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Solid State Video Camera with Mic Input?

Author
6 Apr 2006 11:32 AM
jmcaliskey
Hi,
Apols for cross posting.
I would like to know if there is a Video Camera that uses Solid
State/SD/MMC/CF etc rather than tape, DVD or Hard Disk that has a
Microphone Input.

Thanks
John

Author
19 Apr 2006 2:57 AM
David D.
<jmcalis***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> Apols for cross posting.
> I would like to know if there is a Video Camera that uses Solid
> State/SD/MMC/CF etc rather than tape, DVD or Hard Disk that has a
> Microphone Input.
>
> Thanks
> John
>

I haven't looked into disk or HD based cameras, but they are starting to hit
the market.  Perhaps someone else can comment on the newer camcorders.

Memory carrds are somewhat limited in capacity.   You can get a lot of low
quality QVGA resolution video on a Flash Card or SD card, but, VGA res
recorded with high quality (sharpest definiton,, 30 fps, high audio sampling
rate, stereo sound) can really eat up the memory.   My Canon S2 IS (which is
primarily a still camera, but also takes high quality VGA videos with zoom
and stabilization) can get about 18 minutes of highest resolution video on a
2 GB SD card.

David
Author
19 Apr 2006 3:02 AM
David D.
John,

    You might also be interest in the thread on this ng entitled "miniDV or
DVD Camcorder in 2006" posted 3/8/2006.

- David