Pocket Camera - Mini DV MD80 30FPS Camera for 30$

[dontask]

What memory card are you using with it?
According to a review on youtube it's less jerky/laggy if you use a higher quality memory card like Sandisk (although the video still wobbles)

[Brayden]

just bidded on a md80 ending in 5 miniutes, free ship with 12.00$ canadian- now it'll take a month or a bit less to get here but hey can't go wrong. Thanks for the link and tips. Merry Christmas-Happynewyear.

Edit* paid 15.01 US

[Ayashifx55]

i was using a Kensington 4GB (very high quality). Memory card quality does not justify a video quality .... If you buy a cheap clone microsd, all you will lose is the transfer speed that's all.

[Shirley]

Some idiot posted it for 95$ on craigslist Toronto.. lol

[six4]

In my opinion AVI format is the hardest format to edit. I have tried several differant ways to edit AVI and have found that after editing and mixing down, the compression rate looks like a bad chinese subtitled movie. So far to date I havent found a way to edit AVI format to my satisfaction. That being said for the price and for the size the video playback is most impressing!

The best tip I can give anyone when purchasing video gear is to double check the playback format and to avoid AVI. Mp4/MOV formats seem to work good for me and editing is alot easier since its a Quicktime format. Hope that helps.

[Brayden]

Originally Posted by six4

In my opinion AVI format is the hardest format to edit. I have tried several differant ways to edit AVI and have found that after editing and mixing down, the compression rate looks like a bad chinese subtitled movie. So far to date I havent found a way to edit AVI format to my satisfaction. That being said for the price and for the size the video playback is most impressing!

The best tip I can give anyone when purchasing video gear is to double check the playback format and to avoid AVI. Mp4/MOV formats seem to work good for me and editing is alot easier since its a Quicktime format. Hope that helps.

mov means you can't open in some programs though mind you. Especially if your a noob and what to use WMM since its default on windows, now maybe windows 7 is compatible not sure.

[drivas]

Hi there,

I read your note on the miniDV camera from china , I got one for
xmas 2009 and it works fine but DID YOU EVER MANAGER TO CHANGE THE DATE ?
I created a text file as instructed TAG.TXT and put the date, time etc etc
in the card directory save it and tried to reboot the device by taken the
the battery off and also the card but NO SUCCESS I still get the date like
in your sample videos 2008.

help !!


regards

Diego

[Shirley]

A note, use Micro SDHC cards. No jerky lag.

[Bonjour43ma]

hmmm interesting

[R.I.T.Z]

looks like i'm getting myself a game cam other then my DSLR
The Ebay.ca link

MD80 Mini Camcorder

The Smallest Digital Video Camcorder in the World
With High Resolution Image

720*480 / 30 frams per second / Manually and sound activated recording

- Model: Mini DV MD80
- This is currently the world's smallest camcorder!
- An optical transducer to steal tens of looks due to their size and design that is so strange.
- This Mini DV Camcorder captures video clips in Motion JPEG format at 720x480 resolution
- The Mini Camcorder offers continuous recording of 2 hours with a one full charge.
- Recording VGA clips at 30 frames per second, the camcorder accepts microSD cards up to 8GB in size.
- VOX mode activates the camera when it hears sound about 65dB. Standby time is 6 hours so using VOX mode makes it a really cool spy device too.
- The built-in mic records sound with your video and the files can be played back on windows or mac computers.