that triggered me to look for a new camera! lol....i was like, 'eeeh, why not??' i'd been wanted to be able to create higher-quality videos anyways. i started looking for SLR's and DSLR's....most i found were waaaaaaaaaay out of my price range. i only wanted to spend $100 or less, i know, hardly anything, but i only wanted to go up a couple of levels because my vids with what i had weren't too bad, but what pushed me a little closer (away) from still using it is that when i went to edit some recent footage, i noticed that there was a ringing in the audio. i know i could've cleaned that up at least a bit in editing, but that's just surface buff. and i'd noticed some streakiness there too. it could've been from the sunlight coming through the window that i was sitting near, but still. you know? these things should be just cool, that's what i was thinking.
so i started looking some more, and i started veering towards point and shoots. and something that shot in HD. i saw a couple of things, lots a couple of auctions. then i added camcorders and video cameras to my hunt. i'd found a few there, bought a buy it now mini-cam....it came, it didn't work, i sent it back and i'd also put in a best offer bid, but as i did that i found one that i liked even better.
i was in a work meeting when there was 5 minutes in the auction. i got the stink eye from my boss when i looked in my phone to check up on it. i got the look, saw that there were 4 minutes, so i got up from the meeting, went around the corner in the hallway, and started bidding. first bid, outdone, next, immediately outdone. one second left, on my phone, delayed reaction, desperation bid, 1 sec goes away immediately as i hit confirm, the auction ended. i was the high bidder :o)
it's a canon camcorder, FS200. a little old-school,it came out in 2009, but it has a mic-input jack and it records sound in stereo, and it also has HD capabilities. never mind. i just learned that it's standard definition. well, that's a little disappointing. rrr...lol. nevermind.
i can put it on a tripod, it has nice digital and optical zoom. it was $56 & $10 shipping. originally it was around $400. also, i don't have a camcorder now. so i found my camera. gonna try to milk that a while longer while i put some good use into this camcorder, and i just got a new (used) phone. an LG G2x.
the G2x has an 8mp camera just like the samsung point and shoot that i have (just found), the samsung has 8.1mp. but the G2x has HD capabilities, 640x something on the samsung, and 1920x1080 on the G2x. so my phone has the best resolution of them all, haha! ridiculous, but also very good too, i'm very thankful for that. and the point and shoot was a gift, and the canon has great sound, and i can use a tripod with it. and a mic if i wanted.
so my next videos are going to be a combination of all of these. maybe a few reviews or walk-throughs/demos w/commentary to start out. and! those pictures of the inks and nibs. the (???) is coming along well! i'm not really sure what to call it. it's not manga, but manga is what it's closest to being. it's not an illustrated novel or novella, and it's not a comic. i guess, maybe illustrated short stories? well, i guess that's it for now. it's going well, i'm working through the layouts now. setting the panels, i just finished rewriting and doing a little reworking to the narration, so now it's the first rough draft of how it's going to be set up. maybe i'll take some pictures of that too :o)
stay tuned! on the way home to pick up the new canon-mail and see how it goes! take care :o)
jt
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