Jack on Camera

Jack on Camera
Originally uploaded by Irish Typepad

I spent part of the morning discovering that a time-worn Canon XM1 camera likes to talk to my new Windows 7 laptop. I think my cat is not impressed, however. It's important to be able to leverage equipment that might otherwise be relegated to the box closet. The Canon DV camera is a long-standing piece of equipment that cost more than 2000 euro around the time the Celtic Tiger started roaming Dublin. That means you can find those cameras for less than 300 euro in pawn shops around Ireland today. Another 10 euro connects you to a laptop via Firewire. Then you need something to capture the video. This video was captured on tape, then pulled into Premiere Elements. I could have pulled it directly into Camtasia or used the camera in Online Meeting Rooms. We'll discuss how to do all these things during the 2010 Schools Conference in Tipperary Institute this May.

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