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Ive been using my Iphone5 and im not impressed at all.
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Location: Kansas | Matt taped my runs at the New Year's Stampede and Saturday's jackpot on his Iphone 5 (my Saturday runs are on the "Great day at the barrel race - w/videos" thread.) I think the phone works well indoors because you don't need to zoom as much.
We also use a Polaroid point & shoot camera to video runs, or Matt's mom will tape us on her nicer digital camera. I'm not sure what kind it is but it's awesome. |
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Location: North Central Kansas | Sony Handycam. They're about $200 and awesome.
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| rodeowithjoker - 2015-02-02 10:21 PM
Matt taped my runs at the New Year's Stampede and Saturday's jackpot on his Iphone 5 (my Saturday runs are on the "Great day at the barrel race - w/videos" thread.) I think the phone works well indoors because you don't need to zoom as much.
We also use a Polaroid point & shoot camera to video runs, or Matt's mom will tape us on her nicer digital camera. I'm not sure what kind it is but it's awesome.
I watched 2 of those, nice runs!
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| ks_cowgirl - 2015-02-02 10:28 PM
Sony Handycam. They're about $200 and awesome.
I had one that recorded to a disk but it was a PIA to get it onto my computer.
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Location: North Central Kansas | Itsme - 2015-02-02 10:37 PM
ks_cowgirl - 2015-02-02 10:28 PM
Sony Handycam. They're about $200 and awesome.
I had one that recorded to a disk but it was a PIA to get it onto my computer.
Does yours have a SD card or memory stick?
It has a slot for a micro SD card but I don't use it. It has a cord that attaches to the handle so I just plug it into the USB port on my computer and off load the runs. The internal storage is fairly large. |
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Location: MD | ks_cowgirl - 2015-02-02 11:03 PM
Itsme - 2015-02-02 10:37 PM
ks_cowgirl - 2015-02-02 10:28 PM
Sony Handycam. They're about $200 and awesome.
I had one that recorded to a disk but it was a PIA to get it onto my computer.
Does yours have a SD card or memory stick?
It has a slot for a micro SD card but I don't use it. It has a cord that attaches to the handle so I just plug it into the USB port on my computer and off load the runs. The internal storage is fairly large.
This is also what I use. I really like that I can zoom in to get clear footage at each barrel and I don't have to worry about a charger , as I can just plug it in while I'm going down the road. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | WrapSnap - 2015-02-02 9:15 PM
ks_cowgirl - 2015-02-02 11:03 PM
Itsme - 2015-02-02 10:37 PM
ks_cowgirl - 2015-02-02 10:28 PM
Sony Handycam. They're about $200 and awesome.
I had one that recorded to a disk but it was a PIA to get it onto my computer.
Does yours have a SD card or memory stick?
It has a slot for a micro SD card but I don't use it. It has a cord that attaches to the handle so I just plug it into the USB port on my computer and off load the runs. The internal storage is fairly large.
This is also what I use. I really like that I can zoom in to get clear footage at each barrel and I don't have to worry about a charger , as I can just plug it in while I'm going down the road.
This is also what I use.
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Location: Kentucky | You can directly upload videos from your iPhone to YouTube without having to download to computer, then email to yourself, then put on YouTube.
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Location: MD | we used to use a flip video camera. I decided to put it in a cup of water on accident so now we use his Iphone5 until I run more than a handful of times a year. |
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Location: NC | Phone cameras have absolutely RUINED sale videos and critique videos.
If you actually want to see what you're doing during a run, and not just a blurry fuzz ball, invest in a hand held camcorder. I've used a Samsung HMX camera with luck, although you have to get it focused indoors before the run or it will take a minute for it to focus. I use my SD card in it, which I like better than anything since I can keep the original all in one place. I just upload when I get home all at once.
My sister just bought me another camera for Christmas. MUCH better quality of videos overall. It's a Sony HandyCam.
Invest in a real camcorder. Seriously. Phone and iPad videos SUCK. The quality is terrible and you can't see anything. With the videos on the camcorders, I can see my hands and feet and exactly what is happening. MUCH MUCH MUCH better. |
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Location: California | Murphy - 2015-02-03 4:10 AM You can directly upload videos from your iPhone to YouTube without having to download to computer, then email to yourself, then put on YouTube.
I only use my iPhone for videos now.
How do you avoid them going so blurry when shared or uploaded? They are great quality on the phone and when I upload them or post them or send them they are SOO blurry.
Eddited to add I LOVE LOVE LOVED my Flip video camera. SUPER easy to operate and download to my computer/upload anywhere. Great quality. Mine died but would definitely get another one. The program it comes with also makes editting super eaasy.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JubG-PdDtlU
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Location: White Mountains of AZ | Itsme - 2015-02-02 8:12 PM
What do you guys use to film runs?
