I've been checking out the zoom feature of this camera as I'm looking for some that has a good zoom so far this is a very good camera for the money and I see that bestbuy has it on sale for $199 as of today. Just what I'm looking for. We were also in Niagara Falls 3 years ago did you record from the USA side or the Canadian side ? Nice video I'm sold on this camera now for sure.
+Dennis M It's a great camera for sure. The zoom's real good and for the price it's hard to find something better. We actually went to both the Canadian and USA side and filmed from both sides.
+peapods Yes I seen were you were on both side that was before we watch the complete video. When watching the video you really see how powerful that water really is, the amazing thing is that it never stops. As mention we were there about 3 years ago and it happen as a spare of the moment thing. We both on vacation and talking about what were going to do around 12am. Well we book a hotel online a hour later pack a bag and was out the door around 2am lol. Had a great time there I would do it again. I place a order for the camera this morning should have it on Monday 8, 2016. After watching your video and a few others I new that was the camera I wanted and a great price bought from B and H in NYC $199. Was looking at the GoPro but think this is way better because of the zoom and cost less.
I never consider a gopro to me it's just like using my mobius. And it can't zoom into anything that's a little far away. This is a nice camera for what I need it for. The down side is I don't always have someone around to work the camera lol.
+Teagan Hi, Sorry for late reply. I record in AVCHD and import to Final Cut Pro X, which handles AVCHD well. I could transcode the files to Apple ProRes, but since FCPX also edits AVCHD, it's not necessary. Personally, I never record or transcode to MP4 since it's a low-res codec designed for uploads to the web. In my opinion, it's always best to record in a camera's highest setting (unless it's 4K, then it's debatable), and then export to a smaller file. I edit in FCPX with AVCHD files. Then when done editing, for web videos, I export as H.264, which is a web friendly .MOV codec, and is an acceptable format for UA-cam uploads. That is what this video is and the other one I made of the Canon HF R600. This will look much better on the web than videos shot in MP4. Hope this helps.
Very nice video. How does the camera preform in low-light situations?
Pretty bad. It's really noisy in low light. That's price I pay for having such long zoom range.
Ah, that's a shame. I suppose I have to pay a bit more for the R700 then. Still a very nice camera, though.
@@jkhpods5338 how far can it zoom? 40×?
I've been checking out the zoom feature of this camera as I'm looking for some that has a good zoom so far this is a very good camera for the money and I see that bestbuy has it on sale for $199 as of today. Just what I'm looking for. We were also in Niagara Falls 3 years ago did you record from the USA side or the Canadian side ? Nice video I'm sold on this camera now for sure.
+Dennis M It's a great camera for sure. The zoom's real good and for the price it's hard to find something better. We actually went to both the Canadian and USA side and filmed from both sides.
+peapods Yes I seen were you were on both side that was before we watch the complete video. When watching the video you really see how powerful that water really is, the amazing thing is that it never stops. As mention we were there about 3 years ago and it happen as a spare of the moment thing. We both on vacation and talking about what were going to do around 12am. Well we book a hotel online a hour later pack a bag and was out the door around 2am lol. Had a great time there I would do it again.
I place a order for the camera this morning should have it on Monday 8, 2016. After watching your video and a few others I new that was the camera I wanted and a great price bought from B and H in NYC $199. Was looking at the GoPro but think this is way better because of the zoom and cost less.
Dennis M gopro is a waste of money had mine for 355 days exactly and it broke after maybe 9 months
I never consider a gopro to me it's just like using my mobius. And it can't zoom into anything that's a little far away. This is a nice camera for what I need it for. The down side is I don't always have someone around to work the camera lol.
When you are filming in AVCHD, do you have to convert to MP4 to edit the video? Or is it more of a hassle to use other than MP4?
+Teagan Hi, Sorry for late reply. I record in AVCHD and import to Final Cut Pro X, which handles AVCHD well. I could transcode the files to Apple ProRes, but since FCPX also edits AVCHD, it's not necessary. Personally, I never record or transcode to MP4 since it's a low-res codec designed for uploads to the web. In my opinion, it's always best to record in a camera's highest setting (unless it's 4K, then it's debatable), and then export to a smaller file.
I edit in FCPX with AVCHD files. Then when done editing, for web videos, I export as H.264, which is a web friendly .MOV codec, and is an acceptable format for UA-cam uploads. That is what this video is and the other one I made of the Canon HF R600. This will look much better on the web than videos shot in MP4. Hope this helps.
peapods Thanks
Do you know if iMovie handles AVCHD well? I'm thinking to purchase this camcorder.
Don't know. I use FCPX and it's fine with AVCHD. I would think that a newest version of iMovie should be ok with AVCHD.
Great footage -
Okay I see the angel now your on the USA side.