[CoLoCo] Video Cameras

[Brandan E. Lloyd]

I would second the Handycam even though it is from Sony.  I have a buddy
that uses it and I connected it to my laptop running Ubuntu and I was able
to transfer videos fine.

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Chomafin <chomafin at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd be worried about DRM/Proprietary BS that might plague the HD Market.
> Doing a quick search on google, I've come across this blog :
> http://kweiner.blogspot.com/2007/09/new-hard-drive-camcorder.html
> He went with the Sony DCR-SR62 Handycam<http://www.amazon.com/Sony-DCR-SR62-Handycam-Camcorder-Included/dp/B000M3JQIW>and it simply shows up as an USB Disk that you pull the MPEG off.
>
> Just as a thought, Think there are any brick and mortar stores out there
> willing to let you use a Live CD to connect and play sample video from the
> camcorder?  That would be the ultimate experience hehe.
>
> - Ian
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Michael Robbert <mrobbert at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm pretty sure that anything with a firewire port will just work. As
> > long as you have firewire on your box or are willing to buy a card for
> > it. I have a Sony 8mm cam from years ago and I bought a firewire card
> > for my box and when I ran kino it just detected the camera and took
> > control of it. I'm not sure if newer HD based cameras work the same or
> > not. I would hope that they would at least be backward compatible even
> > if they store in a proprietary format. Maybe others have experience
> > with or have researched what formats different cameras store in.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 9:50 PM, TJ Heaney <tjheaney at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hey all.
> > >
> > > I am in the market for a new video camera.
> > >
> > > I want something that I can just plug into my Ubuntu box and download
> > > directly.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > >
> > > TJ
> > >
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