1 (edited by Russell_Harding 2012-07-22 23:23:40)

Topic: New PC and HD video cam day

Well I went and did it! I put my old Gateway out to pasture and purchased a Dell Inspiron N5050 laptop with a 15.5 in screen it has Intel Core 13.2350M Processor and is running a Windows 7 home Premium it has a lot of bells and wistles including a ethernet input,wifi card reader and 4 usb ports its really a beauty there shipping it free later this week I paid $418.00 for the PC and another $99.00 for the HD Nikon 16 megapixle digital camera it really cool comes with a 4GB memory card and a case I wont have any problems shooting HD or processing them and if I get bored I can always hang out at McDonalds and look important with my laptop and latte lol I hadnt realized how good my credit line was they opened my new account and gave me a temporary credit line of $1000.00 intrest free if I pay on time (which I will) to bad they dont sell Fenders smile

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Russell sounds like you are a happy camper,I am really glad for you.you will be surprised at all the new things they have on the windows 7,it is way above all there other apps. My sister is a computer programer/systems analist and she like the new stuff. she says you most people will only use a very small amount of the new system's. Have fun!!

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will do dino! I may have to ask for a few pointers along the way I can use my wireless mouse till I get the hang of navigating with the laptop I just got an email from Walmart I will be recieving shipment on the 26th or 27th looking forward to powering it up and filming some HD vids smile

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Russell_Harding wrote:

will do dino! I may have to ask for a few pointers along the way I can use my wireless mouse till I get the hang of navigating with the laptop I just got an email from Walmart I will be recieving shipment on the 26th or 27th looking forward to powering it up and filming some HD vids smile

You might want to check anything you buy too go with it,alot of the stuff out there is not compatable with windows7.

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dino I will cross that bridge when I get to it windows 7 should be ok if not I will deal with it but thanks for the heads up smile

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The camera arrived today the PC will most likely follow tomorrow I fired up the new camera and took some photos and made a few practice videos all I can say is WOW!! what a difference the photos are crystal clear as are the videos all in HD the videos default in avi format but I shouldn't blame my old Kodak it still works but its an 8 megapixle cam and the Fugi is 16 hense the improvment in quality smile

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Sounds right uptown Russell.  Have fun with your new toys and share some of the fun from time to time.

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sounds like a good camera,your going to be busy the next few days with all the new electronics coming at you. guess what,I went too the 49er's football scedule today and found that there first real game will be sept. 9 with your packers.,and at green bay.!!!!

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pete I cant wait till the laptop arrives it should be here tomorrow or the next day keep ya posted smile

bensonp wrote:

Sounds right uptown Russell.  Have fun with your new toys and share some of the fun from time to time.

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dont expect a good game neither team is going to risk losing a starter to injury before the season starts but it will be fun to watch anyway smile

dino48 wrote:

sounds like a good camera,your going to be busy the next few days with all the new electronics coming at you. guess what,I went too the 49er's football scedule today and found that there first real game will be sept. 9 with your packers.,and at green bay.!!!!

"Growing old is not for sissies"

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Russell_Harding wrote:

dont expect a good game neither team is going to risk losing a starter to injury before the season starts but it will be fun to watch anyway smile

dino48 wrote:

sounds like a good camera,your going to be busy the next few days with all the new electronics coming at you. guess what,I went too the 49er's football scedule today and found that there first real game will be sept. 9 with your packers.,and at green bay.!!!!

Russel that game on sept 9 will be the first real game,not a post season game!

my papy said son your going too drive me too drinking if you dont stop driving that   Hot  Rod  Lincoln!! Cmdr cody and his lost planet airman

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well if its the first game anything go's I have to go with the Pack smile

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13 (edited by dino48 2012-07-26 00:50:49)

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I hope the pack will win 15 and lose 1,I hope the one will be the 49er's.!!. Pre season games are coming up the first week in august.

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My new computer arrived and a friend who works on them helped me big time set it up Its gonna take some time to get used to the pad I had to install my optical mouse till I get some practice on it,still have not figured out how to scroll up and down yet but any advice would be appreciated its a beautiful screen and I am looking forward to uploading some vids when I can. smile

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Hi russell,it should show you how to use the pad somewhere in the set up book or the instruction on the walkthrough. Mine has me put two fingers toghter and push up or down to scroll,and other functions. You should have a hotkey at the top to turn the pad on or off. Personally I do not like the pad,when I got my new computer I went too wall mart and bought a new mouse for $12.00. I also had tobuy a new printer as both of my older stuff did not work with windows 7. On the new windows explorer check out the map it is really a nice way too look at your city and real handy. you will be busy the next few days with your new electronic's. I also found a good printer/copier there for $60.00,a canon.

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dino I like the optical mouse better then the pad but when I go out I dont know if i will take it with me this is going to take a bit,the keyboard is smaller and i keep hitting the wrong keys lol but I'll get the hang of it smile

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Hi russ,most people do not like the pad ,it has it's computer good side but nothing as good as the mouse. I got my new 5 monthe ago and I am still learning it,so I do not know how too use all the functions on it,so I am still using my old one alot. The keyboard will take some getting used too,it will take some time.  My sister told me we only use about 10 percent of what a computer is cabable of I do belive she is right.

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I got lucky and opened my TrakAx program and experimented with running my Boss BR-8 into the headphone jack on my new laptop I played a disk that was already mixed down and was able to record direct into the program it rendered it to a mp4 audio now I can go direct from my recorder to the laptop I just mute the internal mic and speakers and use a headset it recorded beautiful and saved it where I can find it when needed,this is good to know because I have my guitar,bass,keyboard SM 58 mic and a Boss DR.Rhythm going into a micro mixer tha plugs along with my guitar effects into the Boss loop station and then into a 4 channel pa head which has rca outs to my BR-8 so anything I want to create channels directly into my laptop program.I worked on setting up lighting and backdrops for videotaping I have in addition to the greenscreen a black felt sheet this will give me some other options along with location shooting so i am all set the Fugi HD cam has a ten second timer for vids so theres lots of time to get into position before it stars recording but the one feature I miss that my Kodak has is the ability to edit the video in the camera before downloading to the PC there is a program  that came with the camera its an editing program but I have not figured out how to edit the time I stop playing and turn the recording off this is important so Im gonna have to figure it out. smile

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Sounds like you have been really busy russell,hope we get too see some of this soon,Your kodak did a pretty good job.

my papy said son your going too drive me too drinking if you dont stop driving that   Hot  Rod  Lincoln!! Cmdr cody and his lost planet airman

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Dino Im working on it and finding a few shortcuts along the way smile

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keep us posted,i think you will have too get to know some of the new goodies you have on the camera and new computer.

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dino I did pickup a Targus black laptop bag for $3.00 at the local St.Vincent de Paul resale shop I was there yesterday and there was nothing I could use but this morning I stopped and there it was so I grabbed it up it needed some cleaning I used goo gone to remove some white smudges and it looks new my laptop fits comfortably and it has lots of pockets for extra stuff inside and out I looked the price up online it sells for $59.00 new so its a steal its a good day I was going buy a new one but I can use the money I saved to get some more strings and a few chords,every dog has his day lol

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Thats really a good find,I like to go too the shops like that as I usuelly findsomething I like,and I always come out at least with a couple of good books too read.I found some expensive metal frames there a few times bought them and got some beatles and other rocksters posters and put them in there,they charge around $75.00 for these if you buy them online.

my papy said son your going too drive me too drinking if you dont stop driving that   Hot  Rod  Lincoln!! Cmdr cody and his lost planet airman