So tonight I went out for coffee with Little Christy, and was inspired to bring my Canon G9 along, then capture some video with it.
Now mind you, this is a $500 camera, not a $3500 DSLR, which is found in Hal's thread. Further, my clip had to be uploaded to Photobucket, which meant converting it and dumbing it down to 19MB (less than ten percent it's orignal file size).
But even after having done that, the video was quite good! There was a live jazz band performing and video cameras outlawed from the premesis; so I put my G9 (still camera) on the table, and just let it sit there, recording surreptitiously (under existing light) for a few songs. When I got home and plugged in that SD card, I was amazed at the relative quality. Here's a brief clip:
Insofar as this has been dumbed-down for photobucket / youtube quality, etc., you can't get an appreciation for how clean this video was - and the sound quality was outstanding! I even ripped the audio track from the video, converted it mp3 for my car and it is cruise-worthy, VERY good.
[ October 29, 2008, 01:40 AM: Message edited by: Ben Del Amitri ]
Posted by Explosivo57 (Member # 14342) on :
I was kinda hoping a pair of feet creep up on the table but not bad quality
Posted by Toetapper (Member # 6473) on :
I'm pretty darned impressed by the sound quality, especially for a "dumbed-down" version. Many of the details of the sound were still present; in an uncontrolled sound environment like that, I would not have expected to hear the bass (especially an acoustic upright) but it was there. I didn't hear any significant "clipping" or sound compression "pumping" often caused by the din of a live audience combined with the dynamics of the music. The guitar was indistinct but that may be as much the fault of the player trying to stay out of the way of the other instruments.
Though not perfect (frequencies over/under-represented and stuff like that), the recording is pretty good. I also noticed that sound & video stayed in sync.
Just a couple of thoughts from a guy who makes a living making music, recording it and trying to teach it to others.
Posted by Ben Del Amitri (Member # 2724) on :
quote:Originally posted by Toetapper: I'm pretty darned impressed by the sound quality, especially for a "dumbed-down" version. Many of the details of the sound were still present; in an uncontrolled sound environment like that, I would not have expected to hear the bass (especially an acoustic upright) but it was there. I didn't hear any significant "clipping" or sound compression "pumping" often caused by the din of a live audience combined with the dynamics of the music. The guitar was indistinct but that may be as much the fault of the player trying to stay out of the way of the other instruments.
Though not perfect (frequencies over/under-represented and stuff like that), the recording is pretty good. I also noticed that sound & video stayed in sync.
Just a couple of thoughts from a guy who makes a living making music, recording it and trying to teach it to others.
Given the results of this, I may go ahead and make a specific project out of this - see how good a video clip / movie I can get using this as my primary capture device; maybe use it for a dedicated foot video, under controlled circumstances.
Posted by Hal (Member # 3484) on :
Definitely a very cool video, Ben. Good sound and picture. Canon make great cameras!
