Comments on: Well. That’s Cool. http://freetheanimal.com/2007/02/well_thats_cool.html Expressing Our Primal Genes for Lean Health, Vitality and Attractiveness Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:42:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Richard Nikoley http://freetheanimal.com/2007/02/well_thats_cool.html#comment-4922 Richard Nikoley Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:25:59 +0000 http://localhost/animal/2007/02/well_thats_cool.html#comment-4922 <p>Billy:</p> <p>Yep, I get exactly what you mean.</p> Billy:

Yep, I get exactly what you mean.

]]> By: Billy Beck http://freetheanimal.com/2007/02/well_thats_cool.html#comment-4921 Billy Beck Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:38:28 +0000 http://localhost/animal/2007/02/well_thats_cool.html#comment-4921 <p>Gentlemen: I'm a bit late to this discussion, but I want to point out something concerning fairing the viewscreen in flight. I don't know if you've noticed this, Rich, but you can open the screen -- just straight up as it pivots in its very first move, until it stops, and then <i>turn it completely upside-down</i> and fold it back into place, so that it is now stowed, but with the screen facing out.</p> <p>The stand-by is not engaged, now, and it will record, but with nearly exactly the same profile that is has when the screen is folded down in the stand-by mode.</p> <p>Am I making sense of this for you, Rich?</p> <p>I didn't realize this until my sister picked mine up and just did it. It was actually startling.<br /> </p> Gentlemen: I'm a bit late to this discussion, but I want to point out something concerning fairing the viewscreen in flight. I don't know if you've noticed this, Rich, but you can open the screen — just straight up as it pivots in its very first move, until it stops, and then turn it completely upside-down and fold it back into place, so that it is now stowed, but with the screen facing out.

The stand-by is not engaged, now, and it will record, but with nearly exactly the same profile that is has when the screen is folded down in the stand-by mode.

Am I making sense of this for you, Rich?

I didn't realize this until my sister picked mine up and just did it. It was actually startling.

]]> By: Richard Nikoley http://freetheanimal.com/2007/02/well_thats_cool.html#comment-4920 Richard Nikoley Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:49:21 +0000 http://localhost/animal/2007/02/well_thats_cool.html#comment-4920 <p>Andre:</p> <p>Battery runs for a little over an hour continuous. There may be a setting to allow it to run with the screen closed, but default is that it goes to sleep. However, you can turn it sideways so it's faired into the wind (you might even get a little lift off it :). Yes, there's a standard tripod mount at the bottom.</p> <p>Good flying.<br /> </p> Andre:

Battery runs for a little over an hour continuous. There may be a setting to allow it to run with the screen closed, but default is that it goes to sleep. However, you can turn it sideways so it's faired into the wind (you might even get a little lift off it :) . Yes, there's a standard tripod mount at the bottom.

Good flying.

]]> By: Andre http://freetheanimal.com/2007/02/well_thats_cool.html#comment-4919 Andre Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:41:41 +0000 http://localhost/animal/2007/02/well_thats_cool.html#comment-4919 <p>Hi, Thanks for the post of this small wonder.I'm considering buying one to film my hang gliding flights. 3 Important Questions:<br /> 1- How long does the battery runs out of charge?<br /> 2- It's possible to Record without the screen open?When flying theres no need to open the screen. Thanks in advance fr your comments.<br /> 3-If there is a screw in the bottom to screw it to a camera mount.<br /> Thanks in advance for you info.</p> <p>Andre - Portugal</p> Hi, Thanks for the post of this small wonder.I'm considering buying one to film my hang gliding flights. 3 Important Questions:
1- How long does the battery runs out of charge?
2- It's possible to Record without the screen open?When flying theres no need to open the screen. Thanks in advance fr your comments.
3-If there is a screw in the bottom to screw it to a camera mount.
Thanks in advance for you info.

Andre – Portugal

]]> By: Philip Morgan http://freetheanimal.com/2007/02/well_thats_cool.html#comment-4918 Philip Morgan Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:37:27 +0000 http://localhost/animal/2007/02/well_thats_cool.html#comment-4918 <p>I have the high definition verison of this Sanyo camcorder (HD1A) and so far have been somewhat dissapointed. I noticed in your version that the mp4 also ends with a white screen. that is distracting when joining several clips together. I have to edit out the last two frames for a smooth transistion. Also, my apple computer will not play the raw video smoothly. Even yours which is 640X480 pauses during the play while the computer catches up. There may be an easy fix for the white frames but I have been unable to contact Sanyo for help.<br /> I am glad that you like yours though.<br /> I plan on flying with mine on the hangglider. It is light enough for the helmet cam. Then I will be able to relive the flight (at least the first 55 minutes).</p> I have the high definition verison of this Sanyo camcorder (HD1A) and so far have been somewhat dissapointed. I noticed in your version that the mp4 also ends with a white screen. that is distracting when joining several clips together. I have to edit out the last two frames for a smooth transistion. Also, my apple computer will not play the raw video smoothly. Even yours which is 640X480 pauses during the play while the computer catches up. There may be an easy fix for the white frames but I have been unable to contact Sanyo for help.
I am glad that you like yours though.
I plan on flying with mine on the hangglider. It is light enough for the helmet cam. Then I will be able to relive the flight (at least the first 55 minutes).

