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camera info please

Post by hiscot » Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:24 pm

I have a sony DSV-V1 5 megapixel 4x optical zoom ,carl zeiss lense with smart zoom and mpegmovieVX

Can this camera be used on a mount with a large memory card as a video cam .it was quite expensive new and was highly rated ,but is now a couple of years old and you need a degree just to read the operating instructions hence my question

the book says it does 640vga=2663 with 1g card / mpeg movie
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any good ? quality ?ect ect

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Post by jamie » Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:00 pm

Battery life will be a major issue still digi cameras in vid mode just munch on their batteries and quality wont be great

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Post by gorrie » Fri Jan 26, 2007 5:38 pm

Does it tell you how many Frames per Second it captures (FPS)?

For half-decent quality (ie, smooth) motion capture you will want 30/fps on a digi camera. So. I'd guess you'd want that if you were trying to capture track action for example.

I've got a Panasonic Lumix which does 10 or 30 at any of it's available ratios. 15 is OK for occasional use (and for saving your memory card). My old Kodak was sh1t for motion capture... 13fps @ 640x480, 20fps @ 320x240.
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Post by GilesM » Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:06 pm

It all depends on how the camera is designed, I have one digi compact which will only use the internal memory to record video, so the max video time is approx 1 min what ever SD card you fit, however I have a newer one which does load it to the SD card when recording, so a big card really helps. Having said that, the biggest problem will be the FPS as Gorrie mentioned, and also the 4X optical zoom, most camcorders are around 20X minimum, and if you try using the digital zoom I expect the quality will be pish.

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Post by hiscot » Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:39 pm

i can get a converter and fit differant lenses on but its just not worth it
and it also records untill the card is full
i was just thing how good are the movie features on my camera
but fps i have no idear
thanks

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Post by hiscot » Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:39 pm

i can get a converter and fit differant lenses on but its just not worth it
and it also records untill the card is full
i was just thinking how good are the movie features on my camera
but fps i have no idear
thanks

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