Ive been using my Iphone5 and im not impressed at all.
I want something thats easy to get to my computer then to email and youtube.
Thanks
I use my android tablet. Love, love it!!! |
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Location: Running barrels or watching nascar | Email it to yourself, then post on youtube. Gets rid of the blurriness. |
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Location: Texas | we use our iPad but i would much rather use the video camera we have. but I'm not the filmer so I don't complain |
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Location: NC | I made this video with clips I took with a digital SLR camera that has a video option. I bought it new in 2007. The thing was OLD and outdated but you can see how much the quality far outweighs that of iphone or iPad videos. And these were indoors.
http://youtu.be/s8m4fY51kqc
My handy cam will probably be my favorite. It's easy to use and the videos are pretty sharp, even indoors. |
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Location: Feeding mosquitos, FL | Check your recording settings on the phones. Make sure they are set to the highest quality you can. We use phones exclusively and get great videos. Big, high quality, great focus. I watched my run from Saturday and found out I picked up two hands then slid my inside hand down my rein going to the third and didn't even know it.
It also depends on how you transfer them off your phone. Make sure they don't get compressed in any way. If you have an Android phone, you can plug it straight in to your computer and transfer them that way without any compression. Iphones can be a little tricker because of the iTunes restrictions. I'm too lazy to fight with iTunes so I upload videos to Google Drive or Dropbox from my phone then download them to the computer for storage and obsessive viewing.
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Location: CA | little_bug - 2015-02-03 5:26 AM Murphy - 2015-02-03 4:10 AM You can directly upload videos from your iPhone to YouTube without having to download to computer, then email to yourself, then put on YouTube.
I only use my iPhone for videos now.
How do you avoid them going so blurry when shared or uploaded? They are great quality on the phone and when I upload them or post them or send them they are SOO blurry.
Eddited to add I LOVE LOVE LOVED my Flip video camera. SUPER easy to operate and download to my computer/upload anywhere. Great quality. Mine died but would definitely get another one. The program it comes with also makes editting super eaasy.
I have found if you email them to yourself over wifi then they will still be clear. If you try and text it they will be blurry. Sometimes when I try and email them but I am just on the phoens satelitte internet they will still come through a little blurry. |
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Location: floating down a river | Sony camera... I hate watching videos on a phone. They do a terrible job, and I want to zoom when I film or get filmed. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | WrapSnap - 2015-02-02 10:15 PM ks_cowgirl - 2015-02-02 11:03 PM Itsme - 2015-02-02 10:37 PM ks_cowgirl - 2015-02-02 10:28 PM Sony Handycam. They're about $200 and awesome. I had one that recorded to a disk but it was a PIA to get it onto my computer. Does yours have a SD card or memory stick? It has a slot for a micro SD card but I don't use it. It has a cord that attaches to the handle so I just plug it into the USB port on my computer and off load the runs. The internal storage is fairly large. This is also what I use. I really like that I can zoom in to get clear footage at each barrel and I don't have to worry about a charger , as I can just plug it in while I'm going down the road.
This is what I use for everything. Very easy to download and use. |
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| I've been using my phone...Droid Razr Maxx HD. As long as I keep it on the highest resolution setting, the video quality is much better than it was with my old digital camera. I do have problems if it's very dusty, or if lighting conditions are weird - dark barn with a few spots of light shining in, or when the sun is starting to go down. I've been starting to look for a new phone, and the guy I talked to at the Verizon store had a couple really good recommendations when I told him what I needed camera wise. Can't remember them now, but I can find them if someone is interested! |
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Location: Sweet Home Alabama | I bought a HD Canon VIXIA HF R52 camcorder that was on sale for Black Friday at Best Buy. It's was originally $450 but I got it for $350. It has 57x zoom, wifi, projector (which I never use), you can plug it in your phone or laptop to upload on social media, and you can pause it on an image and make it a picture. I don't have a smartphone so I don't know if your iPhone can do all that but it's pretty neat. It's a very clear image. I love it. Definitely worth the standing in line for hours to check out that night.  |
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Location: CTX | Up till last week we used my Sony cybershot digital hoto camera, but it has a bunch of buttons.... and sometimes my husband would miss a run because of that.... So I ordered a Sony handycam, very easy to use. Open the flipscreen and push the record button!
It has a micro SD card and with the attached USB cable I can just plug it into the laptop and copy the clips on there. Very good quality!! |
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| I use my iPhone 6 and it works great, no complaints. I can transfer them to my Mac easily and not blurry at all. |
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | If your phone has a USB cord you can transfer to a USB stick then plug to USB port on computer and save it to computer.you'll be able to drag to FB and so forth.You may need to down load an app for the transfer. |
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| Thanks everyone, guess ill buy a new camcorder that can transfer the videos easy. |
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