New camera
I was really missing the video camera function of my old canon, so I decided to invest in a small camcorder. Brett:
got a small hand-held waterproof Sanyo, while we were hanging out in Japan. He loved it, he was always filming something. "You have no idea the peace of mind that comes from knowing this is waterproof" he commented while skittering around on a seaside cliff.
Well, his reviews were pretty good, so I ordered one (Sanyo E1) and got about a week ago. I'm a little disappointed that "waterproof" means "to a depth of [only] 5 feet, for up to 1 hour." But being an engineer, I know that specs are never brick-wall, sometimes reporting only about 1/3 of the actual capability of the equipment. I'm guessing I could go to 10 or 15 feet for as long as I could hold my breath.
Other than that, the thing is fantastic. The zoom works great, the image quality is good, and surprisingly, the sound quality is not half bad. Normally, with a cheap (i.e. digital camera) camcorder function, you have some major dynamic range problems. If the factory sets the gain to capture normal level voices, then you can't record a concert. If they set it to record concerts (which they don't) then you can't record normal conversation. I've already taken my Sanyo through some extreme acoustic beatings, and it has done much better than any digital camera video function I've used.
I didn't mean to turn this into a review. Oh well, it's a good camera.
The timing also conveniently coincided with the birthday party of Ruth Hummel, a long time friend here. So I put together this video afterwards. It really taxed the camera's limits: the lighting was very low (hence the grainyness), and the music was extremely loud. Also, I'm filming while I'm rollerskating, so a steady hand is a hard thing to achieve. But here you go:
Hmm... that was extremely pixelated. Dogalog does a much better job, but you have to wait a while longer (the screen will go black when you click. You just need to wait a couple minutes while it downloads). Here's an improved version:
Hopefully, I'll get some good stuff from Paris, next week,
Well, his reviews were pretty good, so I ordered one (Sanyo E1) and got about a week ago. I'm a little disappointed that "waterproof" means "to a depth of [only] 5 feet, for up to 1 hour." But being an engineer, I know that specs are never brick-wall, sometimes reporting only about 1/3 of the actual capability of the equipment. I'm guessing I could go to 10 or 15 feet for as long as I could hold my breath.
Other than that, the thing is fantastic. The zoom works great, the image quality is good, and surprisingly, the sound quality is not half bad. Normally, with a cheap (i.e. digital camera) camcorder function, you have some major dynamic range problems. If the factory sets the gain to capture normal level voices, then you can't record a concert. If they set it to record concerts (which they don't) then you can't record normal conversation. I've already taken my Sanyo through some extreme acoustic beatings, and it has done much better than any digital camera video function I've used.
I didn't mean to turn this into a review. Oh well, it's a good camera.
The timing also conveniently coincided with the birthday party of Ruth Hummel, a long time friend here. So I put together this video afterwards. It really taxed the camera's limits: the lighting was very low (hence the grainyness), and the music was extremely loud. Also, I'm filming while I'm rollerskating, so a steady hand is a hard thing to achieve. But here you go:
Hmm... that was extremely pixelated. Dogalog does a much better job, but you have to wait a while longer (the screen will go black when you click. You just need to wait a couple minutes while it downloads). Here's an improved version:
Hopefully, I'll get some good stuff from Paris, next week,
posted by tmm at
7:38 PM
2 Comments:
Hmmmm. Wait 'til you get into the industry. Specs are not something that are "lowered goals" that you can ignore
Spec are simply written for the 3 sigma level over the useful life of the product.
Taking stuff beyond the specs are made for you and Grandpa.
Regardless, congrats on the camera. There is nothing more important that framing your memories. Make sure to figure out how to back up those memories somewhere OTHER than just your local hard drive.
Uncle T
ha.ha.ha. nice job, Tim!!! It looks like you guys had a great fun that night. : ) -Won
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