New toy

[Big Mark]

Just picked this guy up (technically it's the church's, but it'll be mine to use).
Canon Vixia HF S100

 

[LarryD]

nice! id love to get a new video camera.

 

[VA49er]

nice! id love to get a new video camera.

How much recording time do those cards allow? I know it depends on the card, but what's the most time one could get?

 

[Big Mark]

How much recording time do those cards allow? I know it depends on the card, but what's the most time one could get?

8GB card will hold about 3 hours at HD. With the type of shooting we do, that'll be more than enough. The most intensive stuff we do (recording services) is typically being recorded directly into a laptop anyway.

Larry, I was looking at a SLR with video capability, but the Canon rep I talked to at a trade show told me they couldnt record clips longer than 15 minutes, so they wouldnt work for our services :-( .

 

[VA49er]

8GB card will hold about 3 hours at HD. With the type of shooting we do, that'll be more than enough. The most intensive stuff we do (recording services) is typically being recorded directly into a laptop anyway.

Thanks for the info. I have a Mini DV camcorder that takes great video but is a pain to download to the computer. I'm thinking of getting a new camcorder soon.

 

[Big Mark]

yeah, we've been renting a Canon XL1 which was an awesome machine for it's day, but tapes are for the stinkin birds.

 

[chris]

Mark,

Where did you see that 8GB will record 3hrs? I just got a Canon HF20 w/ an 8GB card and it only records about 50 minutes.

I think the HF100 has 32 GB of internal memory.

PS- what type of computer are you going to use for editing AVCHD? I had to fork out another $1000 on top of the camera just to get a computer that can edit HD video.

Good luck!

 

[hasbeen99]

Just picked this guy up (technically it's the church's, but it'll be mine to use).
Canon Vixia HF S100

"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things." -Matthew 25:21

 

[Big Mark]

Mark,

Where did you see that 8GB will record 3hrs? I just got a Canon HF20 w/ an 8GB card and it only records about 50 minutes.

I think the HF100 has 32 GB of internal memory.

PS- what type of computer are you going to use for editing AVCHD? I had to fork out another $1000 on top of the camera just to get a computer that can edit HD video.

Good luck!

Sorry, looks like I misread.... 3hrs in LP mode: http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/c...lFeaturesTabAct&fcategoryid=177&modelid=17993

We do our editing on either a Macbook Pro or iMac.

 

[LarryD]

any stuff yet?