Videoing for YouTube

[Didier]

Here is an example of what can be obtained from a Zoom Q3HD using built-in microphones :



Played and recorded by Christian "Springer 16900", a member of our French Shadows' forum.

Didier

[noelford]

Thanks, Didier - excellent picture and sound. That pretty much makes my mind up and the HD model definitely seems the one to go for.

Cheers

Noel

[Didier]

Thanks, Didier - excellent picture and sound. That pretty much makes my mind up and the HD model definitely seems the one to go for.

SD models can be considered as now obsolete, and the difference in price is not that big. better going for the HD model.
It can be found for around £200 in the UK, but Christian's playing and sound aren't provided with the unit !
Beware that the AC adapater is not supplied with the unit. It might be needed as this kind of device is rather battery hungry.

Didier

[noelford]

Thanks for that. It still looks likie the right option for what I want to do.

Cheers

Noel

[Martin Page]

There's a camcorder here for £19.99:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/easy-go-digital-video-camcorder-513398?ordercode=A44KN&C=Email-Newsletter&U=11P04-1-A44KN&T=263161&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=A44KN&utm_campaign=11P04-1

[BrianD]

I know this is a little bit higher in pricing than you are looking for but when I made the YouTube clips of BRAZIL and THE STRANGER last week I used two cameras. The main camera was a Sony Z1 HDV camcorder using mini HDV tapes. I bought this camera a few years ago as it is professional quality but reasonably portable. It also has XLR inputs to allow the user to by-pass the on-board microphones. If you compare these videos with the ones I made a few weeks earlier of THEME FROM SHANE and STARDUST you will, I hope, hear the difference. The earlier videos were made using the on-board mics while the more recent videos were made using two external Sennheiser gun mics fed into the camera. As I was doing this by myself I had to rely on the camera's monitoring / limiting facilities and The Stranger is a little compressed as a result but I am very happy with the sound on Brazil. The second camera was a GoPro Hero HD unit which is a great little camera that can be used for a whole range of "on the go" activities. Have a look at http://gopro.com/products/?gclid=CKS61s ... 4Qodt1G7ZA The sound is not that fantastic on this camera and I just used the audio to allow me to synch the camera footage with the the main Sony footage and then deleted it from the mix. The GoPro comes with a fantastic range of mounting kits and a waterproof case - you can even take it diving to about 10m!! I bought it as, while I am yacht racing, I can mount it on the boat in various places and get action shots without worrying about it getting wet and then edit them in with shots taken on the full sized camera. Just for fun I mounted it on the side of my car and drove round in the pouring rain getting some great footage - I know, a bit sad, but I was just looking to see what it was capable of in adverse conditions.

Brian

[Didier]

There's a camcorder here for £19.99:

I doubt it would bring the sound quality that Noel is looking for, regardless of the image quality !

Didier

[noelford]

Thanks, Martin, but as Didier says, probably not brilliant on the sound.

And thanks, Brian, your recordings really are first class. On the whole, the Zoom is going to do it for me, as all I want is to shoot a few informal videos with reasonable sound.' Plug and play' is my mantra (though you might not believe that looking at my amp set-up!)