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**JonD** · 31st-October-2005, 06:13 PM

I got the Canon on Friday and tried it out at the Tango Mango on Sunday. It's great - easy to use the basic functions and the picture quality is good. The LCD is large enough to allow for "on-site" review and it's easy to transfer the images from the SD Card to PC. (It doesn't come with any tapes and the enclosed 16Mb MMC card is a bit of a joke - I spent a fair bit extra on a 1Gb SD Card, some tapes, a bag to hold it and a rather natty little tripod all from a local camera shop).

Julie and I videoed ourselves for an hour as we worked on a couple of things. I was really pleased with the results - not just the video quality but the way our dancing looked. There's a touch of "Banana Man" when I walk outside to the left and my feet could be tidier but overall it looked alright. I was even more amazed after Julie videoed me dancing freestyle with Gisela - one of the teachers. I was a bit nervous and that shows but the dancing looks a hell of a lot better than it felt! Part of that is Gisela making me look good but I was still chuffed.

An excellent bit of kit. Thanks for the recommendation Paul!

31st-October-2005, 06:13 PM	#19 (permalink)
JonD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 537 Status: No Status Rep Power: 3 Rep.: 688	Re: Videoing practice sessions I got the Canon on Friday and tried it out at the Tango Mango on Sunday. It's great - easy to use the basic functions and the picture quality is good. The LCD is large enough to allow for "on-site" review and it's easy to transfer the images from the SD Card to PC. (It doesn't come with any tapes and the enclosed 16Mb MMC card is a bit of a joke - I spent a fair bit extra on a 1Gb SD Card, some tapes, a bag to hold it and a rather natty little tripod all from a local camera shop). Julie and I videoed ourselves for an hour as we worked on a couple of things. I was really pleased with the results - not just the video quality but the way our dancing looked. There's a touch of "Banana Man" when I walk outside to the left and my feet could be tidier but overall it looked alright. I was even more amazed after Julie videoed me dancing freestyle with Gisela - one of the teachers. I was a bit nervous and that shows but the dancing looks a hell of a lot better than it felt! Part of that is Gisela making me look good but I was still chuffed. An excellent bit of kit. Thanks for the recommendation Paul!