Best Recording Mode for Kodak Playsport? The choices for this camcorder are WVGA, HD 720P, HD720P (60 Frames) and HD 1080P. The obvious answer would be HD 1080P but I've heard differently. Can you please tell me which recording mode you find comes out playing back the best overall picture quality? Also, which do you get the most bang for your buck regarding card/disk space vs. quality? Best Recording Mode for Kodak Playsport? The choices for this camcorder are WVGA, HD 720P, HD720P (60 Frames) and HD 1080P. The obvious answer would be HD 1080P but I've heard differently. Can... » Read More Best Recording Mode for Kodak Playsport? The choices for this camcorder are WVGA, HD 720P, HD720P (60 Frames) and HD 1080P. The obvious answer would be HD 1080P but I've heard differently. Can you please tell me which recording mode you find comes out playing back the best overall picture quality? Also, which do you get the most bang for your buck regarding card/disk space vs. quality? « Show Less
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Well it really depends on the situation and what you are recording. For me, the two recording modes I mostly use is either 1080p at 30 frames per second, or 720p at 60 frames per second. If you are recording sports, action, or anything where the subject moves a lot, I suggest record it in 720p 60fps because the playback will be a lot smoother since it is capturing 60 action frames within a second. With this mode, you can create a really smooth slow-mo effect through your computer. Try to YouTube "Slow motion 60 fps" and you'll see what I mean. I use 1080p for anything else including under water. Sometimes when my battery is low or my memory is almost filled up, I switch it to WVGA to conserve. Hope this helps! Well it really depends on the situation and what you are recording. For me, the two recording modes I mostly use is either 1080p at 30 frames per second, or 720p at 60 frames per second. If you are recording sports, action, or anything where the subject moves a lot, I suggest record it in 720p 60fps because the playback will be a lot smoother since it is capturing 60 action frames within a second. With this mode, you can create a really smooth slow-mo effect through your computer. Try to YouTube "Slow motion 60 fps" and you'll see what I mean. I use 1080p for anything else... » Read More Well it really depends on the situation and what you are recording. For me, the two recording modes I mostly use is either 1080p at 30 frames per second, or 720p at 60 frames per second. If you are recording sports, action, or anything where the subject moves a lot, I suggest record it in 720p 60fps because the playback will be a lot smoother since it is capturing 60 action frames within a second. With this mode, you can create a really smooth slow-mo effect through your computer. Try to YouTube "Slow motion 60 fps" and you'll see what I mean. I use 1080p for anything else including under water. Sometimes when my battery is low or my memory is almost filled up, I switch it to WVGA to conserve. Hope this helps! « Show Less
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Thank you Michael for your very helpful detailed response. Good to know in what settings to use which recording mode. I plan to keep it mainly on 1080p as you, unless filming an event with quick moving images such as a sports match in which case I'll switch to 720p @ 60fpm. Thanks again for your input :)
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Great question and I don't have a definitive answer but I did want to say that I recently took a full HD clip for 8min on a fully charged battery and I still had full charge. I know it can wear down the battery though and be advised that 8min clip was 540mb, so having enough storage is important as well. I don't know that this would be ideal for recording an entire soccer game, unless you swap out batteries and SD cards. Just my two cents. I have no complaints really. Is a great camera that takes great pics and vids and is easy to use.
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The main thing for the Handy Cam is video instead of still. Best still is 8 MP, but 1.5 hours of video with 16GB onboard memory and small battery. Video is HD and plugs right into the best HDMI TV with perfect screen resolution. It will blow your mind. The 55x mag is cool in the video...getting great close up without movement of the camera position. Great Alaska pictures in first outing. Need mono-tripod for 55x ... hand holding is a little shaky. The love and enjoyment of picture taking...requires more than one camera...now can have great (Yet affordable) still, video, and sound. Just add this camera to your already great still camera. Steve
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It works better with mp4, bitrate depends on your quality preferences 1080 is best
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DSLR cameras and GoPros can be problematic with any video capture device or switcher due to sometimes non-standard HDMI outputs. With "camcorders", meaning the average consumer/prosumer Sony, Panasonic, Canon units, virtually all should put out a clean HDMI signal. Please note that *most* camcorders will output 1080i over HDMI, even if the camcorder is set to record 1080p24 or 30. This is done for compatibility with more displays. This means the ATEM would need to be set to 1080i mode in order to accept the camera input.
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Thanks again david.I remember reading some of the flash based camcorders record on .MOD files, which are somewhat hard to work with.This will be my first camcorder purchase in a long while (my last was a sony digital-8...), so your advice is well needed and appreciated.
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I've been using mine for 5 days now, and got about 5.5 hrs till the CARD FULL message popped up recording in 1080p. I'm still learning, instructions are vague at best. I switched over to the 5 min loop. If I read it right, it should now just keep recording over the older footage. So far, it's a really cool cam............
