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Moon Crater Zoom, Panasonic HDC-SD90, 1920×1080/60p HD Video Sample

JoeNo1 — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 04:28:13 +0000

A: Where are you?
B: I’m trying to break the jumping record on the moon.
A: Let me see… Oh, is that you right in the middle of a huge moon crater?
B: Yes, that’s me!

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This is a handheld recording video sample using Panasonic HDC-SD90, in 1920×1080 full HD resolution, @60 frames per second.

Which floor? Downtown Los Angeles Zoom, Panasonic HDC-SD90, 1920×1080/60p HD Video Sample

JoeNo1 — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:43:06 +0000

A: Hey buddy, where are you?
B: I’m in the tallest building in Los Angeles.
A: The U.S. Bank Tower? Which floor?
B: 68. Doing window cleaning.
A: Oh, I think I see you now…

Click to see the full size (1920×1080) video screen captures:

No zoom

about half way zoom

not full zoom yet

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Watch low light video performance:

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O.I.S. is ON
Digital zoom is ON
AVCHD Video (.MTS) raw video file

This is a handheld recording video sample using Panasonic HDC-SD90, in 1920×1080 full HD resolution, @60 frames per second.

Kodak Zi8 + Sony ECM-MS907, 720p Video Sample; Classical Guitar Quartet: Air

JoeNo1 — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:31:07 +0000

This is a classical guitar quartet music recording test using the following devices.

Pocket video camera: Kodak Zi8 (video resolution: 1280 x 720 @30p)

Plug-in microphone: Sony ECM-MS907, stereo condenser microphone (1 AA battery)

Joe’s guitar: ROMERIGO 01, 罗美里哥 01（2008试制版） strings: LaBella 2001 Classical MHT (old strings)

Guitar Quartet: Air

Click here to view the embedded video.

This YouTube video is uploaded using the original video file from Kodak Zi8: 939_1220.MOV

Video file size: 210,122,511 bytes

Pros:

The 1280 x 720 video quality looks pretty good, sharp and crispy.

Cons:

There is a steady background noise in this video. This is not good for music video recording.

The lens angle is narrow comparing to my Samsung TL350 / WB2000.

Samsung TL350/WB2000 720p; Guitar Duet: Siciliano

JoeNo1 — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 19:37:49 +0000

This video is recorded using Samsung TL350/WB2000 digital camera.

Video resolution is 1280 x 720 @ 30p

The background noise from this camera is quite loud.

Too bad, there is no external microphone jack on this camera.

This is the 3rd classical guitar duet practice recording after stop playing for quite some time.

Music composed by Siciliano by M.T. von Paradis (1759-1824)

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Left: Joe

Guitar: ROMERIGO 01, 罗美里哥 01（2008试制版）
Strings: LaBella 2001 Classical MHT (more than 6-month old strings)

Right: Angelo

Guitar: Esteve

Samsung TL350/WB2000 Digital Camera Firmware Upgrade

JoeNo1 — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 04:01:51 +0000

The firmware upgrade is easy.

Download the firmware to a computer.
Connect a SD card to this computer.
Unzip everything to the root of a SD card (don’t have to format the SD card or erase everything on the SD card.) Make sure,

there is enough space for all unzipped files.

don’t put the unzipped files into any sub-folder (directory).

Put the SD card into Samsung TL350/WB2000. Make sure the battery is full (or say good for 15 minutes of video playback.)
Turn on Samsung TL350/WB2000.
The screen shows the upgrade progress. Wait a few minutes until it’s done.
Turn off Samsung TL350/WB2000.
Take out the SD card; connect the SD card computer; delete all unzipped files.
Done!

After firmware upgrade, it does stabilize the operation of this camera.

Pros:

No easy freezing
No crazy turning when switching the Mode Dial

Cons:

Still no 60pfs (1280 x 720)
Still 20 minutes recording time limit for each video regardless video resolution

FYI:

http://support-us.samsung.com/spstv/howto.jsp?ctg_id=1000

Rode NT4 + ZOOM H1 + Samsung TL350/WB2000, Classical Guitar Music Recording Test

JoeNo1 — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:52:29 +0000

This is a classical guitar music recording test using the following devices.

Microphone: Rode NT4, stereo XY condenser microphone (9V battery)

Digital recorder: ZOOM H1 (MP3 format, 44.1kHz, 192 Kbps, stereo, input level: 90)

Digital camera: Samsung TL350 / WB2000 (video resolution: 1280 x 720 @30p)

Classical guitar: ROMERIGO 01, 罗美里哥 01（2008试制版）

Nylon guitar strings: Augustine Imperials Red, Medium Tension

Absolutely NO sound effects!!!

