velocitykendal
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Hi there,
Christmas is fast approaching and as my dad's been muttering about video cameras on the odd occasion so I thought I'd kit him out with one this year. The main challenge (aside from choosing a camcorder) I have though is what he can do with the video files after creating them. He doesn't have a computer but my mother does have an iPad. So I was wondering...
Is there a device that can (for non-technical folk):
- Allow a camera/SD card to be plugged into it and magically copy new (& only new) video and image files to it for storage.
- Stream said video/images to an iPad or HD TV for viewing, really really easily.
- (nice to have) iPad app that can connect to the media on the storage device for basic editing and output back to the storage device.
Additionally there's the camera to buy with a budget of around £250-400. Ease of use and portability should be a given but probably one significant feature should be the lens capabilities. It's likely he would want to use it for filming wildlife so a decent zoom capacity would be beneficial. Any help selecting a product here would be appreciated.
Naturally this all this is for the total non-techie novice in their late 60's so I'm looking for gear that I can set up for him then leave him to it.
If you've got any thoughts on the above scenario then please comment.
Thanks.
Christmas is fast approaching and as my dad's been muttering about video cameras on the odd occasion so I thought I'd kit him out with one this year. The main challenge (aside from choosing a camcorder) I have though is what he can do with the video files after creating them. He doesn't have a computer but my mother does have an iPad. So I was wondering...
Is there a device that can (for non-technical folk):
- Allow a camera/SD card to be plugged into it and magically copy new (& only new) video and image files to it for storage.
- Stream said video/images to an iPad or HD TV for viewing, really really easily.
- (nice to have) iPad app that can connect to the media on the storage device for basic editing and output back to the storage device.
Additionally there's the camera to buy with a budget of around £250-400. Ease of use and portability should be a given but probably one significant feature should be the lens capabilities. It's likely he would want to use it for filming wildlife so a decent zoom capacity would be beneficial. Any help selecting a product here would be appreciated.
Naturally this all this is for the total non-techie novice in their late 60's so I'm looking for gear that I can set up for him then leave him to it.
If you've got any thoughts on the above scenario then please comment.
Thanks.