Ritchie's (TOWLSNAP) new toy (56K)

[towelsnap]

Well, as most of you know I've been hassled a lot for my horrible cell camera shots lol. So drooling at SLRS and thinking why.. why can't I have something like that ... I went out and bought a 12.1mp Digital Camera. The Canon PowerShot SD780 IS . By far my favorite feature is ...... HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO RECORDING .... WHAT THE #$*% ..... lol it's awesome. It's only 720p but still..... speachless.

**HELP** I have an OLD pc and for some reason why I transfer the HD video to my pc it lags... looks amazing but LAGS... Now when I took the first shots.. they were 4000 X 3000 so a tad too big :chuckle so I am assuming my HD video is 4000 X 3000 factory settings. Should I just make the resolution lower to get a better result. I just want to make HD vids of Kingston Meets and an HD video for the Bubba Q .

Anyways I'm no expert and I'll post specs up later here is a lil sample.

:pop



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[aznkid.com]

To play back HD videos, you'll probably need a better computer.. Btw, your videos are 1280x720 assuming you're recording at 720P. When I edit my videos, I have to compress them since my computer can't handle it straight outta the camera and my computer is decent

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual 5000+
2GB Memory
NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT

Let's not confuse megapixels with quality.. DSLR vs anything else = incomparable :P

http://aznkid.com/misc/SensorSize.jpg

anyway, congrats on your new toy!

[towelsnap]

Ill try thanks for the tips , lol I know its by no means an SLR but it will do the trick

[Gizzmo_jr]

Why'd you remake another thread? You already have one...

[aznkid.com]

Why'd you remake another thread? You already have one...

this is to show off the camera, not the car

[Thrizzl3]

I like how you go from your car to an xbox. 360 controller lol

[towelsnap]

lol ran out of shots outside.. it was raining... ,

aparently if I dropped the resolution from 1280X720 to 640X480 I'll be shooting standard quality movies... this sucks. Since I bought the camera for the HD video and my pc can't handle it.

[aznkid.com]

lol ran out of shots outside.. it was raining... ,

aparently if I dropped the resolution from 1280X720 to 640X480 I'll be shooting standard quality movies... this sucks. Since I bought the camera for the HD video and my pc can't handle it.

why do you insist on shooting in HD anyway? I can see the benefit of widescreen, but just like when I use my point and shoot (which is 10mp) i turn it down to 2mp resolution.. no need for such large files (slower upload to computer, slower upload to facebook and more storage space on pc)

[Gizzmo_jr]

Sorry man, my bad. I'm corrected on this is a camera thread, not car thread.
The shots look mmuuuuccccchhhh better then before. If I see you with it next time I can give you some photo tricks.

So we'll get you and Dom drifting in HD now? :)

[towelsnap]

lol thanks matt no more drifting videos...

Camera Specs :
Image Sensor
Total Pixels 12.1 MP
Effective Pixels 12.1 MP


Lens
Optical Zoom 3x
Digital Zoom 12X
Focus Range 3 cm - Infinity (W); 5 cm - Infinity (T)
35 mm Equivalent 33 mm - 100 mm
Autofocus System AF Face Detection; Center; 9-Points AIAF


Viewfinder & Monitor
Viewfinder Type Optical Real-Image
LCD Monitor 2.5 Inch Purecolor LCD


Flash
Built-in Flash Yes
Flash Range 0.3 m - 3.5 m (W); 0.3 m - 2.0m (T)


Aperture & Exposure
Aperture Range f/3.2 - f/9.2 (W); f/5.8 - f/16.6 (T)
Shutter Speed Range 15 - 1/1500 Seconds
Evaluative Metering Mode Yes
Centre-Weighted Average Metering Mode Yes
Spot Metering Mode Yes
Other Metering Modes Information Not Available
ISO Sensitivity Auto/100/200/300/800/1600
Exposure Compensation +/- 2EV In 1/3 Step


Still Image Features
Self-Timer Faceself Timer
Continuous Shooting - Highest Quality 0.8 fps - Unlimited
Continuous Shooting - Medium Quality 0.8 fps - Unlimited
Continuous Shooting - Lowest Quality 0.8 fps - Unlimited


Video Features
Video Modes HD; Standard Definition


Storage
Internal Memory No
Digital Storage Media SD; SDHC
Included Storage Medium Size 128 MB
Still Image File Formats JPEG
Movie File Formats MOV


Playback
Image Playback Modes 1 4:3: 2x2; 3x3; 6x6; 10x10


Interfaces
Computer Interface USB 2.0
Video Output NTSC/PAL
Audio Output In-Video; HDMI Out
PictBridge Yes
Other Connection Type HDMI

[chinsterr]

this is to show off the camera, not the car

LOL !


show off camera ? hahaha

Too funny.

[WingZero_]

If your computer has a PCIE video card slot just go get and ATI RADEON HD card. As they have hardware acceleration, then you won't tax your CPU. My boss was decoding 1080p on a computer that only had a single core 3.0 in it, because the video card does it all.

[towelsnap]

LOL !


show off camera ? hahaha

Too funny.

bahahah be nice ..... maybe I'll just upgrade the card :bang:bang

[chinsterr]

Don't get me wrong , I also have a Cannon powershot and its a great little camera for "point and shoot" ....... but it's no DSLR.

Either way , congrats on the purchase (?)

[towelsnap]

hahahahahahahahah no love from the DLSR owners hahahah hey I must be new ..... :bang :bang anyone want to trade for an SLR jk :chuckle

[chinsterr]

I don't have a dslr either ! hahaha

[Thrizzl3]

im non dslr too..but my pics come out sick lol with my 7.2MP cybershot

[Gizzmo_jr]

DSLR club member, mwahahaha

[Thrizzl3]

DSLR club member, mwahahaha

:banhim

[Gizzmo_jr]

I know who I'm photochop'ing out when I'm at the bubbaq :P

[Thrizzl3]

I know who I'm photochop'ing out when I'm at the bubbaq :P

:flaming

anyways..lmao

[Gizzmo_jr]

hahaha kiddin' around.

Greg, I know when I worked at Queen's we had a Sony video camera (not a point and shoot) that did 1080p. The video file size was absurd, it had a built in 80gb hard drive. It was a pretty penny too. Your better off shooting a lesser quality film cause your gonna downsize them anyways when you upload them to where ever on the net.

[towelsnap]

14 seconds = 50 megs something dumb like that. Aparently according to http://photography-on-the.net/forum/index.php you can d/l a codec to make sure your HD videos aren't choppy and laggy with sound even with a crappy video card. Worse comes to worse I'll sellout and buy a DLSR lol jk

[aznkid.com]

hahahah sell it and buy a DSLR that does HD video too :P

playback is one thing.. editing is another! good luck with that

[Xerox]

Nice camera, Avril....

[Gizzmo_jr]

Nice camera, Avril....

ahahahahahahha "my Canon, my ELPH"

[yearoftherat]

Nice features for a P&P, VDO, IS. No manual mode..boo

[chinsterr]

Nice camera, Avril....

HAHAHAH

Who wouldn't want a flaming pink camera ?