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David
I want to buy a Samsung SMX-F40 and film my road trip from Portland,OR to Virginia Beach...but I have no clue what size SD card I need. There are different intervals to set the camera to take a picture, so I was thinking of setting it at taking a picture every 15 sec. I did the math and its gonna take like 34,000 pictures!!! is that right?? If so I need to record directly to an External Hard Drive, right?
Answer
1 still per 15 seconds =
4 stills per minute =
40 stills per 10 minutes =
240 stills per hour...
If your end-product video is NTSC standard 29.97 frames per second (everyone refers to this as 30 frames per second) 240 stills divided by 30 frames (or stills) per second gets us to 8 seconds of video.
But lets continue the path...
If you are at 34,000 pictures divided by 240 stills per hour, then you are estimating your trip (while the camera is running) to take about 142 hours. That does not seem right to me.
I am going to round numbers just to make the math easier and I assume you are talking only "windshield time"... According to Yahoo! maps, the distance from Portland, OR to Virginia Beach, VA is about 3,000 miles and the travel time shows a little under 44 hours.
Do the math again...
1 still per 15 seconds =
4 stills per minute =
40 stills per 10 minutes =
240 stills per hour =
10,560 stills per 44 hours.
10,560 stills divided by 30 frames per second video = 352 seconds then divide that by 60 seconds per minute to get us to just a little under 6 minutes for the end-result video.
10,000+ images is still a large number, but all you need to do is have couple of SDHC cards. When a card fills, take it out, put in a blank, put the full card in a computer to copy the pics to the computer's hard drive, wait for the card in the camera to fill. Repeat ths swap process.
PRATICE this (you don't need to fill a card) BEFORE THE TRIP to understand if you need to reset anything or restart the interval capture process, etc... when the memory card is removed.
Since the SMX-40 can use SDHC cards, if you get a 32 gig or 64 gig card, it could be possible to record the stills for an entire "leg" (like until the next gas stop) where the photos can be transferred to a laptop during the gas-up time or even capture through out the day's drive and transfer to a computer would be at a rest stop or hotel... SInce these are stills, they will take WAY less room that video.
Read the camcorder's manual. There will be a table in there that shows how many pictures (or how much video) can be stored on a given amount of memory on the card.
You don't need an external drive directly connected to the camera (and there is none available that will do what you want) to store the stills in real-time.
Or if you can afford to get several large SDHC cards, even better. When one fills, pull it out and stick in a empty one. Lock the full card, mark it (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or A, B, C, D, E... etc...)... I did essentially the same thing but with a miniDV tape based camcorder recording HDV format video - and each hour (the miniDV tapes I use record up to 63 minutes of high definition video); I drove from San Diego to Northern California (8 hours, so 8 tapes or 64 hours real-time video) imported the video and using the "fast motion" feature of the video editor, the final product video was about 3 minutes.
Other things to consider: Does the camcorder have enough battery time to do what you want or will you be using a power inverter plugged into the vehicle's power?
And it just occurred to me that you might be bicycling across the country which is why the 142 hours... so the camcorder battery time becomes more of an issue (since there is no "power plug" unless you have some sort of battery pack, solar or generator connection... Then there is the added item of the "environment" and storms and the camera getting wet or too hot (check the manual for the "Operating Temperature Range")... and mounting the camera to the "vehicle"... among other considerations.
1 still per 15 seconds =
4 stills per minute =
40 stills per 10 minutes =
240 stills per hour...
If your end-product video is NTSC standard 29.97 frames per second (everyone refers to this as 30 frames per second) 240 stills divided by 30 frames (or stills) per second gets us to 8 seconds of video.
But lets continue the path...
If you are at 34,000 pictures divided by 240 stills per hour, then you are estimating your trip (while the camera is running) to take about 142 hours. That does not seem right to me.
I am going to round numbers just to make the math easier and I assume you are talking only "windshield time"... According to Yahoo! maps, the distance from Portland, OR to Virginia Beach, VA is about 3,000 miles and the travel time shows a little under 44 hours.
Do the math again...
1 still per 15 seconds =
4 stills per minute =
40 stills per 10 minutes =
240 stills per hour =
10,560 stills per 44 hours.
10,560 stills divided by 30 frames per second video = 352 seconds then divide that by 60 seconds per minute to get us to just a little under 6 minutes for the end-result video.
10,000+ images is still a large number, but all you need to do is have couple of SDHC cards. When a card fills, take it out, put in a blank, put the full card in a computer to copy the pics to the computer's hard drive, wait for the card in the camera to fill. Repeat ths swap process.
PRATICE this (you don't need to fill a card) BEFORE THE TRIP to understand if you need to reset anything or restart the interval capture process, etc... when the memory card is removed.
