video cameras

[Margaret Florey]

This topic has been added to the RNLD web site<http://www.rnld.org/node/138>.
It links from the FAQ page (scroll down to video cameras) and also from
Resources > Language Documentation > Hardware.

cheers,
Margaret

On 26 March 2010 11:46, Aidan Wilson <aidan at usyd.edu.au> wrote:

> While it is certainly true that raw is best, DV tapes are also highly
> irritating to work with. I can't tell you the number of times final cut pro
> has encountered a 'dropped frames' issue when re-digitising from a DV tape.
> Also, some may be tempted to leave them as is for some time before they
> digitise/transfer them to a machine, thinking the data is safely stored on a
> DV tape. The cassettes themselves are as fragile as any physical medium, and
> the magnetic tape can become affected, allowing the signal to deteriorate.
> Granted though, it is much better then the deterioration of VHS.
>
> If you transfer from a HDD camera as soon as you can, then the file will be
> in .mov format, which is about the best format around when it comes to
> forward-compatibility and cross-platform-ness, and it will be an exact clone
> of what's on the camera.
>
> Both methods yield very good results when used properly (I should emphasise
> that last point), and it depends on the individual user or group whether
> they go for tapes or for HD/solid state.
>
>
> --
> Aidan Wilson
>
> The University of Sydney
> +612 9036 9558
> +61428 458 969
> aidan.wilson at sydney.edu.au
>
>
> On Fri, 26 Mar 2010, Daryn McKenny wrote:
>
>  I would like to add to what we as an Aboriginal Language centre would want
>> alongside of supporting what Felicity has said:
>>
>> We don't want just audio recordings, I cant emphasise enough how important
>> video is for us when receiving language spoken evidence back to community.
>>
>> Ourselves only use quality (Sony/Canon) HDDV recorders recording to tape,
>> we will not go to hard drive or any other format yet because of proprietary
>> formats and compressions/codecs used, raw is best and that is what tapes
>> give us.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Daryn
>>
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>> From: Felicity Meakins [mailto:f.meakins at uq.edu.au]
>> Sent: Friday, 26 March 2010 9:33 AM
>> To: Laura Robinson; r-n-l-d
>> Subject: Re: video cameras
>>
>> I haven't been overly impressed with the quality of the hard drive cameras
>> I've looked at. I have a Canon HV30 Black Progressive HDV which rates better
>> than the Sony equivalent. The HDDV quality is infinitely better than the
>> normal DV cameras and better than any of the hard drive cameras I've used.
>> The digitised files require more hard drive space, but it is worth it for
>> the image.
>>
>> I think that as linguists doing documentation we spend more time worrying
>> about sound quality and good sound equipment and not enough about the
>> quality of footage. We think of it as just adding a bit of context to our
>> recordings rather than considering them as the primary recording that
>> language communities are going to be interested in in decades to come.
>>
>>
>> On 26/3/10 6:57 AM, "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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Margaret Florey
Consultant linguist
Director, Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity <www.rnld.org>

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