Dan
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Registered: 22nd Apr 02
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I'm currently in Florida, and want to buy a video camera so I can film us at Disney etc.
Other than making sure it works on 240 volts as well as 110, what else do I need to consider?
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Dan
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Registered: 22nd Apr 02
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It will be a full hd one if that makes a difference due to pal etc
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Cavey
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
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Shouldn't make a difference. I assume it'll be either onto SD card or hard drive instead of a tape anyway? So will record to whatever format and play on any PC
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Dan
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Yea it will be a sdhc card.
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Cavey
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Yeah, can't see it being a problem then, surely just records to mkv or whatever file, so should work on any PC. (I believe)
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
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It only things like TV's VCRS/DVD players etc you need to worry about.
Obviously the mains charger will be the wrongplug but thats changeable.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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framerate could be an issue, epsecially if you are planning to burn to DVD and play on your players here, or even through a media center. As it records at 29 or 24 FPS rather than 25
You will get slight stuttering on an English TV, dropped frames every few seconds type thing
[Edited on 26-11-2012 by Steve]
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John
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Any half decent recent tv should support all standard frame rates.
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Dom
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Frame rates aren't really an issue as most HD handycams shoot in 50i (for 1080i) or 'cinematic' 25fps (for 1080p), or if you're lucky 30p, which most TVs and media players support. And you have to convert the video to stick it on BD or DVD (or edit) either way.
Dan - Warranty is you're only real issue, that and customs (if you're paranoid then post the packaging back and just take the camera and bag through).
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Steve
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The problem with converting it to burn is again frame rates the tv is one problem then you introduce a blue ray player which will play things at 25fps and you can't convert media to 25fps now easily anyway without syncing issues or stutters. Iv spent ages Fucking about with 24 and 29fps source getting it to work when converted properly to 25fps. Only way I managed was to strip the audio out and convert it separate to the video with an average synthetic.
If as dom says you can shoot at 25fps you won't have any problems
[Edited on 26-11-2012 by Steve]
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