[Linganth] Colleagues, questions on camera equipment for field research

[Stephen Campbell Rea]

I used a Sony Handycam in my research in Korea, one of the HDR models (I
can check the specific model number later today and enter it into the
Google sheet if that helps). I was recording gestures inside of internet
cafés where the lighting can be extremely low, so picture resolution was my
main concern. However, the audio quality is also excellent. It's not the
smallest camera on the market by any means, but it's also not too unwieldy,
easy to carry around from field site to field site, and depending on the
battery that you buy can last for several hours. For the price, I think
it's one of the best options out there. It even has a built-in projector,
which I've never taken advantage of myself but could be useful for
presentations. Data is stored on a memory card, so that's another thing to
keep in mind re: downloading/uploading video. Hope this is helpful!

Cheers,

Stevie

On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 12:16 PM, Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway <
erhoffma at oberlin.edu> wrote:

> I'd love to see what people recommend also. I need to buy a new camera
> very soon...
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 11:47 PM, Priscila Leal <pbluth at hawaii.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi Nate,
>> That's an great question and I'd be interested in the recommendations as
>> well - ping.
>> Cordially,
>> Priscila
>>
>> On Sep 15, 2015, at 11:11, Nathaniel Dumas <nadumas at ucsc.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> Hope your semesters/quarters are off to a great start! I'm in the middle
>> of helping the design thinking firm I work for upgrade their A/V
>> capabilities for research and I wanted to get recommendations from my
>> fellow linguistic anthropologists working with video. We're especially
>> interested in camcorders that are not too intrusive (size-wise) in the
>> field setting, are able to have a decent image quality (not looking for
>> commercial/high-end production quality), not too difficult to use (since
>> not all of us on research teams are as tech savvy), and, of course, are
>> affordable.
>>
>> Feel free to respond to me offline at nadumas at ucsc.edu. And the more
>> suggestions the merrier so I can give the leadership more options to pick
>> from.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Nate
>>
>>
>> --
>> Nathaniel Dumas
>> Research Associate, Department of Anthropology
>> University of Santa Cruz
>> nadumas at ucsc.edu
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