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Re: Tips wanted on keeping the camera steady

ringpr...@surfglobal.net (StormChaser) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:14:01 UT

The Samsung HMX 10 and other camcorders in the HMX series incorporate
a strap that can twist to a vertical position so that the inertia of
the camera
is in sync with your arm extension greatly reducing vibrations.
Normally when a person holds a camcorder with a bent arm, the upper
arm
must balance the camcorder. A bent arm, however, causes unsteadiness.

Re: Burn from VOB files?

757624...@qq.com (lq) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:09:03 UT

Total Video2Dvd, is a nice dvd burning software
I'd prefer using this converts any High-Definition video formats such
as HD-DV, MKV, Blu-ray TS, TP, M2TS, AVCHD, WMV-HD, HD avi to DVD and
all other popular video formats Youtube FLV, Xvid avi, Mov, Rmvb, Rm,
Divx, Wmv, Asf, VOB, DV, 3gp, Ogm, Mpeg, Mpeg4, AVI to DVD formats.

Re: Burn from VOB files?

757624...@qq.com (lq) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:08:06 UT

Re: Tips wanted on keeping the camera steady

waybackno784spa...@yahoo.com (Peabody) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:07:08 UT

J. Clarke says...
> If you google "DIY Steadicam" you'll find several
> options that can be put together at low cost, or if
> you're well off you can just get a Steadicam.
I've built one of those DIY versions. This one:
[link]
except I used somewhat shorter pipe segments.
These things are not all that convenient, but they do help

Re: Video Encoder/Converter Recommendation

nob...@nobody.com (Smarty) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 UT

Re: Tips wanted on keeping the camera steady

rcrow...@xp7rt.net (Richard Crowley) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:47:03 UT

"Brian" wrote...
My monopod has a tilt-only head on it. It is also quite useful
for setting to wide-angle, tilting down and then holding up in
the air (at full extension) to get a nice high-angle cover shot.

Re: VERY HOT SEX VIDEOS

gianluca0...@hotmail.it (Gianluca) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:43:32 UT

On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:11:42 -0800 (PST), gani
Danger warning: please don't play these clips. They might burn the
pixels on your screen because they're hot.
Lucky Luca

Re: Tips wanted on keeping the camera steady

jclarke.use...@cox.net (J. Clarke) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:01:46 UT

If you google "DIY Steadicam" you'll find several options that can be put
together at low cost, or if you're well off you can just get a Steadicam.

Re: Tips wanted on keeping the camera steady

bcl...@es.co.nz (Brian) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:58:22 UT

Good idea Richard, but this would limit the camera from tilting
upwards and down when recording a scene. However most of the time I'm
recording stright ahead.

Re: Video Encoder/Converter Recommendation

kmal...@sbcglobal.net (Ken Maltby) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:04:33 UT

I am getting the same capture problems (mostly audio
breakup and loss of sync) with 3.4 on XP that I had
with 3.3.2 in Win7. Reverting back to 3.0 seems to
fix the problem in XP, ( I don't remember if I tried that
in Win7). One thing I noticed, in going both directions
the installers required a firmware update. (Makes me

Re: Tips wanted on keeping the camera steady

rcrow...@xp7rt.net (Richard Crowley) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:55:26 UT

"Brian" wrote ...
One technique is to simply leave the monopod attached (and collapsed)
and use it as a "counterweight" to help stabilize the low weight and small
mass of most consumer camcorders. Of course this isn't a technique
that is suitable for shots lasting several minutes. In that case, simply

Re: Tips wanted on keeping the camera steady

martin...@iinet.net.au (Martin van derPoel) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:07:22 UT

Hi Brian,
I use a canon neck brace with my XH A1s, it takes the strain of the arms and
does help to stabilise the camera.
Regards,
Martin

Re: TMPGEnc- Frame rate 15vs29, file size SAME ?

nos...@nospam.com (jmc) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:29:08 UT

Seem to have lost my newsgroup message listing...
trying to rebuild this one.
>It may also help to use a two pass encoding
technique, if you've not
>tried that already. The first pass analyzes the
footage, and passes
>control codes to the actual encoding mechanism,
which varies the bitrate
>while encoding, keeping the average bitrate the

Re: Tips wanted on keeping the camera steady

d_ruet...@thotmail.com (David Ruether) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:16:03 UT

This is a useful (and compact) solution. One I use is to restrict
myself to wide-angle (with a .66X WA lens converter added)
to "normal" views (the reduced image angular motion resulting
from my shakes produces smoother video). I also use a brace
I came up with after many tries (it is described and shown at -

Re: Video Encoder/Converter Recommendation

nos...@nospam.com (jmc) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:47 UT

SNIP
> I am hoping that the SpursEngine firmware
can and will be
Ouch, no 2 pass encoding in Spurs Engine.
That is a tough one as i find 1 pass ok for 90
plus percent of the tv show but then there will be
those little bits of distortion here and there on
someone's face especially if the camera moves a