Remembering The First Videos On The Net

Seeing how I am fast approaching middle age 53 to be exact (hey they say the fifties are the new 30′s). I have been exploring the new HD prosumer camcorders, waiting for the prices to drop, just like my first IBM Aptiva did. I have been tinkering on the net for many moons and can still remember my first shot at programming. It was with my Commodore 64 and three days of punching in code that left me with my own version of Pong. Well not exactly, it crashed each time I hit the ping pong ball. That experience unfortunately left me without any wish to become a computer geek and reap my rewards in the tech field.

I also fondly remember my old RCA camcorder that rested on my right shoulder with an over sized box of filled electronics inside. I still have it (them) here somewhere along with three newer versions that have been bought over the past 20 odd years. For those of you not old enough to remember the first videos on the net. You would sit there for 10 minutes to download a 20 second clip. I would use this ploy to show my wife how the web was growing and upgrading our computer was the smart thing to do. Looking back at it thou, we never thought of where the old systems would end up. I always thought they would be disassembled and reused. Not filling up third world countries with toxic waste.

I came to the conclusion after my daughters wedding seeing how small her HD cam was that the quality was far better then all of my previous recorders combined. This got me to thinking that my next purchase would be my last, no matter what, to record my “golden years” , watch my grand child’s giggles and all the places we want to travel in retirement.

After a few months of research and looking in earnest I came across a few cameras that made my eyes wide open. I also want to be able to upload films to this blog as I know it is a huge draw to gain readership. I honestly love You Tube, Vimeo, etc..,, Most of the quality is lacking and within the next few years the advances in compression and digital advancements will be far superior.

My favorite right now is a DSLR that just blows everything out of the water in terms of picture quality: the Canon EOS 5D Mk II (Mark 2). I have a Pentax DSLR now with video capabilities, but the amount of video that can be shot is very limited. So I never really gave it a second thought of getting another DLSR until I saw this video. It is UNALTERED and the amount of noise is so small the director and camera make it look very dramatic from the start. It looks as thou the sweat from the actors face is going to drip off the monitor. Check this out:

http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=2326

Now if I can only get my wife to agree after all my inane past attempts used for the pile of old electronics that clutter the office,,,

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