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[Ben Fineman <>]

"Best" means different things to different people - for best mid-budget camera I really like the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera, but that's $995 before you buy glass. It does record ProRes 422 (HQ) to SD card which is pretty easy to transfer to a Mac. 

If best means cheap, you can find these Sony Bloggies for $40 right now. You should be able to get the MP4 onto the Mac without terrible effort, but you certainly get what you pay for.

Regards,

Ben

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On Dec 9, 2013, at 8:57 AM, "Pilitzer, Terry" <>

 wrote:

We offer a Video production course to middle school students. Can anyone recommend the best video camera that interfaces with a MAC Book? I believe we had Sony Camcorders and students had trouble downloading the video.

 

Terry Pilitzer

Communications and Technology Specialist

Colts Neck Township Schools

732-946-0055, ext. 4109

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From: [mailto:megaconference-] On Behalf Of Adsit, Frank
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 8:07 AM
To: Eric Miller;
Subject: RE: [Megacon] External camera for videoconferencing with a MacBook Pro

 

Good morning all,

 

I’ve had great success with the Logitech BCC950.  It has given me much greater video control while skyping in the classroom. Cost is about $250

 

http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/conferencecam

 

frank

 

From: [] On Behalf Of Eric Miller
Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 12:15 PM
To:
Subject: [Megacon] External camera for videoconferencing with a MacBook Pro

 

Dear Videoconference Experts,

Hello! 

I would like to use an external video camera --

that can zoom in and out -- with my MacBook Pro 

for videoconferencing (Skype, Google Hangout, etc).

 

The MacBook Pro has USB and Firewire ports.

I am wondering if there are video cameras that 

can zoom that would send a video image into 

one of these ports.

I would be most grateful for any suggestions 

regarding how to do this.

Many thanks,

- Eric
Chennai (on India's southeast coast)

 

Dr Eric Miller (PhD in Folklore)
www.storytellingandvideoconferencing.com

 

Director, World Storytelling Institute
www.storytellinginstitute.org

Chennai Storytelling Festival 2014,
"Storytelling and Healing", 7-9 Feb,
www.storytellinginstitute.org/2.htm .