eLPS+Video+Recording+Devices


 * The eLPS Lab has various hardware components that will assist faculty in editing video and converting it to what ever format is best suited for their needs.﻿ **

**Video Editing** **Equipment:**

**Video can be played directly to the TV from the camera and the camera has a digital image stabilizer. The MPEG4 format is best for its good image quality and low data rate. So this camera would be best for shooting video as the format can be converted using a freeware converter to any other desired format.**
 * Canon's Mini DV Camera which uses small video cassettes to record movie files. The Optura Xi can take digital still pictures and has 2.0 megapixels. It records in mpeg 4 format and takes 2.0 megapixel pictures. It has a 16:9 widescreen mode and has a primary color filter that takes the colors Red, Green and Blue and isolates them from the other colors to make them individual colors. **






 * The Canon Powershot Digital Camera is current digital camera used in the elps laboratory. The camera has capabilities for continuous shooting (which is the continual shooting of pictures while the shutter button is being held down. The camera allows for shooting movies in the following Modes. **
 * ** Standard-you can select the resolution and frame and shoot a movie until the memory card is full. **
 * **Fast Frame Mode-which is best for shooting fast moving objects such as a sporting event.**
 * **Compact-low resolution that allows the video to be sent via email or allows for a lot of storage space on the memory card.**
 * **My Colors-this mode allows you to change colors of the video after it is shot**

**This digital camera shoots movie in .AVI format. It is best to use a small handheld digital camera such as this if it is the only alternative or if the video will be very short. Since it is smaller and handheld it is more subject to steadiness issues when filming. The .AVI format works with Realplayer and Windows Media Player and is considered to be a good starting point for creating DVD's and it has a high compression rate. Drawbacks to .AVI are that it does not support user interactivity.**






 * The Sony Super Steady Shot Cybershot is a digital still camera that is best used when high quality images are desired. It is similar to other high resolution cameras that professional photographers use and is best for taking stable pictures. It records video in the Mpeg format and due to its stability would be better to use for video than other smaller digital cameras. The camera because of its quality has an internal flash of 32 gigabytes to store images and video and it is recommended to use a memory stick duo pro to even more files. **
 * The MPEG Format is know for its high quality, but its drawbacks are that it has high playback requirements and it is not well suited for internet video. **