From personal experience - make sure that the video you buy has the facility
for using an extension microphone (and possibly more than one microphone) if
you are going to use the video with groups and/or in noisy locations. We
rushed out and bought one in a hurry and have found from bitter experience
that we just can't use it for recording groups or for street or in-store
interviews because the internal microphone is not up to the job and the
model we bought doesn't have a mike socket! (So check what you don't get on
the cheaper models...)
Martin Stoll
Associate Director
Ipsos-Insight Ltd
Kings House
Kymberley Road
Harrow HA1 1PT
Tel: +44 (0)20 8861 8162
Fax: +44 (0)20 8861 8122
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Rosen [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 08 May 2003 13:31
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Digital video query
I've been browsing through the archives for discussion of recording
equipment, but can't find any definitive answers about digital video (many
thanks for all the comments on digital sound recording, though!). Does
anyone have recommendations for the best recorder to use without breaking
the bank (UK or EU sourced)? I want to video interviews in order to create
short clips for dissemination - I won't be analysing the videos themselves.
Compactness and easy conversion into mpeg or similar format is my main
requirement.
Thanks,
Paul
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