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(COOLLIST) Goes Web Video
Last weekend, after struggling with ACTV's bulky and boring equipment
to get maybe 30 minutes worth of video, 20 of which is worthless,
having to wait 3 weeks to get access to the cameras, and having some
of my footage get shot in VHS mode rather than the SVHS I thought it
was in, I broke down.
On the WWW, there are several good shops. One is OneCall in Washinton
State <URL:http://www.onecall.com/>. They sell camcorders and other
audio/video equipment. They've gotten good reviews on the newsgroups
that count. I decided to check them out.
The first page that comes up is a list of specials. I browse it.
Hmm, nice VHS-C units for $600, nice 8mm's for $800... WHOA! A Nikon
Hi-8 comparable to the Sony TR700 I'd been lusting after for $980.
Cool! I called their 800 number (1-800-ONE-KALL) for more details.
(As a reference point, Circuitous City sells this during sales for
$1200. The Sony outlet sells refurbished units for $1070.)
Well, I called at the right time. They had sold out of the Nikons and
were substituting the Sony's for the same price. That is customer
service. I confirmed that they were brand new models with US
warrenty, asked a few questions, ordered it plus a UV filter/lens
protector, and a couple of Hi-8 tapes, and gave them my credit card
number.
Today, the camcorder arrived. Two days. That's fast.
Well, I've been using it for a few hours now, and I really like it.
It isn't a wimpy unit. It is small, but it can be manually controlled
if needed. It does Hi-8 which is better than broadcast quality. It
has cool editing functions. Its got a color viewfinder, a zoom mike,
and Steady-Shot image stabilization.
I love it.
So, now we come to the subject line. (COOLLIST) does web video. That
may be stretching it a little. However, you will soon be seeing lots
of new pictures on my web site, taken with Trippy (the TR700) and
captured with Snappy (the Snappy). I've already got one up at
<URL:http://www.yak.net/combee/trippy.jpg>. It's the same shot I sent
to my mom (rcombee@dalton.net) on e-mail.
I'll be putting up lots of pictures of cool stuff here in Austin,
people I know, frames from my show, and oddities. I'll try to grab a
picture of the Congress sign I mentioned last week. (COOLLIST) goes
multimedia and you can see it on the web.
More to come soon,
--
Benjamin L. Combee (combee@techwood.org) <URL:http://www.yak.net/combee/>
that public-access-TV-making, video-game-collecting, cryptography-pushing,
World-Wide-Web-explaining, fem-music-loving, bad-pun-creating guy in Austin
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