]]> By: Shola Ogunlokun http://freetheanimal.com/2007/02/well_thats_cool.html#comment-4917 Shola Ogunlokun Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:23:14 +0000 http://localhost/animal/2007/02/well_thats_cool.html#comment-4917 <p>I have one of these camera's as well, and love it. I hope to be able to use it with my hang glider.</p> <p>Sanyo even have a HD version!</p> I have one of these camera's as well, and love it. I hope to be able to use it with my hang glider.

Sanyo even have a HD version!

]]> By: Andrew George http://freetheanimal.com/2007/02/well_thats_cool.html#comment-4916 Andrew George Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:39:23 +0000 http://localhost/animal/2007/02/well_thats_cool.html#comment-4916 <p>This looks great for outdoor activities.<br /> I have a HD camcorder (JVC MG505), and it's VERY sensitive to vibration and movement - unless you turn off the drop detection. <br /> However if you do, there's chance you could trash the HD. The other thing is that I don't really want to use such an expensive camera for some of the things I get up to.</p> <p>Don't get me wrong, the HD camcorder is the bees knees. It will record 14 hours of video on standard def, and 27 hours on low res. For playback, you just find the right thumbnail, click on it, and bingo. Wouldn't go back to tape.</p> <p>However this memory card camcorder is exactly what I'm looking for to record outdoor pursuits.</p> This looks great for outdoor activities.
I have a HD camcorder (JVC MG505), and it's VERY sensitive to vibration and movement – unless you turn off the drop detection.
However if you do, there's chance you could trash the HD. The other thing is that I don't really want to use such an expensive camera for some of the things I get up to.

Don't get me wrong, the HD camcorder is the bees knees. It will record 14 hours of video on standard def, and 27 hours on low res. For playback, you just find the right thumbnail, click on it, and bingo. Wouldn't go back to tape.

However this memory card camcorder is exactly what I'm looking for to record outdoor pursuits.

]]> By: Richard Nikoley http://freetheanimal.com/2007/02/well_thats_cool.html#comment-4915 Richard Nikoley Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:13:48 +0000 http://localhost/animal/2007/02/well_thats_cool.html#comment-4915 <p>I don't get the aversion to HD, other than perhaps it's digital and not film. I think you're gong to have to face facts, John. For everything but truly "artistic" adaptations, bits of data are simply easier, cheaper, and more flexible to work with than celluloid. And then there's distribution. Theaters are going digital, and now, even the ads show before a film are digital projections instead of slides.</p> <p>The other aspect too, is barrier to entry. "Film" making has been an elite endeavor, in part, because it's really really costly. There's already interesting and fun things you can find on YouTube and I only see that continuing. This simply was not available in film.</p> <p>As to HD, I don't know your real experience, but I've been HD as far as TV goes for a few years now, and it's rare that I ever see anything not in HD anymore. I think it's fantastic, to say the least. It does have true film-like qualities, I think, in that I often judge much of what I see in HD to be better than in real life. This is common in film too, of course, using particularly suited film stock, special lighting, and lenses. That all is available in video, at least HD video, provided one has the software.<br /> </p> I don't get the aversion to HD, other than perhaps it's digital and not film. I think you're gong to have to face facts, John. For everything but truly "artistic" adaptations, bits of data are simply easier, cheaper, and more flexible to work with than celluloid. And then there's distribution. Theaters are going digital, and now, even the ads show before a film are digital projections instead of slides.

The other aspect too, is barrier to entry. "Film" making has been an elite endeavor, in part, because it's really really costly. There's already interesting and fun things you can find on YouTube and I only see that continuing. This simply was not available in film.

As to HD, I don't know your real experience, but I've been HD as far as TV goes for a few years now, and it's rare that I ever see anything not in HD anymore. I think it's fantastic, to say the least. It does have true film-like qualities, I think, in that I often judge much of what I see in HD to be better than in real life. This is common in film too, of course, using particularly suited film stock, special lighting, and lenses. That all is available in video, at least HD video, provided one has the software.

]]> By: John Sabotta http://freetheanimal.com/2007/02/well_thats_cool.html#comment-4914 John Sabotta Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:09:13 +0000 http://localhost/animal/2007/02/well_thats_cool.html#comment-4914 <p><i>Do cam-corders come in HD yet?</i></p> <p>To hell with "HD". Get <a href="http://www.k3camera.com/" rel="nofollow">this</a> instead.</p> <p>Yes, I do despise video.</p> Do cam-corders come in HD yet?

To hell with "HD". Get this instead.

Yes, I do despise video.

]]> By: John Sabotta http://freetheanimal.com/2007/02/well_thats_cool.html#comment-4913 John Sabotta Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:05:34 +0000 http://localhost/animal/2007/02/well_thats_cool.html#comment-4913 <p>.WMV is good for naked catfight porn clips, is what I always say.</p> <p>The C40 is nice though. It's unfortunate that the people who make these "non-tape" camcorders can't make one that records standard 720x480 DV, but I suspect that is a liscensing issue, and nothing to do with technical limitations. 640x480 is, in any case, better than NTSC (NTSC stands for, as is well known "never twice the same color")</p> .WMV is good for naked catfight porn clips, is what I always say.

The C40 is nice though. It's unfortunate that the people who make these "non-tape" camcorders can't make one that records standard 720×480 DV, but I suspect that is a liscensing issue, and nothing to do with technical limitations. 640×480 is, in any case, better than NTSC (NTSC stands for, as is well known "never twice the same color")

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