I just posted a two-part video interview here and here with Shawn Lutz, a neighbor of ours in Cape Cod (Mass.). Shawn is a great painter and the interviews on my "Practical Cape Cod" weblog focus on his painstaking technique for his oil painting, subjects, prices, differences between lithographs and giclees and commissioned versus non-commissioned work.
Each of the two Nokia N70 camera phone videos runs more than 15 minutes and the quality is pretty good. It isn't perfect because sometimes the audio doesn't sync with the video. Also, sometimes the video is blurry during rapid movements.
Is this a function of processor speed?
Nice quality
But overall the N70 does a nice job and it's more than adequate for many applications. It will take time for consumers to realize they have a video recorder with them at all times and time to get them to use it.
I believe, however, that slowly but surely, camera phone videos -- now still esoteric among the mass market in the United States -- will become commonplace and an important part of the cellular multimedia experience.
What I'd like
It might be useful if I could attach a tiny microphone to the N70 for better audio quality. The audio quality from the handset's mic is actually pretty good but it could be better...and louder in some instances.
I'd also like to find a good, simple, free or inexpensive Windows-based video editing program for cutting, splicing, etc. the .mpg4 files produced by the N70.
I am surprised that your N70 could run a 15-minute video. I suppose you used a software to record that, straight for 15 minutes. I was just wondering what video recorder software that is? I am interested in that. My N70 could only record 10 seconds max! Thanks and I like your blogs!
Posted by: Godofredo G. Lapuz, Jr. | May 09, 2006 at 04:08 AM