video cameras

[Tom Honeyman]

That Zoom Q3 looks like an interesting concept. Shame it doesn't have  
external mic inputs. I wonder if the built-in mic is OK. Being powered  
by AA batteries is particularly useful in situations without mains  
power. My experience with the other Zoom audio recorders was that they  
were reasonably good, and it appears to be an audio oriented device,  
which is interesting given that audio quality is often secondary in  
many video cameras.

I've been interested in these small cameras as a backup, or second  
angle camera. For instance I have been experimenting with a Samsung  
U10. The U10 records a format that is accepted in ELAN straight off  
the flash card, which makes it particularly useful for fieldwork. So,  
the idea is to use a good camera for primary recordings (and "primary"  
angles), but to be able to stick the second camera to the ceiling when  
running certain types of tasks, especially non-verbal tasks. And I  
still use a separate audio recorder, because I can't do much without a  
good audio recording!

-tom

On 26/03/2010, at 8:17 AM, Steven Bird wrote:

> I just got a Zoom Q3 to try out in PNG.  Has anyone else used these  
> yet?
>
>> On Mar 25, 2010 4:58 PM, "Laura Robinson" <lcrobinson1 at gmail.com>  
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am looking to buy some video cameras for my fieldwork this  
>> summer.  I'm thinking to get a couple of the new tiny video  
>> cameras, plus something more mid-range, like a solid-state video  
>> recorder.  It would be nice to get away from miniDV if possible,  
>> and I was wondering what this list thought of the various kinds of  
>> new video cameras on the market?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Laura
>> --
>> Laura C. Robinson
>> Postdoctoral Researcher
>> Department of Linguistics
>> University of Alaska, Fairbanks
>> http://go.alaska.edu/lcrobinson
>

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