"amer" <seymoria@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:7d1e8174.0308230505.6eb0b5d6@posting.google.com...

> "David Ruether" <rpn1@no-junk.cornell.edu> wrote in message news:<bi5ueg$bn9$1@news01.cit.cornell.edu>...

> > "amer" <seymoria@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:7d1e8174.0308211032.35d9db1b@posting.google.com...

> >

> > The "S" connection is provided on SVHS and Hi-8 gear,

> You mean S-VHS VCRs? If yes, I'll try to locate them in my local

> market. And also the TVs which have S-video. Does your TV have it?

An SVHS deck may not be very useful, since it is an uncommon

consumer format at this point... TVs with the "S" input generally

are the better models, and the picture will generally be better

with good sources using this connector...

> > DV and FireWire are interchangeable terms for connections

> > for amateur gear. FireWire connections are on DV camcorders,

> > DV decks, DV-compatible computers, and on some external hard

> > drives...

> Sorry for asking again, but are these DIFFERENT types of conections or

> are they only different names of the same thing?

The words mean the same for the DV/FireWire connector for

consumer gear...

> > > 6- Nightshot (infrared).

> > > I guess this feature is only useful on cams wich also have a built in

> > > AV emitter. Or do all have...?

> > The Sonys, at least, do - but it is useful without the IR emitter (and

> > one can be added) as a way of shooting in lower light than normal

> > color mode permits (switch the picture to B&W to look better).

> > BTW, for the older cameras that can shoot IR in daylight, this

> > mode is quite a bit of fun for landscapes. See:

> > www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/ir.htm for some examples shot with

> > the TRV9...

> Can we use IR mode in low light also (originally meant for zero lux ;

> pitch darkness) to achieve a B&W but very sharp, non-grainy picture?

"...it is useful without the IR emitter (and one can be added) as a way

of shooting in lower light than normal color mode permits (switch the

picture to B&W to look better)" - switching on "nightshot" mode

removes the IR-blocking filter making the CCD effectively more

sensitive, with all that that implies......

> (I want to avoid the grainy picture that results in low light

> shooting. Earlier you mentioned that this happens also on cams which

> boast low lux capabilities (without IR).

It happens on all cameras that permit gain rise (and all do) - the

electronic picture noise increases...

> > lens converter added...). Both DIS/EIS and OIS can be good

> > systems for stabilization, BTW...

> I want to know those abbreviations, please.

Digital/Electronic Image Stabilization; Optical Image Stabilization.

>Which is the best of the

> three? I will search for models that carries the best of the three

> types....

"Both DIS/EIS and OIS can be good systems for stabilization",

though OIS is usually used with 3-CCD cameras, DIS/EIS

with 1-CCD cameras. Each has slight advantages/disadvantages,

but with good implementations, they are about equal in quality...

Be less concerned about "features" and "specs" than about

"performance" - that is what counts in the video produced...;-)

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David Ruether

d_ruether@hotmail.com

http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com