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▲ 4 r/VintageDigitalCameras

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P41

The P41 was my first digicam, which I bought new from Best Buy all the way back in 2004. That original camera was lost to time, but I just got this mint unit from eBay for $32 shipped. It's a big upgrade from the P32 while still being a straightforward fixed lens model.

u/AtmanRising — 3 days ago
▲ 4 r/camcorders

3rd Street Promenade with the Kodak Zi8 pocket camcorder

Took the Zi8 with us today for a jaunt through 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California. I just absolutely love this little pocket camcorder.

Shooting at 720p/60 helps a lot with stabilization since you can get smooth slow motion out of it.

Footage is both from before and AFTER we watched Curry Barker's OBSESSION (stay tuned for a future review in the Evil Asterisk podcast). In the meantime, please enjoy this low-key video about beautiful Santa Monica -- make sure to check out the slow-mo drive through Ocean Ave on our way home :)

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u/AtmanRising — 5 days ago
▲ 6 r/camcorders+1 crossposts

Digicam "May Gray" in LA | Sony Cyber-shot P32 (2003)

Shot entirely with the Sony Cyber-shot P32. The format is MPEG Movie VX, an early form of (very) compressed digital video. It pretends to be 25 frames per second, but isn't -- as you can plainly see from the video.

Stills are in 3.2 megapixels. This particular digicam has a deteriorating CCD, which explains the blown highlights. It has a charm of its own, though.

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u/AtmanRising — 10 days ago
▲ 29 r/PS3

Super impressed with Far Cry 4 on PS3

I've always played on PS4 and PS5, but recently decided to check out the PS3 port. Whoa. I can't believe how well it looks and runs on PS3.

If I played this version in 2014 I'd have been totally fine with it -- even if it doesn't always hit 30 fps.

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u/AtmanRising — 11 days ago
▲ 41 r/squirrels

Squirrels BFFs

These two were orphans that found each other. They both had injured tails, and loved to frolic on the trees, chasing and rolling and almost falling. Their short lives didn't mean they didn't find love, and we are all the better for it.

The original sound was just a bunch of wind noise, so I added some music to the footage. The video was shot in July 2021 just as the pandemic was starting to wind down. One of these squirrels would die by the end of the month, hit by a car. The other one got super depressed and eventually stopped showing up. Still, the happiness we see here inspired me for years.

u/AtmanRising — 11 days ago
▲ 5 r/camcorders

More Everio MG130U test footage - now with slow motion

Shot this at the standard 59.94 frames per second, interlaced. Deinterlaced and edited on a 1080p/30 timeline.

Slowing the footage down by 50% resulted in silky-smooth slow motion :)

Obvious, I know. But it works well! Look at that crow dive off the power line.

u/AtmanRising — 12 days ago
▲ 11 r/camcorders

Tapeless wonder | JVC Everio MG130U

Love this little guy. If only EIS was better on it :)

u/AtmanRising — 12 days ago
▲ 563 r/gaming

Split/Second is the greatest flop ever made -- a game so good, so insanely fun that knowing it killed Black Rock Studios makes no sense whatsoever.

It's a 9 out of 10 racing game with visuals unmatched on 7th-gen consoles. Upscale it to 1440p or 4K and it looks almost like a brand-new title.

Time Extension did a much-deserved deep dive on this legendary arcade racing game. Lots of detail if you're into this sort of thing!

u/AtmanRising — 21 days ago
▲ 32 r/camcorders

Have you guys seen the trailer? All the handheld video stuff looks terrible.

Edit: KANE Parsons! I'll get you autocorrect.

u/AtmanRising — 25 days ago