Got HDR-HC7 for Christmas

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Marshall Karp - 27 Dec 2007 15:54 GMT

Sadly, not dive video, but if you want to check out the picture quality,
bear in mind that is compressed into flash format, go to my blog at
www.marshallkarp.com.

So, I got my camera right away when we were opening presents Christmas
morning. Out of the box set-up was real easy, just popped the battery in,
plugged the camera into the wall, put a DV tape in and started taking 1080i
video. Shot about 15 minutes of us opening gifts and good family Christmas
time memories.

Later, I downloaded the trial version of Sony Vegas, then downloaded the
footage onto my external hard drive. Lastly (I did no editing due to time
constraints), I rendered to H.263 (only cause I could not find the H.264
compression, which by the way, is AVC in Vegas) and uploaded to Vimeo.
Rendering took about an hour on my three year old Compaq Presario AMD Athlon
64 with 1 gig.

Observations

I like Vegas and will buy the full version and leave Pinnacle Studio. Also,
I see what some of you were talking about with using the HDR-HC7 in low
light. Sadly, my wide angle lens off my DCR-TRV33 does not fit the HDR-HC7,
so I have to get a new wide angle lens. These camcorder should really come
with this lens to start with anyway.

The real plus is when I used the HDMI cable from the HDR-HC7 and plugged it
into the Olevia HD LCD TV. Just not 16:9 picture, but HD picture. Truly
stunning to do this kind of picture quality on your own. There is no excuse
for any TV show or station not to go HD with this quality of consumer
electronic gear.

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Dillon Pyron - 27 Dec 2007 18:59 GMT

>Sadly, not dive video, but if you want to check out the picture quality,
>bear in mind that is compressed into flash format, go to my blog at
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>for any TV show or station not to go HD with this quality of consumer
>electronic gear.

I had considered it for Carol, but bought the DCR-SR62 instead.

I agree about TV going HD. I could have bought a prosumber camera for
something in the $2500 range. Any station that can't afford one of
those shouldn't be broadcasting.

Our TV does 1080p. Most stations are broadcasting 1080i. And I'm not
ready to decide who'll win the BluRay/HD-DVD war. Although I think
Panasonic has announced a dual mode.

We'll probably go with an HD camera in a couple of years. We bought a
Sony tube 32 inch HD TV in 2004 (did 4:3 as 32, 16:9 as 29 inches). We
figured we'd have it for 6 or 7 years. Fifteen days after the three
year warranty ran out, the tube died. Shop said "$600, you might as
well buy a new TV".

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And the angel's name was Hark.

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