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General Category => Bowling Videos => Topic started by: dicnic on January 17, 2008, 10:41:21 AM

Title: What Video Camera to Buy?
Post by: dicnic on January 17, 2008, 10:41:21 AM

If I wish to take videos of me and some of my friends bowling, what video camera will do the job? I would like to be able to plug the camera into a laptop computer to view the images and perhaps use some analysis software.

Don't wish to spend much money, bowling is all I would use it for.

Suggestions?
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Title: Re: What Video Camera to Buy?
Post by: Skizriz on January 17, 2008, 11:30:20 PM

If you are just looking for something simple and easy to use, look into a
Flip Video camera. I use mine more than I use my regular camera. They are between 100 and 150 bucks, hold between 30 and 60 minutes of video, and have a built in USB thingey that plugs right into your computer. Powered by two AA batteries. They are about the size of a cigarette pack.
Not something you would want to film the birth of your children on, but not a bad little handy camera for the money.

http://www.theflip.com/
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Title: Re: What Video Camera to Buy?
Post by: dizzyfugu on January 18, 2008, 07:07:16 AM

I shot my first videos with a digital pocket camera. Only 320x240 resolution, but surprisingly good and for overall impressions absolutely sufficient.

As a step up I recently bought a small digital camera, data storage on an SD chip, only digital zoom (not optical), also functions as a photo camera and can be used as a webcam, kinda like this:

http://www.amazon.de/Aiptek-Pocket-DV-T-100/dp/B000NBCAU4/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=ce-de&qid=1200664472&sr=1-12

Resolution is much better (640x480), and anything one can ask for for general bowling videos.

Anyway - as another investment, use a stable mount. You can get some rigid folding tripods for small money, and this enhances the video quality very much.
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Title: Re: What Video Camera to Buy?
Post by: dicnic on February 09, 2008, 01:58:21 PM

Any more suggestions for a video camera?
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Title: Re: What Video Camera to Buy?
Post by: Lane1Redneck on February 09, 2008, 04:46:51 PM

Check out Best Buy, they've got some good prices.. I know Radio Shack has a cheap modle around 100 bux.
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