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Rode NT4 stereo microphone & ZOOM H1 digital recorder

Use a DC9V battery as power supply for my Rode NT4 condenser microphone. There is only one ON/OFF switch on this microphone.

Connect Rode NT4 microphone to the line-in jack of my ZOOM H1 Handy Portable Digital Recorder. The internal stereo XY microphone from ZOOM H1 is disabled as soon as the line-in jack is occupied.

Put the digital camera, Samsung TL350/WB2000, close enough so that I can reach the start recording button without leaving my chair.

Set Samsung TL350/WB2000 video resolution to 1280 x 720 @30p.
Set the Rode NT4 XY microphone head about 0.5 meter (around 20 inches) away from the sound hole of my guitar.
Set the input level of ZOOM H1 to 90.

I use an earphone connect to the ZOOM H1 output jack so that I can monitor the audio in real time

Download 下载: [sniplet download ad]

>> Download MP3 audio file (Rode NT4 microphone + ZOOM H1 digital recorder): Rode_NT4_ZOOM_H1_44KHz_192kbps.mp3 14MB
>> Download MP3 audio file (Samsung TL350/WB2000 digital camera): Samsung_TL350_sound.mp3 14MB
>> Download MP4 original video file: 20101003_NT4_480p_2M_44k_256.mp4 163MB

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ZOOM H1 Handy Portable Digital Recorder Consumer Review

JoeNo1 — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:02:14 +0000

I preordered ZOOM H1 Handy Recorder more than 1 month ago. Finally got it this afternoon.

ZOOM H1 Handy Recorder, click to see more

It comes with a 2GB microSD memory card. Nice!

I put my 8GB microSDHC memory card in it. Works fine. Great!

This recorder is very light. It takes only one AA battery.

The handhold part looks too plastic for me. The battery cover feels cheap!

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Later on, I find out some problem in the recording test.

Problem:

1. Use Windows XP to format a 8GB microSDHC memory card as FAT32.

2. Put this card into ZOOM H1. Then power ON.

3. Takes almost 1 minute to start up. The screen says “card access” and can NOT save a recording file.

Solve:

1. Hold the “delete” button. Then power ON to format the card by ZOOM H1.

2. Turn OFF and turn ON again. Everything works as it should be.

Conclusion:

Always use ZOOM H1 to format the microSD card. (Hold the “delete” button to power ON)

Read the little yellow paper in the packing. It says,

“To ensure optimum performance, be sure to format the SD card in the ZOOM product.“

ATTN:

There is no error handling on ZOOM H1. Even if there is no memory card in it, it still shows recording “correctly.”

Make sure to format the micoSD card using ZOOM H1.
Check if the microSD card is in ZOOM H1 every time before use it.

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Despite the little bug. ZOOM H1 performs really well in terms of acoustic guitar music recording.

Very clear sound.

No background noise.

Long battery life.

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2 road side sound samples recorded in WAV original file, 44KHz/16bit.

ZOOM0005.WAV 2,339,072 bytes

ZOOM0006.WAV 4,242,176 bytes

Music recording: classical guitar duet. Input level: 60; WAV: 44KHz/16bit.

Siciliano_ duet_2_ZOOM0009.WAV 36,850,432 bytes

See the video reference of this recording.

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How about comparing ZOOM H1 to big daddy Rode NT4?

Handy ZOOM H1 & big daddy Rode NT4, click to see more

Here is an example: use ZOOM H1 as a digital recorder and line in Rode NT4 as microphone.

Rode NT4 + ZOOM H1 + Samsung TL350/WB2000, Classical Guitar Music Recording Test

Samsung TL350/WB2000 Camera 1080p HD Video Frame-by-frame Snapshot

JoeNo1 — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:50:00 +0000

Here is a interesting 1920 x 1080 @30p HD video taken by Samsung TL350 / WB2000 digital camera.

Cars pass by right in front of this camera. Let’s pause the video to see if we can tell who’s in the cars.

Can’t believe how clear the picture is in each frame of this HD video until see it with my own eyes.

Click here to view the embedded video.

click to see this picture in full size, 1920 x 1080

Click here to view the embedded video.

click to see this picture in full size, 1920 x 1080

Download MP4 source file, SAM_1001.MP4, and play back locally to compare.