Since the SMX-40 can use SDHC cards, if you get a 32 gig or 64 gig card, it could be possible to record the stills for an entire "leg" (like until the next gas stop) where the photos can be transferred to a laptop during the gas-up time or even capture through out the day's drive and transfer to a computer would be at a rest stop or hotel... SInce these are stills, they will take WAY less room that video.
Read the camcorder's manual. There will be a table in there that shows how many pictures (or how much video) can be stored on a given amount of memory on the card.
You don't need an external drive directly connected to the camera (and there is none available that will do what you want) to store the stills in real-time.
Or if you can afford to get several large SDHC cards, even better. When one fills, pull it out and stick in a empty one. Lock the full card, mark it (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or A, B, C, D, E... etc...)... I did essentially the same thing but with a miniDV tape based camcorder recording HDV format video - and each hour (the miniDV tapes I use record up to 63 minutes of high definition video); I drove from San Diego to Northern California (8 hours, so 8 tapes or 64 hours real-time video) imported the video and using the "fast motion" feature of the video editor, the final product video was about 3 minutes.
Other things to consider: Does the camcorder have enough battery time to do what you want or will you be using a power inverter plugged into the vehicle's power?
And it just occurred to me that you might be bicycling across the country which is why the 142 hours... so the camcorder battery time becomes more of an issue (since there is no "power plug" unless you have some sort of battery pack, solar or generator connection... Then there is the added item of the "environment" and storms and the camera getting wet or too hot (check the manual for the "Operating Temperature Range")... and mounting the camera to the "vehicle"... among other considerations.
What all is planned when getting married?
DylanRache
I know there's the dress, the cake, food served, guests and such. but can someone make a list of everything that has to be planned out for me?
Answer
start with the budget. decide about how much you have to spend, ask parents how much they are going to give etc.
then it goes like this:
1. make your intitial guest list. at least get an approximate number of guests.
2.look for a venue...this is the location for the ceremony and the reception. it can be a park, a garden, a museum, art gallery, bed and breakfast, church, chapel, community center, restaurant, banquet hall, beach or backyard.
3. decide on food and drink...this can be provided by the venue, catered by a caterer of your choice, done by friends and family, or by yourself.
4. wedding officiant----this can be a minister, justice of the peace, judge, or anyone who is legally able to perform weddings in your state which sometimes can include a friend or family member who gets a one day license or an online ordination for 25 dollars.
5. photographer---whether professional or a friend or a student from a local photography school
6. dj or music source like ipod or your own dvds
7. flowers---best deals are to do them yourself, but can be a florist and include bouquets, corsages, boutionneres, centerpieces and pew decorations
8. invitations----diy or custom ordered
9. wedding cake
10. wedding dress and groom's tux or suit
11. bridal party attendants dresses ---you choose them, they pay for them
12. groomsmen's suites or tuxes---same deal
13. place cards for tables
14. favors for the guests
15. bridal guest book
16. gifts for the attendants from the bride and groom
17. gifts and/or thank you cards for parents of bride and groom from the bride and groom
18. thank you card which you will need to send to everyone who attended you wedding whether they give you a gift or not. be sure to keep everyone's names and addresses and make note if they gift you.
start with the budget. decide about how much you have to spend, ask parents how much they are going to give etc.
then it goes like this:
1. make your intitial guest list. at least get an approximate number of guests.
2.look for a venue...this is the location for the ceremony and the reception. it can be a park, a garden, a museum, art gallery, bed and breakfast, church, chapel, community center, restaurant, banquet hall, beach or backyard.
3. decide on food and drink...this can be provided by the venue, catered by a caterer of your choice, done by friends and family, or by yourself.
4. wedding officiant----this can be a minister, justice of the peace, judge, or anyone who is legally able to perform weddings in your state which sometimes can include a friend or family member who gets a one day license or an online ordination for 25 dollars.
5. photographer---whether professional or a friend or a student from a local photography school
6. dj or music source like ipod or your own dvds
7. flowers---best deals are to do them yourself, but can be a florist and include bouquets, corsages, boutionneres, centerpieces and pew decorations
8. invitations----diy or custom ordered
9. wedding cake
10. wedding dress and groom's tux or suit
11. bridal party attendants dresses ---you choose them, they pay for them
12. groomsmen's suites or tuxes---same deal
13. place cards for tables
14. favors for the guests
15. bridal guest book
16. gifts for the attendants from the bride and groom
17. gifts and/or thank you cards for parents of bride and groom from the bride and groom
18. thank you card which you will need to send to everyone who attended you wedding whether they give you a gift or not. be sure to keep everyone's names and addresses and make note if they gift you.
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