Televisions & Video

video camera?

Sep 14, 2007 by leroy jenkins | Posted in Other - Electronics

im looking to buy a camcorder really cheap,
(very low budget right now)

i dont need one that has 100xzoom or that screen that shows what your recording, and i dont need one that can record for 2 hours, 10 mins worth of film at the

Digital cameras can create basic video. Don't really have any device control other than point and record, but you'll get video and audio. Samsung is getting down to about $100. You'll need a memory card for the camera, but the SD cards are getting

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NYC, Day 3

Today, the Empire State Building.  The folks here have clearly attended the Disney School of Queue Management!  First, you wait in line to get through security.  Then you wait in line to buy tickets.  Then you wait in line to get your picture taken (which I think is a security measure disguised as a tourist photo).  Then you wait in line for the audio guide.  Then you wait in line for the elevator to the 80th floor.  Then you wait in line for the elevator to the 86th floor.  (This last can be avoided if you climb the stairs from 80 to 86 - this is why I use the stair stepper at the gym.)  Once again, avoid the hour wait for tix by booking online or getting a City Ticket.  It's also possible to get an Express Ticket by paying $25 extra.  Or, you could go early:  they open at 8 a.m. Each line takes a certain amount of time.  In one place, the line snaked back and forth 24 times across a large hall, but the line was moving so quickly that people were just walking their way through it.  From either end, it looked like we were choreographed, a constant flow, half moving to the left, half to the right.  It was one of the few times I've really wanted a video camera to capture the movement.  With a still photo, it was just people standing in line.  I wandered around the observation deck on the 86th floor peering at the city from the highest building in NY (since 2001, anyway), accompanied by an audio guide, which I loved!  It's very chatty, just as if you had a friend talking in your ear, and tells way more than which building is which. I gained a whole new understanding of the city from this guide.   Did you know that most early American cities were found by religious groups, but that NY was founded by a business group (the Dutch West Indies Company)?  Maybe that's why business is so important here today.  Also, there are 100 different kinds of ethnic restaurants here.  I found NYers generally charming - loud, no doubt about it - but kind and very helpful.  They have a lot of tolerance for my ignorance!  Several people asked if they could help me find something when I was standing on a street corner looking lost.  One man got me a glass of ice so I didn't have to wait in line.  Another apologized after cursing into his cell phone next to me.  I liked MOMA much better than the Guggenheim.  For that, admire the architecture from the outside, then step inside and admire the atrium, but don't bother buying a ticket unless you're really into contemporary art.  OK, there were a few things worth looking at, but really, if you've been to the Centre Pompidou, save your money for MOMA.  This is great! There was a special exhibit of Henri Matisse.  Lots of people were riveted, fascinated and totally drawn in.  But his work just doesn't resonate with me.  Except maybe his colors - love that blue!  But then he got me:  Portrait of Yvonne Landsberg , a painting of a young woman, then wing-like or heart shaped scratches in the paint, like the painter could see things that were's actually there, her aura, or her future as an angel.  For snack, I had a chocolate salt caramel tart with a spoonful of vanilla ice cream on the terrace cafe.  Delicious, but with iced tea, tax and tip (which they thoughtfully include in the bill as a result of having too many foreign tourists), it cost nearly $20!  I do miss K, especially to natter on about what we see, but seriously, we'd be drinking water from the rest room tap and eating crackers we saved from last night's dinner rather than pay $20 for afternoon break. 

Source: Travels with M & K