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Are 3ccd videocams worth the price?
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Join Date: Jun 2002
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Do they work with ichatAV?
The online reviews sound good but is anyone out here using one of these bad boys?
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Join Date: May 2003
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Why would you want to use such a highend video camera with iChat?
It all depends on the type of video work you want to do.
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Join Date: Jun 2002
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well ichat is just another requirement on the side not very important but will be cool if it is supported. just want to invest in a cam that is good for low light as well.
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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Yes, if you really think you need one. If its firewire, it'll work with iChat. Probably.
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Join Date: May 2002
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I've used my Panasonic AG dvx100. It is a high end camera that has low light mode too. SO much of the picture quality in iChat is in the connection, I honestly didn't see a huge difference with an iSight and the Panasonic camera. But, yes, it can be done.
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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Clubbing baby seals in a sig. Now thats a new one.
and funny.
Now to get working on my dolphins in a tuna net sig.....
(sarcasm. I really found it funny)
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Admin Emeritus  Join Date: Oct 1999
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Generally speaking, 3-CCD cameras are vastly superior to an otherwise-similar 1-CCD camera because they are capturing 3 times the image data, and because no de-Bayerizing has to be done, there are no color fringes. For professional-looking video, you want three CCDs.
That said, a 3-CCD camera won't do much for light sensitivity. The size of the photosites on the CCD are the primary factor there -- for low light, you'd want a large, low-resolution CCD, which is exactly what broadcast cameras use. Consumer cameras pretty much universally use small CCDs which are incapable of doing low light well.
Might I instead suggest that you get a good light source?
tooki
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Join Date: May 2000
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I have a Canon GL2 I use mostly for shooting short films. It does a very good job. I also use it with iChat. It's no secret, the more light you have, the more control you'll have, the better result you'll get. Unless you want to use it for something other than iChat, it's not worth the money. Just get a good light source and a regular MiniDV cam will do a great job. Maybe with the advent of Tiger's iChat with the H.264 codec it will do a difference but a 3CCD camera is overkill for video chat only.
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