Alex Gates Jones

This would be an amazing application for sports video, and things where a steadi cam just isnt practical. And as you said alot of it has to do with the operator but this would make a world of difference for follow cams and things of that sort.

Its unfortunate that it cuts so much of the video off but it still looks AMAZING, I could deff use something like this. Does anyone understand how long the process would take to stablize the video? and is it something that would just be a drag and drop sort of app or is there not enough info out yet?

Thanks Ill look into shutter speed, but im not really looking to get my feet wet.. im trying to see if I should get my feet wet.. if that makes sense. I know the Kodak aint gonna produce great video, but its better than our 320x240 digi camcorder.. and i havn't tried editing HD video yet, I simply mean playback is rough choppy enough. It smoothed out a bit when I put it on Vimeo though so Im pretty sure my comps just old lol The kodak also has an HQ640x480 that I might try out, but really im limited to what I have now until I can prove to myself/others that I am in need of serious equipment.

You realize thats like $800? Weve got a Kodak digi cam im thinkin im gonna use that takes HD vid, but the 2 drawbacks are 1. The videos only SO great cause its a point and shoot, and second, none of our comps can REALLY handle HD video well.. and on top of all that Id much rather risk my own camera than our nice family camera.

Oh, and most the good filmers in my sport have nice sony's like George Simpson suggested, or HD camcorders that are outta my price range, I dont want to spend a whole lot because I dont know how serious about filming I am, I LOVe watching a well cinematographized video, and Id love to be that good, but I dont know if I am that good, and I dont know if I am willing to do what it takes to get that good, I need to understand that before I invest into any SERIOUS equipment.

I appreciate the response, im not planning on shooting any water sports and very little if any snowboarding, its mostly going to be dry urban or country shooting, Ive looked into helet cams and such and the contour by VHolder seems like my best bet (720p @30 and 60 fps for 300ish) but it has a start/stop utton and thats IT, I wold atleast like a zoom function lol And I saw a video of a super 8 once and thought it was awesome, but I know NOTHING about film, and dont think I want to be spending money on film right now either as fascinated as I am with the super 8.

Hey all, a quick search made this seem like the dominant cinematography forum. Ive been trying to decide which camera I should get for my first camera, budget is tight, perferably 2-300 dollars but thats not set in stone. Ive tried researching on my own but im just shootin in the wind.. I will be shooting action sports, mostly longboarding and possibly snowboarding. My prioritiy is SMOOTHNESS over HD, im not sure if theres anything in a camera I should look for to help with that or if thats justdependent on the operator. Also would increased frame rate capturing help? (60fps ect.) or is my best bet going to be to get pretty much any camera and just really learn how to use it? Any help will be much appreciated! Thanks!