 2013 | Edit Some thoughts that might improve quality:Is the video jumpy on the camcorder display also?Are you recording in AVCHD or MP4?Are you recording to the on-board hard drive or to an SD card?If the video clip does not jump in the camera, then look at you computer.Do you have a really fast video processor to handle the large video files?Was the video rendered (in some video editing program like Adobe Premier) before uploading to U-Tube.Have you contacted the SONY customer support line? « Show Less
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This is an analog camera system with 4 500TVL cameras - no HD. It's not clear in the description either but only two channels record in D1 - the rest are all lower resolution CIF. The "1080p" reference in the title probably refers to the HDMI output to the monitor. I am generally pleased with the video output of the cameras themselves, but the recorder leaves much to be desired since only two channels record in full resolution. I'd definitely skip this one.
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Looks like the new Zi8 is going to be the best low cost HD camcorder.Kodak Zi8 HD Pocket Video Camera (Black)$179.95 on Pre-Order and it does 1080P or 720P at 60fps, image stabilization, replaceable battery and it has HDMI out and it has an EXTERNAL MICROPHONE JACK so you can record audio with a decent mic. Maybe use a mic with a wind guard so you can record outside without all that annoying wind buffeting noise.Some of the Aipteks can do these things plus zoom, but the Aipteks are so clunky, not slick and pocketable like this.You also need to buy a case and SD card since it doesn't come with a case and only has 128MB onboard storage. Looks like the new Zi8 is going to be the best low cost HD camcorder.Kodak Zi8 HD Pocket Video Camera (Black)$179.95 on Pre-Order and it does 1080P or 720P at 60fps, image stabilization, replaceable battery and it has HDMI out and it has an EXTERNAL MICROPHONE JACK so you can record audio with a decent mic. Maybe use a mic with a wind guard so you can record outside without all that annoying wind buffeting noise.Some of the Aipteks can do these things plus zoom, but the Aipteks are so clunky, not slick... » Read More Looks like the new Zi8 is going to be the best low cost HD camcorder.Kodak Zi8 HD Pocket Video Camera (Black)$179.95 on Pre-Order and it does 1080P or 720P at 60fps, image stabilization, replaceable battery and it has HDMI out and it has an EXTERNAL MICROPHONE JACK so you can record audio with a decent mic. Maybe use a mic with a wind guard so you can record outside without all that annoying wind buffeting noise.Some of the Aipteks can do these things plus zoom, but the Aipteks are so clunky, not slick and pocketable like this.You also need to buy a case and SD card since it doesn't come with a case and only has 128MB onboard storage. « Show Less
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Poof and Vince, thank you for being voices of reason regarding the hype that is Monster cable. They make a nice cable, but also a nice profit margin...The blur could also be due to the way the broadcast was recorded. A fast ball is a fast ball, and if the video equipement is not recording at a high enough frame rate, you are going to get blur.
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Neither. It's more like 3 or 4 with a max of 7 in a row if you are doing DNG files. It does list out its specs on their website. It's not good for sports unless your extremely good with manual focussing, and capable of getting close to the subject--think wrestling or ping pong, not football, baseball or soccer, etc... Either way, for sports or spray and pray photography, there are much better cameras for less than this. This is a nice camera for good lighting situations like daylight street, outdoor family events, landscape, and vacations, but definitely not a top pick for rapid fire situations (IMO). Neither. It's more like 3 or 4 with a max of 7 in a row if you are doing DNG files. It does list out its specs on their website. It's not good for sports unless your extremely good with manual focussing, and capable of getting close to the subject--think wrestling or ping pong, not football, baseball or soccer, etc... Either way, for sports or spray and pray photography, there are much better cameras for less than this. This is a nice camera for good lighting situations like daylight street, outdoor family events, landscape, and vacations, but definitely not a top pick for rapid fire... » Read More Neither. It's more like 3 or 4 with a max of 7 in a row if you are doing DNG files. It does list out its specs on their website. It's not good for sports unless your extremely good with manual focussing, and capable of getting close to the subject--think wrestling or ping pong, not football, baseball or soccer, etc... Either way, for sports or spray and pray photography, there are much better cameras for less than this. This is a nice camera for good lighting situations like daylight street, outdoor family events, landscape, and vacations, but definitely not a top pick for rapid fire situations (IMO). « Show Less
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Looking at "true full" HD and omitting other characteristics is like choosing a digital camera based solely on megapixels. The lens quality, aperture size, and CCD quality/size are also very important. A "full HD" camcorder can be vastly inferior to one that isn't full HD because of variances in these characteristics. Signal to noise ratios are critical to image quality.
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There are 4 modes in Recording. Highest quality (FX), High quality (FH), Standard quality (HQ) and Long time (LP). When in Highest Quality (FX), Still images can not be recorded in this mode. I got for Christmas 2013, I have used in Standard Mode (HQ), works fine for now. I have a Mac Computer, I know I can use the Iphoto Program (not used yet), Not sure about Windows. I read it is compatible with Window 7. The enclosed booklet said you can download "Play Memories Home" from WWW.sony.net/pm. With this program, You should be able to burn to a DVD. Telephone to Sony is 1-800-222-SONY (7669). Hope this helps.. There are 4 modes in Recording. Highest quality (FX), High quality (FH), Standard quality (HQ) and Long time (LP). When in Highest Quality (FX), Still images can not be recorded in this mode. I got for Christmas 2013, I have used in Standard Mode (HQ), works fine for now. I have a Mac Computer, I know I can use the Iphoto Program (not used yet), Not sure about Windows. I read it is compatible with Window 7. The enclosed booklet said you can download "Play Memories Home" from WWW.sony.net/pm. With this program, You should be able to burn to a DVD. Telephone to Sony is... » Read More There are 4 modes in Recording. Highest quality (FX), High quality (FH), Standard quality (HQ) and Long time (LP). When in Highest Quality (FX), Still images can not be recorded in this mode. I got for Christmas 2013, I have used in Standard Mode (HQ), works fine for now. I have a Mac Computer, I know I can use the Iphoto Program (not used yet), Not sure about Windows. I read it is compatible with Window 7. The enclosed booklet said you can download "Play Memories Home" from WWW.sony.net/pm. With this program, You should be able to burn to a DVD. Telephone to Sony is 1-800-222-SONY (7669). Hope this helps.. « Show Less
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Whatever you get, make sure it's class 6. Anything less will not record the 1080p video that this camera offers! For the money I'd go with Transcend 16 GB Class 6 SDHC Flash Memory Card TS16GSDHC6E . 16GB will record about 3 hours of 1080p footage, and around 3,000 10mp pictures.
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Sorry to say that I'm unfamiliar to webcams and what type of file format they save on. However, I did a bit of research on the HD Pro Webcam C920 and found that it likes to make the recorded file into an H.264 format. It's basically compresses the video so that it takes less space than that of a MPEG-2 format. I would assume that it is compatible with Vegas Pro 12 since it's new. I'm surprised that there isn't that much info on this particular thing. All I can find is how to render (save) edited videos in H.264 format. The best one I can find is this link to Yahoo Answers, but it talks about an older version of Vegas Pro: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090909053518AAcMwS8 Hope this helps!
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The JVC 1.5Megapixel 1080p is wonderful! Simple to use and you can take photos while videotaping. I have had mine a year and I love it!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr5iXO1pD4E&feature;=fvw (copy & paste the link if it's not live)Here is a review of the 3 best pocket HD cancorders including the Flip MinoHD and the Vado wins!!!You can actually click a link in the video and actually see the vid and audio of each one.Although none of these camcorders are perfect in every way, in my opinion the Vado is the best overall...