Need some video advise

[64Guitars]

So I'm still researching & deciding and I'm trying to understand card capacity.
Here http://tascam.com/product/dr-v1hd/specifications/#rec_time/ it seems to say that the tascam with a 32 gig micro sd card I'll only get a maximum of 16 min. of video??

here http://zoom.co.jp/products/q2hd/ it says  the zoom gets 40min. with a 2gb  & 40 hours with a 128gb.
that seems to be a significant difference. Am I understanding this correctly??

Perhaps on the Tascam page those are Hours:Minutes not minutes:seconds??

Yes, the Tascam figures are definitely in hours and minutes. It says so above the chart.

The numbers quoted for the Zoom are with AAC audio. AAC is a lossy compression standard similar to MP3, so it requires a lot less storage for the audio portion of your recordings. The Tascam doesn't have compressed audio, so you can't compare the recording times directly. Instead, it uses only 16-bit or 24-bit WAV audio with no data compression.

Both recorders have several options for video resolution, frame rate, audio sample resolution (16-bit/24-bit), and audio sampling frequency (44.1kHz, 49kHz, 96kHz). All of these options affect the amount of storage required for a recording. Given the same settings in both recorders (for example, 720p at 30fps with 16-bit 44.1kHz uncompressed audio) the amount of storage required should be the same.

[Farrell Jackson]

Hi Hook. I don't know much about video devices but an internet friend (Harry who is from Florida) uses a Zoom Q3 all the time for live stuff. He's always saying that what it lacks in capturing video is made up by it's audio quality. Here's a youtube tube link to his latest live film. I'm not sure it will help or not because this is taken with a Q3 and not an Q2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThMbNW0SWk4

Farrell

[thetworegs]

Have you thought of a iPhone I have a 4s which cost me £90 second hand  and the video and sound is pretty good and IMovie app is cheap and easy to use too

[Hook]

Thanks, 64- not sure why I was so convinced it was minutes, I'm a tad bit daft every know & then.

Farrell- The Q3 might be a contender if I could find a better deal on it but I'm still very fixated on the rotating camera on the tascam.

Have you thought of a iPhone I have a 4s which cost me £90 second hand  and the video and sound is pretty good and IMovie app is cheap and easy to use too

Yea, I have some footage I took with my 5s that looks pretty good & I plan on trying to edit it all together but time isn't exactly on my side. I then went the next day & tried to record at work(20min.) and it couldnt handle it. I deleted all the kids games, tons of pics and videos; tried again and it still couldn't capture more than 8 min. It might be all the music apps I have on the phone, not sure but I need to be able to rely on the take. I also want it recorded onto a SDcard or micro sd for easy access on different computers.
Outside of work applications, I envision making a multi screen video of me tracking in my car, so some of the screens will be me using the phone . I guess I could get another phone but I like that rotating camera & I like gadgets.

 Money is a fleeting thing in my household so I might have to wait a week, we will see. I'm still leaning towards the Tascam.
Thanks guys!
Rock On!

[Hook]

Finally pulled the trigger on the Tascam, should arrive tomorrow!!
Rock On!

[Oldrottenhead]

looking forward to hearing and now also seeing your ukes and various instruments in action. Vid on.