[H-GEN] Fwd: Big ticket spending [was: The lca movie.]

[QuarkAV.com - Hilton Travis]

G'day Matt,

Yes, I can *definitely* understand the need for a mic input, however 
Firewire I'm not so sure about.  These (and a lot of current SD/HD 
handycams) record to SDHC card, so to get the 64 GB of video into the 
computer, just use an SDHC card reader and you don't need the firewire.  
You also don't get tape noise, issues with drives (tape/HDD/DVD) and 
ultimately, the cameras are a lot more robust because of it.

That still leaves the lack of a mic input as a showstopper, however.

Regards,
Hilton Travis

On 25/06/2009 9:13 AM, matheist76 at westnet.com.au wrote:
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> From: matheist76 at westnet.com.au
> Sent: Thursday, 25 June, 2009 9:13:33 AM GMT +10:00 Brisbane
>
> It looks very good for the price but after taking a careful look at the specs I note a couple of things missing that we would really want in a camera. Firewire and microphone input. These two are kinda important for what we are looking for.
>
> Good price through.
>
> Matt
>
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> From: "QuarkAV.com - Hilton Travis"<hilton at quarkav.com>
>
> Sent: Thursday, 25 June, 2009 12:25:39 AM GMT +10:00 Brisbane
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>
> On 22/06/2009 1:24 PM, gavin duley wrote:
>    
>>
>> On 22 Jun 2009, at 04:11, Russell Stuart wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> On Mon, 2009-06-22 at 03:38 +0100, gavin duley wrote:
>>>        
>>>> To me, the purchase of a video camera does seem like it would be a
>>>> good idea. It wouldn't be wasted after LCA, it could be used to film
>>>> talks given at regular HUMBUG meetings which could then be made
>>>> available on the internet. This assumes HUMBUG starts having at least
>>>> semi-regular talks, though.
>>>>          
>>> Matt has collected some quotes for purchasing the A/V equipment for LCA
>>> 2011 outright verses renting it.  Matt says the prices are in the same
>>> ball park.  If they are with 50% or so I'd say purchasing them is a very
>>> good idea.  However it ain't our money we are playing with there, so we
>>> would have to run it past Linux Australian.  That said, I suspect if we
>>> won Linux Australia would accept whatever we put up in our bid.
>>>
>>> I don't think Greg is talking about that though.  Matt (who should put
>>> his 2c in here anyway), is proposing Humbug purchase some A/V equipment.
>>> This would cost a substantial fraction of Humbug's current bank account
>>> balance.
>>>        
>> My confusion, then. I assumed that the video equipment purchased for
>> HUMBUG would be the same as the video equipment purchased for LCA.
>>
>> Given that HUMBUG has to purchase video equipment for LCA, and that
>> funding for this is pretty much a given, would it be possible for
>> HUMBUG to keep hold of it after LCA?
>>
>> gavin,
>>
>>      
> G'day Guys,
>
> Have a look at www.kogan.com.au and see what they have available.  A
> 1808p HD handycam at $369.  Sure, it may not be the same build quality
> as a $1500 Canon unit of *extremely* similar specifications, but at the
> price, and if treated well, I can't see this being a bad investment (if
> the investment is needed) even with the $99 for a 5 year extended
> warranty option.
>
> - Hilton Travis
>    
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