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camera is excellent for outdoor shooting and its was the best game in town at the time of its introduction, if you can get a good deal on it by all means do it. but be warned you may be able to get something better for less $$ these days (its just the way technology works) I mostly use my Nikon D3100 for HD video these days and use my JVC as a secondary camera on a multi cam shoot. The .TOD file wrapper is a pain but most modern softwares seem to be able to handle it these days. (I use sony vegas)
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The XD 1080 has all the bells and whistles and the picture is amazing. I have it mounted externally on my race car roll bar and when I get home and watch it on a big screen TV it is like I am back in the car. I still have not gotten the sound to where I'd like it despite using an optional external microphone but am working on it. Make sure you get the correct mount for your installation and model camera. There are many and if you're not sure call Replay. They will help you choose.
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The video quality outside and indoors is superb- I have 2 of these cameras in fact ( because I shoot videos and want to get 2 different angles at the same time) The resolution and quality is pretty sharp.. To be honest though, I only shot once in "low light" and it came out somewhat grainy BUT I cant blame the camera for that because I did not make any adjustments to the camera settings beforehand... For instance there is a tiny button called "light" which will emit a bright light onto the subject etc.. (which I had not done).I can tell you for the money this camera is well worth it and lasts a long time.. The one I purchased first ( 7 yrs. ago) is still working great! The video quality outside and indoors is superb- I have 2 of these cameras in fact ( because I shoot videos and want to get 2 different angles at the same time) The resolution and quality is pretty sharp.. To be honest though, I only shot once in "low light" and it came out somewhat grainy BUT I cant blame the camera for that because I did not make any adjustments to the camera settings beforehand... For instance there is a tiny button called "light" which will emit a bright light onto the subject etc.. (which I had not done).I can tell you for the money this... » Read More The video quality outside and indoors is superb- I have 2 of these cameras in fact ( because I shoot videos and want to get 2 different angles at the same time) The resolution and quality is pretty sharp.. To be honest though, I only shot once in "low light" and it came out somewhat grainy BUT I cant blame the camera for that because I did not make any adjustments to the camera settings beforehand... For instance there is a tiny button called "light" which will emit a bright light onto the subject etc.. (which I had not done).I can tell you for the money this camera is well worth it and lasts a long time.. The one I purchased first ( 7 yrs. ago) is still working great! « Show Less
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This pretty much answers your question as to the difference between the 2 modes. It has to do with compression. I have yet to export and burn to a blu-ray a wedding shot at in FXP 30PF however this forum gives you a great handle and looks like an extremely informative place to start. http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/canon-xa-vixia-series-avchd-camcorders/506376-xa10-recording-modes-mxp-fxp-etc.html
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There are 4 modes in Recording. Highest quality (FX), High quality (FH), Standard quality (HQ) and Long time (LP). When in Highest Quality (FX), Still images can not be recorded in this mode. I got for Christmas 2013, I have used in Standard Mode (HQ), works fine for now. I have a Mac Computer, I know I can use the Iphoto Program (not used yet), Not sure about Windows. I read it is compatible with Window 7. The enclosed booklet said you can download "Play Memories Home" from WWW.sony.net/pm. With this program, You should be able to burn to a DVD. Telephone to Sony is 1-800-222-SONY (7669). Hope this helps..
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This is an analog camera system with 4 500TVL cameras - no HD. It's not clear in the description either but only two channels record in D1 - the rest are all lower resolution CIF. The "1080p" reference in the title probably refers to the HDMI output to the monitor. I am generally pleased with the video output of the cameras themselves, but the recorder leaves much to be desired since only two channels record in full resolution. I'd definitely skip this one.
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1080p video playback is great. no annoying pixilation or grainy resolution. 720p recording is not the best but with considered; proper lighting etc the recording quality is also very good. after you are done recording, you are not left wondering, what did I just record? both aspects of the laptop's camera are very good and both get my thumbs up!
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It saves to a mini sd and projects really well, including great sound. According to the manual, the Play Back Format is jpeg for photos, and "Video recorded by CP45 or MPEG4 H 264 files converted by bundle Arcsoft Media Converter. And sound is MP3." You can also convert videos on your computer to play on the camcorder, instructions for this are on the cd that comes with the camcorder.
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sorry ! I don't know that question. Frankly speaking, I only turned on this cam ! hmm .. I didn't buy the memory card and therefore I can't check 720p mode and FPS. the benefit of this cam is light ! light cam ! because this cam have Zeiss lens, you can use Zeiss lens. Zeiss lens is good ! I think the benefit of this cam is light and Zeiss lens
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Hi. Which size of card did you buy? Remember it records at a full 1080P. I bought a 32gig card for this camera, haven't had a problem since.