We want to record classical music ensembles (good audio required, probably low light, maybe zoom to single players) as well as modern dance and gymnastics. Important that modest editing can be done in iMovie (though could purchase another program, but not the very expensive professional program). Want to produce good quality audio + video file that can be played on PC's as well as Macs and that can be burned onto DVD. Would also like to play videos from the Mac on our HD-TV.
A full list of camcorders would be appreciated. There were so many "Visual stabiliztion limitations" with iLIFE'09 (listed on the Mac website), I suspect that the list of compatible camcorders for iLIFE'11 is small. I hope that Apple and Mac fans will be upfront and guide us to a camcorder that really works well with a new Macbook Pro. Thanks very much, I will report back on our choice, hopefully in the next 4-5 weeks.
Reply 1 : Camcorder for Macbook Pro MC724, OS X snowleopard, iLIFE'11
I can tell you that most of the Hard Drive based cameras work well with iMovie.
Avoid, like the plague, any camera that puts the video directly down onto a DVD. Because the DVD is the finished thing, it is extremely difficult to edit the footage without having to convert the footage to DV or something similar.
And then, because it is Sunday and I have nothing to do right now, I went in search of a definitive answer for you.
I finally found it in iMovie 11, under Help.
http://help.apple.com/imovie/cameras/en/index.html?lang=en_US
Just select the options that you want, remember to avoid DVD based cameras, and hit the Go button.
Voila! A list of compatible cameras.
Let us know what you decide
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Avoid, like the plague, any camera that puts the video directly down onto a DVD. Because the DVD is the finished thing, it is extremely difficult to edit the footage without having to convert the footage to DV or something similar.
And then, because it is Sunday and I have nothing to do right now, I went in search of a definitive answer for you.
I finally found it in iMovie 11, under Help.
http://help.apple.com/imovie/cameras/en/index.html?lang=en_US
Just select the options that you want, remember to avoid DVD based cameras, and hit the Go button.
Voila! A list of compatible cameras.
Let us know what you decide
P
Reply 2 : Camcorder for Macbook Pro MC724, OS X snowleopard, iLIFE'11
iMovie 11 is capable of stabilizing a shaky picture on its own.
All the warning is saying is that any camera that uses the CMOS image sensors often use a technology called a "rolling shutter" and that, if you use iMovie 11 Video Stabilization when you are editing the raw footage, you will likely have a result that looks distorted.
A workaround is to either use a tripod while filming your event, which will give you a stable picture to begin with
OR
Do not use iMovie 11's built in Video Stabilization feature.
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All the warning is saying is that any camera that uses the CMOS image sensors often use a technology called a "rolling shutter" and that, if you use iMovie 11 Video Stabilization when you are editing the raw footage, you will likely have a result that looks distorted.
A workaround is to either use a tripod while filming your event, which will give you a stable picture to begin with
OR
Do not use iMovie 11's built in Video Stabilization feature.
P
Reply 3 : Camcorder for Macbook Pro MC724, OS X snowleopard, iLIFE'11
help.apple.com is one of my trusted websites, but the options, in any combination, render a warning window with an exclamation in a yellow triangle and a "yes" with an OK button. When I click the button, nothing happens. Why is this happening? I have tried several combinations, same result. am running a Windows 7 OS (my daughter owns the Mac Pro).
Thanks for the info about the stabilization issue, especially if we get a camcorder with a CMOS image sensor. Does this mean that we can turn off iLIFE's built-in video stabilization feature to get a less distorted picture? (I can't check that right now - Mac Pro is not in the house.)
I will definitely get a tripod for concert and dance recordings, so I hope the pictures will be stable to begin with. Thanks again, awaiting reply about the Mac website with options to find compatible camcorder (though maybe I have to ask for help from Apple).
Thanks for the info about the stabilization issue, especially if we get a camcorder with a CMOS image sensor. Does this mean that we can turn off iLIFE's built-in video stabilization feature to get a less distorted picture? (I can't check that right now - Mac Pro is not in the house.)
I will definitely get a tripod for concert and dance recordings, so I hope the pictures will be stable to begin with. Thanks again, awaiting reply about the Mac website with options to find compatible camcorder (though maybe I have to ask for help from Apple).
Reply 4 : Camcorder for Macbook Pro MC724, OS X snowleopard, iLIFE'11
the video stabilization is not something that needs to be turned off in iMovie, it is off by default.
To stabilize a piece of video there are a number of steps to got through before it does its thing.
Not sure what is happening with the Apple site for you with Windows 7, I'll check with a Winbox here, only XP, and see if I have the same problem.
Just checked, works fine in XP with IE and Firefox.
Try it with Firefox and see if you get the same result.
To stabilize a piece of video there are a number of steps to got through before it does its thing.
Not sure what is happening with the Apple site for you with Windows 7, I'll check with a Winbox here, only XP, and see if I have the same problem.
Just checked, works fine in XP with IE and Firefox.
Try it with Firefox and see if you get the same result.
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