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Fantastic Canon TX1 720p MJPEG Camera Review By Jeff Keller
Jeff Keller lives in the San Francisco area.
Check out the 720p sample video he recorded in good daylight.
It's an HD video of a trolley car.
The raw .avi (MJPEG) is here:
Looks fine to me.
He also converted the .avi to an .MP4 file, which downloads faster:
Obviously, one could also convert the MJPEG source files to Windows Media HD for sharing with others.
The review is here:
I like this camera in spite of the difficulties in low light situations.
I like the ability to record the video to a card instead of tape.
Moreover, the Canon HV10, which is also dropping in price, may record a much higher resolution picture, but it also tends to falter in low light.
And -- with the Canon HV10 -- one is back to tape with all of the time required to "capture" via Firewire to one's hard disk.
The TX1 is cheaper, easier to use, and the 720p HD video *might* be good enough for some people.
Remember... even a high quality HDV MPEG-2 file would probably have to be converted to Windows Media HD for sharing as the high definition DVD format war makes it unlikely that any target recipient of your video would actually own a Blu-ray Disc or HD DVD player.
So we're probably talking about sharing HD video via traditional discs using compressed (Windows Media HD or H.264) video formats that can be played by computers on a flat panel screen.
I could see sharing a standard definition DV > MPEG-2 DVD and then include a DVD with compressed high definition content (Windows Media HD).
That's the reality today.
So this Canon TX1 does appeal to me.
And the price is actually going to be pretty affordable as time passes... under $500.
For sound acquisition, I'd use Sony MiniDisc recorders.
I have the latest model that can do high-speed uploads from MiniDiscs to my laptop computer via USB 2.0 to .WAV file formats that can be matched to the track recorded by the TX1's built-in microphone.
In addition, the TX1's MJPEG format can be easily edited -- WITH SMART RENDER -- using either Ulead VideoStudio 10 Plus or Ulead MediaStudio Pro 8.
There's a lot to like about this model.
And no need to "capture" the video via Firewire.
I could just insert the SD memory card into the slot that is built-in on my Gateway laptop.
Jerry Jones
Check out the 720p sample video he recorded in good daylight.
It's an HD video of a trolley car.
The raw .avi (MJPEG) is here:
Looks fine to me.
He also converted the .avi to an .MP4 file, which downloads faster:
Obviously, one could also convert the MJPEG source files to Windows Media HD for sharing with others.
The review is here:
I like this camera in spite of the difficulties in low light situations.
I like the ability to record the video to a card instead of tape.
Moreover, the Canon HV10, which is also dropping in price, may record a much higher resolution picture, but it also tends to falter in low light.
And -- with the Canon HV10 -- one is back to tape with all of the time required to "capture" via Firewire to one's hard disk.
The TX1 is cheaper, easier to use, and the 720p HD video *might* be good enough for some people.
Remember... even a high quality HDV MPEG-2 file would probably have to be converted to Windows Media HD for sharing as the high definition DVD format war makes it unlikely that any target recipient of your video would actually own a Blu-ray Disc or HD DVD player.
So we're probably talking about sharing HD video via traditional discs using compressed (Windows Media HD or H.264) video formats that can be played by computers on a flat panel screen.
I could see sharing a standard definition DV > MPEG-2 DVD and then include a DVD with compressed high definition content (Windows Media HD).
That's the reality today.
So this Canon TX1 does appeal to me.
And the price is actually going to be pretty affordable as time passes... under $500.
For sound acquisition, I'd use Sony MiniDisc recorders.
I have the latest model that can do high-speed uploads from MiniDiscs to my laptop computer via USB 2.0 to .WAV file formats that can be matched to the track recorded by the TX1's built-in microphone.
In addition, the TX1's MJPEG format can be easily edited -- WITH SMART RENDER -- using either Ulead VideoStudio 10 Plus or Ulead MediaStudio Pro 8.
There's a lot to like about this model.
And no need to "capture" the video via Firewire.
I could just insert the SD memory card into the slot that is built-in on my Gateway laptop.
Jerry Jones
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