OK.. everyone knows Bubba is not a HD freak... and don't care much for HD....

Bubba in TX

Senior Contributor Location: Central Texas Joined: Dec 12, 2009 21:32 Messages: 1332 Offline

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Apr 29, 2011 00:41

About 4 weeks ago I dropped my beloved Cannon PowerShot SD870is on the concrete steps after taking pictures of one of my annual Lodge events. It cracked open like a boiled egg.

I was devastated.... me and that bet up, scratched up, thrown in the saddlebag a thousand times camera were buds....

Yes it took lowly resolution pictures and crappy video in avi and terrible in low light... but it was perfect for me. The battery would last forever.

I told the wife I was going to drag out my old old Cannon that took pictures and spit them out on clay tablets because I did not want a new camera as I have NO USE for one anyway.

(see where this is going?)

Anyway......

My birthday was last Saturday, (I am officially an old man now) and the wife had to go with my daughter to take my grandson to a doctors appointment in a town 200 miles away. (everything from here is 200 miles away even the closest Wal Mart) We drive over 500 miles on our motorcycles for a Saturday lunch run.

Anyway....

When the wife got back she came in and plunked a box down on my computer desk and said... "I wanted a new one so I got us both one"

It was a box with a Nikon Coolpix L120 in it. So now I guess I have to stop whining about not caring about HD. But the good thing is, it does not do "real" HD. It does that 920/1080 mumbo jumbo thing. So I can still whine....

It has an 8/12 mile zoom on it and I can always select and keep using the 480 resolution that I love so much...

So does anyone out there know how to teach someone about HD that has no clue?


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Bubba in TX

Senior Contributor Location: Central Texas Joined: Dec 12, 2009 21:32 Messages: 1332 Offline

Apr 29, 2011 00:45

These radar domes are rightat 8 1/2 miles from my front yard. (I worked up there some in my Air Force days)

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vn800rider

Senior Contributor Location: Darwen, UK Joined: May 15, 2008 04:32 Messages: 1949 Offline

Apr 29, 2011 02:36

So does anyone out there know how to teach someone about HD that has no clue?

Can you post a full......., I think it begins with a dx something,

Anyway HD is for young, cool guys and with another birthday under your belt maybe you're just getting too long in the tooth to change.

Whereas I'm just planning my next dive trip to Egypt and then possibly the Phillipines, where I may well drown another HD camera or two.

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Senior Contributor Location: USA Joined: Aug 17, 2007 02:26 Messages: 1667 Offline

Apr 29, 2011 02:55

So does anyone out there know how to teach someone about HD that has no clue?

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Dafydd B

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 26, 2006 08:20 Messages: 11973 Offline

Apr 29, 2011 03:08

Hi Bubba,
I'm not sure you need to be taught much. You have a powerful enough computer and the footage is 720p. You should be able to edit it without too much hassle.

Output, now I don't think that's a biggy as you'll be creating DVD's.

Hwyl
Dafydd

Robert2 S

Senior Contributor Location: Australia Joined: Apr 22, 2009 05:57 Messages: 1461 Offline

Apr 29, 2011 03:08

Don't worry Bubba, just shoot it as if it was your old camera, you will be amazed though at the difference in quality. As you said though you can always shoot at SD resolution.

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BarryTheCrab

Senior Contributor Location: USA Joined: Nov 06, 2008 22:18 Messages: 6240 Offline

Apr 29, 2011 08:07

I have the L110, the predecessor to your camera. If you have an HD connection to your TV and attach the camera directly, you'll go WOWEE! If you upload to the web (Youtube, etc.) the 720 HD is fantastic. I am guessing when you see the effect of the upgrade, you will no longer bother with SD, it's like scratching images on a clay tablet. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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