Posted by RS on 04/21/06 13:53

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> "Richard Crowley" <richard.7.crowley@intel.com> wrote in message
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>>"Bible John" wrote ...
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>>>Just watched the same wedding that I recorded with my JVC SXM250U analog
>>>camcorer, with a friends Sony Mini DV camera on a DVD that she burned for
>>>us. Boy what a difference!
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>>I recall that some of us predicted that the average DV camera
>>would outperform nearly any analog consumer camcorder (and
>>many analog industrial/professional cameras, also)
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>>>Its not that I cannot live with a analog camcorder (especially with my
>>>budget), the mini DV ones are much nicer! I saw a JVC analog camcorder
>>>like my own selling for $150 at Circuit City the other day, and the
>>>cheapest Mini DV camcorder was selling for $300. It lacked a light,
>>>because it had nighvision. I do not know anything about this and if it
>>>has any advantages over a camcorder light.
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>>Lighting is one of the most significant differences between quality/
>>commercial video and "home movies". OTOH, your typical
>>consumer *on*camera* light is hardly more than a novelty and
>>rarely makes any significant improvement that I have ever seen.
>>This is mostly because 1) they are not very bright and 2) they
>>are a very small point source. The on camera lights used by
>>professionals are rarely smaller than 6-8" diagonal measurement
>>(round and/or rectangle). [I am refering to feature production,
>>not "film at 11" local news.]
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> Is the night vision found on many mini DV cameras better for shooting in
> night than the light on many of the analog cameras?

No. It will give you a little greenish circle where you can see in the
dark. Kinda like those night goggle. Range will be just a few feet.

Untill you get up to the Prosumer camera range, your going to find that
low light response is not great. What happens is that the auto gain
adustments will start to really increase the grain in the video.

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