Canon Camera Equipment
Can I convert a Canon Hi-8 analog camera to a Macintosh USB webcam?
Hi folks. I have an old Canon Hi-8 analog camcorder and want to see if he could use it as a webcam on a laptop Macintosh. If possible, what additional equipment is needed? Thanks
You need an NTSC frame grabber. This converts each frame into a digital image. Usually these go through the "complex TWAIN" driver, but this is not always the case. No I am sure of what a Mac requires. DAZZLE.COM output. I had a converter for Windows 98SE, and things really have updated their ever since. If you buy a unit dazzle.com, NTSC will convert data into a USB data flow in the computer software can be "online" for the driver and can be used as a webcam feed. I just checked for MAC. See link 3. The cool thing about the webcam with an NTSC camera (like a Video Camera) is the remote control and zoom functions, with a quality excellent. You can zoom in and out without touching the camera and image clarity is much better than these little pinhole cameras. The last link is greater in a decent price range, including an audio converter in the range of $ 220.
Fresh Canon SD880 Review
Canon SD880 Review
My Canon SD880 Review was a lot of fun, I was blown away to find such an advanced piece of equipment in such a small size. The Canon SD880 is hands down my favorite Canon Digital Camera.
Immediately on first use, I was able to notice how superior this camera was performing. As I started my Canon SD880 Review I was in disbelief at how fast the camera was shooting. The lens was a lot more fitting than other cameras I have inspected in this size, and using one hand I was able to control everything.
My favorite piece of the SD880 was the well equipped scroll wheel. It seems Canon really listened to the public when assembling the SD880, the scroll wheel on the Canon SD880 has advanced very much compared to its earlier Canon predecessors. Operation was never easier, the scroll wheel stands out the perfect amount on the right side boundary of the camera Why pay more for other Canon Cameras which have little LCD screens?
Testing forward, I evaluated my Canon SD880 Review verses the SD990 and the G10. The SD990 and the G10 were both more costlythan the SD880. The SD880 had a full 3 inch LCD verses the SD990’s 2.5 inch. Also, the SD990 was only able to zoom as wide as 37mm, the SD880 on the other hand was able to zoom 28mm.
The Canon G10 was the only proportionate Canon camera to the SD880, it was a worthy counterpart when moving forward with my Canon SD880 Review. Overall, the SD880 performed much faster than the G10. High performance with exceptional picture quality made the SD880 the perfect compact. While the G10 performed well, it was still giganticcompared to the SD880. Having a committed exposure compensation dial on the G10, I saw that overall exposure compensation was faster on the G10 opposed to the SD880. Although the G10 adjusted faster, it still required two hands to operate while the SD880 was extremely easy to use just with one hand.
Differentiatingthe G10 with the Canon SD880 Review, I preferred the SD880 in its comfortable compact size.
Lenses
Appointed with a 28mm lens the SD880 really was very pleasing to use. Analyzing the zoom capabilities of the SD880 I saw it had very limited barrel distortion when compared to other compacts.
Image Quality
Previously I had analyze numerous Canon Powershots image quality and found them all to be mostly the same. Being able to conduct a Canon SD880 Review, I was able to discern whether this particular camera was distinctive from its predecessors. The SD880’s performance was faultless, with low distortion at different zooms, the SD880’s lens also had less lateral color fringing at the wider end.
Screen
I was surprised when I could clearly see the SD880 screen when I was off axis. Holding down the DISP button I was able to quickly get the screen to become as glossy as I wanted, never had I seen a LCD which was so varied .
Efficiency
In my eyes, the SD880 is in a group of its own. Less expensive than other cameras in its class, but still filled with all its great features, who could ask for more?
Power
After conducting my Canon SD880 Review each day I would put it to charge, taking 600 pictures a day the camera took approximately 75 minutes to fully charge.
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