From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Sat Jun 13 1998 - 14:11:16 EDT
Dear Mr. Richmond..
Jonathan E. D. Richmond wrote:
> Attention all video people!!! Please advise.
>
not a video person, but like everyone, i have an as..... uhh.. opinion..!!
> I want to buy a digital video camera (the new Canon ZR looks pretty sexy)
> but am terrified as to whether I can use it with my ThinkPad, and
> particularly on an international basis.
>
you should be able to do so..
> Firstly, and on a basic matter, has anyone tried to capture video from one
> of these new cameras and with what success? And, not a trivial point, how
> much disk space is needed to save a movie complete with sound track -- if
> it's a gig a minute that might be difficult!
>
much more disk space than you have now..if you INSIST, i have some 8.1gig
drives for you..
40 should do the trick.. :-)
you can capture a few frames with the 5.1gig drive..
and maybe not full size frames at that..
thats why they have DVD.. gigabyte DVD CD's..
Digital Video Producer is not great.. you'll need a better video capture
utility..
> The more difficult question is about the ThinkPad's ability to switch
> between NTSC and PAL. This is important because I'm in Europe a lot and
> would want to hook up to TVs there and because the camera must be bought
> in *either* NSTC or PAL configuration and is not available in both.
>
never tried it.. supposedly its easy..
> I notice that the ThinkPad can be switched between NTSC or PAL (in
> ThinkPad configuration). Does this mean that if one gets output from an
> NTSC-based camera one can switch over and then output from the ThinkPad to
> a PAL TV in PAL?
>
hmm.. interesting question..the video guys will need to answer that one for
now..
> Many thanks on your indsight on this. I would really rather not buy an
> expensive new toy and then discover it doesn't work with the computer!
>
you came to one of the right places.. :-)many opinions here.. in fact, we're
up to our eyebrows in opinions.. :-)
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