Still going to use my Mavica for eBay, but am looking into other cameras.
The above Kodak does take movies, but
does anyone know if the movies can be transferred to DVD'S
I would appreciate any suggestions for other small cameras that might be better, but really must have one where you can take movies & put them on DVD's
[ edited by mcjane on Apr 29, 2006 08:13 PM ]
posted on April 29, 2006 09:10:27 PM new
Just about any digital still camera produced in the last 3 years is capable of shooting video. One thing they all have in common is the video quality rates between mediocre and poor, and it's very short in length. You're looking at shooting short clips, not movies. The reviewer on this camera is estimating video length time at 15-20 minutes according to the timer. He will not get anywhere near 15 minutes of acceptable video on a 512 mb card. Even if the video were good quality, a camera that needs a cellphone case is much too small to hold steady. Every time your heart beats, it will show up as an earthquake on playback. You can get a good 8MM Sony camcorder at a yard sale or swap meet for $25.00 that would serve your purpose much better than that still camera. And yes, videotapes can be transferred to a DVD in spite of what that commission salesman at Circuit City tells you.
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posted on April 29, 2006 09:13:04 PM new
Digital cameras don't take DVD encoded files. You'll need software and an appropriate learning curve to accomplish that, along with a DVD burner on your computer. You could COPY or archive the mpeg video your camera takes onto DVD media, but it won't play in your player unless it's reformatted to DVD format.
There is one digital camcorder, NOT a still camera like your Kodak, that records directly to DVD media that's playable on most DVD players. It's the Sony DCR-DVD301 DVD Handycam Camcorder.
I make DVD's from my digital camcorder using Apple's built in software, called iDVD. It needs digital video from a camcorder though, won't work with the mpeg videos that digital still cameras record.
Rather than looking at a digital still camera that also records video, you might be better off looking at a digital CAMCORDER that also takes still shots.
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posted on April 29, 2006 09:32:20 PM new
I have a Olympus camera that does movie's but have never used it for that as I have no need to take digital movies. I was just wondering though. If you are more interested in taking movies than pictures why don't you buy a digital movie camera? Something like this on ebay. Not trying to tell you not to buy the camera you are looking at but it looks like this type of camera would be better suited for movie's and takes them in these type formats: JPEG, Motion JPEG (MOV) , DCF2.0 compliant, DPOF (ver. 1.1), Exif 2.2. Might be worth checking into before you buy a picture camera with limited movie capabilities. Just my two cents.
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posted on April 29, 2006 09:49:46 PM new
It's movies I'm really interested in, not stills.
The Kodak is out, would have made a big mistake with that one.
posted on April 29, 2006 09:59:04 PM new
Prof and Mike have the best approach, which is a digital camcorder. It would be the simplest method, and you would be able to use it as a backup still camera for the mavica. Videotape will also work, but it's a little involved getting set up to get those analog signals converted to a digital format that you can burn onto a DVD. And once you do, every friend and relative that has videotapes of their kids birthday parties will be bugging you to burn them to DVD.
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