Comments on: Vlogwalk: From home to Suffolk College

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Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:51:41 +0000

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By: si

si — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:29:09 +0000

frank you rule this website has been a big help to me for what i am going to buy and not going to buy

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By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:51:40 +0000

It’s just too bouncy & I was going to give up watching, but I’m glad I persisited. Once you entered the college, I found your hitherto unadvertised tap dancing skills a refreshing & welcome change from the “heave” inducing jerkiness of the rest of the video. Perhaps you should “slow-tap” around the whole college, then speed it up, as the sound track would beat the F1 racing soundtrack of the start of this vid hands down… I know, I know… Get a life….

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 09:59:12 +0000

Yes I did use the DVH10 for this one. I have recorded a few other walks with it too, but I’m not sure how best to present them.

The jerkiness comes from my natural bounce while walking, I think. Like most small cameras the DVH10 does not have an image stabiliser, so to get a smoother video I’d either need some sort of external “steadicam” or to roll it somehow.

I used the same camera for my cycling video and that came out much better.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 00:09:23 +0000

I like the idea of recording your walk, and I always liked film of speeded up versions of journeys, but the clip is too jerky at 4x speed. Were you holding the cam all the way, or was it attached to your bag or something? Just wondering if it’s practical to do a speeded up walk video, or is it impossible to hold the camera steady enough while on foot (while walking reasonably normally!)

PS… I’ve just ordered a Nisis DV H10..i found your site while searching for reviews of it. Did you use this camera for this clip?

By: Randolfe

Randolfe — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 21:38:28 +0000

It made me feel dizzy and seasick so quickly I had to stop watching after 40 seconds.

This is not meant as a criticism. It was worthwhile trying it. Perhaps, it would have been different if you had been using a steadycam.

Thanks for trying this. It saves those of us who watch from repeating the experiment.