I was very impressed with the video quality of the Nokia N93 that I saw posted on Steve Garfields vlog
With the news of the iPhone coming out in June and my contract with Verizon expiring in July, this gives some time to research for a new phone. Do I want to watch video, or shoot video? Right now I’m testing the Nokia N93 and giving it a spin around my neighborhood in University City. It was a very bright day with strong lighting but I do check out shade and inside a restaurant. It was a quick transfer to iPhoto, even the mpeg4 video then an import to iMovie. At first I had trouble with adding titles (import as mpeg 4) but then reimported as DV and editing went fine. Steve claims that mpeg 4 is right, but DV worked for me, then back to h.264 for the web. The camera has many features that I haven’t gotten to but the video was fast and easy to use. This was especially helpful when a naked psycho crackhead came down the street. I had the camera rolling in seconds but not enough time to test the nighttime setting. No problem with battery life and I got hooked up to the web from my home wifi in just aa few clicks. Stay tuned for more thoughts.
Archive for April, 2007
Ireland Easter week saw some of the nicest weather “in ages” according to one of the locals. Galway, a University Town on the western side of the island was a 4 hour left sided drive from our landing in Dublin on Easter. We catch up with James Britton an American graduate student living there since August, drink up some Guinness at The Kings Head and have some good Craic talking about Galway and Ireland in general. Stay tuned…the search for Craic and Irish trad folk music next post!
