[ale] OT: camcorder/camera combos

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I got a camera that does all of that, and gets more than 15 seconds but NO 
SOUND mic (lol). Let me know if you are interested in the specs.

Drew

On Tuesday 10 December 2002 15:45, you wrote:
> I've got a sony camcorder that has a memory stick, usb, firewire and
> takes stills.  You won't get the resolution stills you do with standard
> still digital cams, but they are nice.  It also will create mjpegs, but
> unfortunately, there's a limitation of, I believe 15 seconds max.
>
> Drew and I figured this out one afternoon.  It appears taht the 15
> seconds translates to, yeah, you guessed it, 1.44 mb.  Sad thing, as
> I've got a 128mb memory stick.
>
> I've pulled images off of the memstick via the usb, it mounts via scsi
> emulation as vfat.  I've done capture via the s-video out.
>
> I've not played with the firewire port, only because there's just so
> much time in the day.
>
> If you want more info, let me know I'll dig up the specs.
>
> John Wells wrote:
> > I've a baby on the way and with Christmas almost here, I think it's
> > finally time to invest in a camcorder.  I'd like to get something linux
> > friendly in that it'd be nice to be able to transfer video over.  In
> > addition, I'd like to be able to use it as a digital camera.
> >
> > Picky, ain't I?  Does such a camera exist?  If so, are any fairly
> > affordable and penguin-friendly?
> >
> > Thanks for the help.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >
> >
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