i am quite interested about Sony DCR-HC26E .
i want to post about 30 minutes video clips to youtube
i will be standing 2m to 5 m in front of the camcorder

does this handycam sony dcr-hc26e cater my need
and also support the eblow features ?
* MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid) format
* 320x240 resolution
* MP3 audio
* 30 frames per second


please advise

see my reply here:
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...&#entry10585403

no mini dv is not a good idea, digicam is easier for you.

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Added on March 2, 2007, 4:26 pmdo you need to zoom in and out during shooting?

This post has been edited by greyPJ: Mar 2 2007, 04:26 PM

i just walk from 2 m to 5 m
so, just a bit zooming

what other software do i have to buy for video editing ?
besides, video editing software do i need to buy anything ?

it's because each week i will record about 30 minutes
do i have to buy any extra memory card ?

-no need to buy extra mem card, just buy one 150x 2GB sd card, around rm160,
2GB can fit 1hour 7 minutes of 320x240 30fps video (this is for panasonic lumix digicam)

- no need to buy any software, for basic editing, use this:
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-win.html

if you convert to rmvb, the software i mentioned also allows you to do some editing, like trimming etc...

- so you need to zoom during shooting? then you have to buy lumix tz1, around rm1100, lumix fx3 cannot zoom during shooting, can only zoom before start shooting.

thanks greypj !

is the video output format by lumix fx3 in quicktime format ?
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/fx3.html

i need to insert some powerpoint into the video too
can http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-win.html
support this ?

or can i use window movie maker ?
can window movie maker insert powerpoint ?

you're welcome.

yes it is in quicktime format.

working with powerpoint files in video editing is not easy, unfortunately, there is no video editing software that directly support powerpoint file, the only way to do this is convert the powerpoint file to a video file using this:
http://www.presentersoft.com/products.htm

i just tried it, it works quite well, the demo leaves a watermark in the corner of your video, but that's really tolerable.

if you have a mac, its alot easier to convert powerpoint directly to a QuickTime video using keynote:
http://www.apple.com/iwork/keynote/


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thanks
it's because audio is very important
is the audio recorder in the camera good enough ?

audio is good indoor, outdoor in windy condition got alot of zzzz noise.