Q. I'm a singer and I'll be posting some acoustic and instrumental videos of my singing on youtube. I just really need a good camera. I was thinking about a Cannon but I don't know which one would be best for recording vocals. I have a budget of about $150. Please help, I'm looking for a decently priced camera with a good microphone on the video camera. Thanks.
A. Hmmm.. You might not get much with $150. I thought so, until I started looking more into good cameras. I went from looking at a $150 camera, to a $400 camera, and now I'm saving up for a $800 DSLR that has FANTASTIC quality and you are able to attach the good quality microphones you need to get great sound. Just in case you're curious, I'll show you which cameras I was looking at, all of which are great cameras!
1.) Canon PowerShot SX130 IS - $150. This is a GREAT camera for the price. I believe if you are really on a budget and don't feel like saving up, then you should definitely get THIS camera! No other! This camera. It has great picture quality and HD video. The microphone is pretty good too. So this would be the camera if you are on this budget.
2.) Canon PowerShot SX40 HS - $400. This camera is called a bridge camera (better than a Point-And-Shoot, but not the level of a DSLR). It can take great pictures similar to a DSLR (which is the cameras professionals use). The video is HD and GREAT, and better than the Canon PowerShot SX130 IS that I listed above. It is also a superzoom camera. It has the look of a DSLR also. It's a great camera!
3.) Canon EOS Rebel T3i - $800. This is the camera I'm now saving up for. It's a DSLR. It's just amazing. It shoots spectacular video. Of course it can take great pictures because it's a DSLR. Lol. But, this camera his this just perfect. Lol, for me it is anyways. But again, I'm quite serious about it, so I mean yeah.
You can check out the Canon Vixia camcorders if you just want a camera for shooting video. I don't know how much they run but probably not too much. Probably a little over your budget. But if you want a simple all around camera for pictures and video, and you are on this strict budget of $150, I strongly recommend the Canon PowerShot SX130 Is. The upgrade version is Canon PowerShot Sx150 IS, but it's probably $20 more.
Good luck! I hope you find what you want! :)
-Isaiah
1.) Canon PowerShot SX130 IS - $150. This is a GREAT camera for the price. I believe if you are really on a budget and don't feel like saving up, then you should definitely get THIS camera! No other! This camera. It has great picture quality and HD video. The microphone is pretty good too. So this would be the camera if you are on this budget.
2.) Canon PowerShot SX40 HS - $400. This camera is called a bridge camera (better than a Point-And-Shoot, but not the level of a DSLR). It can take great pictures similar to a DSLR (which is the cameras professionals use). The video is HD and GREAT, and better than the Canon PowerShot SX130 IS that I listed above. It is also a superzoom camera. It has the look of a DSLR also. It's a great camera!
3.) Canon EOS Rebel T3i - $800. This is the camera I'm now saving up for. It's a DSLR. It's just amazing. It shoots spectacular video. Of course it can take great pictures because it's a DSLR. Lol. But, this camera his this just perfect. Lol, for me it is anyways. But again, I'm quite serious about it, so I mean yeah.
You can check out the Canon Vixia camcorders if you just want a camera for shooting video. I don't know how much they run but probably not too much. Probably a little over your budget. But if you want a simple all around camera for pictures and video, and you are on this strict budget of $150, I strongly recommend the Canon PowerShot SX130 Is. The upgrade version is Canon PowerShot Sx150 IS, but it's probably $20 more.
Good luck! I hope you find what you want! :)
-Isaiah
How can I record Video and Audio separately?
Q. I have a video camera that I would like to use due to it's high quality video, but since I am recording myself doing vocal covers for youtube, I have a rock band mic plugged into a usb port on my computer and would like to use the audio from that. I don't want to record them separately, I just want the video to be taken from the camera and the audio to be taken from the mic. Is there any way to do this?
A. Sure, in fact it is the preferred way as consumer grade camcorders don't record audio very well, especially music and singing. When you begin your recording session, use a sound marker; I use a clapper board but you can use a hand clap (my friend uses a dog training clicker). When you edit your video, add your mic'ed recoding to the time-line and after you line it up with the video (and audio) track and match the "clap", then delete the audio track of the video. If you mess up, you can always use the Back function of your editor (the editor doesn't actually edit the original video file, it makes a copy to work with).
Can we do something like SETI at home with a million cellphone cameras?
Q. If more than a few million dollars have been spent on the ET among us topic, directed toward the truth, the details have been kept secret and/or deliberately sabotaged = not necessarily a conspiracy = possibly independent sabotaging = It does not take many vocal dissenters to sway the vast slightly interested majority to negative and/or disinterested.
A million video cameras could record non stop pointed approximately straight up, daily from dusk to dawn, but 99.99% of the footage would be too boring for humans to watch. Accurate slant range can be calculated when two or more cameras catch the same event, provided the zoom setting can be quantified. But was it the same event? = most would be a tiny spot of light. Timing pulses recorded on one of the audio channels would greatly increase confidence that it was the the same event. Perhaps you can see a million dollars per year barely starts to make the program effective. Money for unattended equipment that is stolen, for lots of bits or bytes of data storage, for shipping cost to and from some central data processing centers. For internet bandwidth when the broadband data is sent by internet.
I'm not qualified to do any portion of this project, except a telephone tree/ would one of you like to start the process with a few video cameras per square kilometer in your dark sky community as a pilot program?
Approximately straight up so ET can't determine where the dead spots are. Do we need to know how many degrees of arc from the zenith each camera or telescope is pointing. GPS data on the other audio channel or multiplexed if there is only one audio channel. Likely user comments should also be recorded, which hopefully will remove some doubts about the data. I suppose some people will submit fake data, just because they can, and for other reasons. Please correct my assumptions and add details. Neil
A million video cameras could record non stop pointed approximately straight up, daily from dusk to dawn, but 99.99% of the footage would be too boring for humans to watch. Accurate slant range can be calculated when two or more cameras catch the same event, provided the zoom setting can be quantified. But was it the same event? = most would be a tiny spot of light. Timing pulses recorded on one of the audio channels would greatly increase confidence that it was the the same event. Perhaps you can see a million dollars per year barely starts to make the program effective. Money for unattended equipment that is stolen, for lots of bits or bytes of data storage, for shipping cost to and from some central data processing centers. For internet bandwidth when the broadband data is sent by internet.
I'm not qualified to do any portion of this project, except a telephone tree/ would one of you like to start the process with a few video cameras per square kilometer in your dark sky community as a pilot program?
Approximately straight up so ET can't determine where the dead spots are. Do we need to know how many degrees of arc from the zenith each camera or telescope is pointing. GPS data on the other audio channel or multiplexed if there is only one audio channel. Likely user comments should also be recorded, which hopefully will remove some doubts about the data. I suppose some people will submit fake data, just because they can, and for other reasons. Please correct my assumptions and add details. Neil
A. NASA has a network of cameras to track meteors. It would also track UFOs. It would be a cold day before I would leave my cellphone laying on the picnic table all year long.
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