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Elusive..Tigers
Posts: 172 - Karma: 11
my brother bought an HD dvc 1080p video camera a little bit ago and i use it to film him skiing. but every time i make edits the quality just looks like shit. What should i look for in buy and good cheapish HD camera. heres some footage.
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/video/video.php?v=1514555626565
The link button isnt working.

Help me find a good camera.
Jun 23 2010 12:32AM
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Milksteak
Posts: 9948 - Karma: 842
Well first off, Media and Arts. Second, Facebook always destroys the quality of videos; How serious about filming are you?
Jun 23 2010 12:33AM
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Elusive..Tigers
Posts: 172 - Karma: 11
word sorry dude. but im getting more and more serious about filming. 
Jun 23 2010 12:36AM
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mBall
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Well it may be due to how you output your video. What kind of editing software do you use? And how is the quality on your computer without any editing?
Jun 23 2010 5:06AM
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I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
as mentioned above, or additional:

Things you might be doing wrong;
filming in low quality
converting your videofiles and losing resolution in the process
Exporting files in the wrong format/resolution(experiment with what works best, i usually export my gopro HD footage in 720p wmv files and that works best in both quality and size of the files....)

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facebook doesn't display full HD videos
look into something like vimeo for better performance
And right after uploading your video might look like crap because the servers are still processing it ....
Jun 23 2010 5:15AM
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