"JohnD"
<jdownie@surfree.com> wrote in message
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> I
am going to begin a renovation project that I would like to record,
>
possibly with an eye to selling to one of the ubiquitous home shows on
> TV. I have a few questions.
Good
luck with the sale - this is not easy!
> I
am thinking of getting two cameras - 1 positioned to do a time-lapse
> of
the whole project, the other for more specific items. Can the
>
time-lapse camera be of lower resolution?
Is there any way to stream
>
the output to a laptop, instead of tape?
Any specific
>
recommendations?
The
time-lapse should be of about equal resolution (or better). You
can run
the video to a computer, and with some editing software,
have
time-lapse capture. Alternatives: use a camcorder's still
feature
(to memory card), with a Lanc controller operated at
the
desired interval to take the stills; use a still digital camera
and
import the images into a computer; use a film camera and
scan
the resulting images (the last was done to record a 1 per
month
still of a multi-year construction of a large radio telescope,
since
at the time this was the most practical method we had
available).
>
For the main camera, are there any new options that offer decent
>
resolutioon and low light capability at a price in the $1,000 range,
> or
are the VX1000 TRV900 types the only option?
I am looking for
>
output good enough for TV.
You can
find some good used 3-CCD camcorders available
here:
www.nikonlinks.com/ruether/fs-misc-video-audio.htm.
--
David Ruether
d_ruether@hotmail.com
http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com
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"JohnD"
<jdownie@surfree.com> wrote in message
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[...]
>
> You can find some good used 3-CCD camcorders available
>
> here:
www.nikonlinks.com/ruether/fs-misc-video-audio.htm.
>
Thank you for the time-lapse advice.
>
> I
must say, David, that everyone who has done even the tiniest amount
> of
research on DV camcorders will have come across your ad many times
> by
now. Frankly it is quite tiresome. You might try lowering your
>
prices or something.
You may
have done some research on the question
you
asked (though it did not appear so from
your
original post, and I have some good options
FS
within your stated price range - and I offered
non-video
camera suggestions I could not supply
as
possible solutions to you), but others often have
never
run across ANY of my materials on video, hard
as that
may be for you [or me...! ;-] to believe...;-)
I get
annoyed by repeated posts on other things on
these
NGs, but evidently many people have not seen
the
commonly posted responses to such things as
differences
between TV and computer displays,
differences
between USB and FireWire capture, etc.,
so the
repeated info can be useful, bugged as I
may be
that the questioners have not done basic
research.
For you, I pointed you to several
solutions
to your question, and one of those I
could
provide, thus providing you a service.
Some
people do complain, though, about 'most
anything,
free or not...;-)
--
David Ruether
d_ruether@hotmail.com
http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com