Videos From India

[Cameleer]

Okay Scott, here are some videos from my last trip to India. No camels this time, mostly elephants.
These where done handheld and I was loaded down with my other camera equipment, so they are a bit rough.

Some of my elephant friends at the Amber fort near Jaipur India.
All of the elephant handles know me well and I'm often given elephant or horse back rides around town along with invitations to lunch and dinner at their homes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vSpjiz-Bj8

And here's one of the Elephant's homes in the old part of Jaipur
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PZokdJfyAU

Taking an auto rickshaw to one of the elephant houses in Jaipur, this one is near the Lake Palace on the way to the Amber Fort.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDnTMxTKf2o


Showing off and exercising their horses at the Sonepur Fair, India.
They still call this the worlds largest animal fair, and maybe 20 years ago it still was, but now days there are only 50 elephants, about 500 horses, 100 cattle and a hand full of other animals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO-iwnGu0gE

[camel drover]

roger those are some great video and i do enjoy seeing them!! having good equipment will not make a man the best! but it will make a good man better!!!
and it will make the better man shine the best for sure!!
next Question very un Camel related what kind of video camera do you suggest and on what operating system/memory storage! i cant think of the proper term... basically i don't wont the dang thing OUTDATED ABOUT THE TIME I BUY IT! im looking for something to do better video for footage for our farm commercials etc... any suggestions

[Cameleer]

The main thing that you need to do is cut down that wind noise in your videos. Make sure to get a camera where you can attach an external microphone. Here's a photo of one of my older cameras, the furry microphone cover is missing in this photo.
http://www.indiavrtours.com/pic/hv20_fisheye.jpg

My new Video Camera is a Sony HDR-CX520.
It's exhalant in low light.
Comes with flash memory not hard drive, thus it removes the risk of hard drive crash. With a click of a button on my computer I can send the video to YouTube.

Optical SteadyShot Active Mode gives up to 10x less camera shake, now improved with 3-Way Shake-Cancelling stabilization. World’s first to reduce camera shake in 3 directions during video shooting.

Built in GPS for automatic geotagging of clips and still images. On your computer it brings up the Google Earth map and shows you where the photo was taken, also can bring up a calendar to find your videos.

Here's some footage I shot heading to the old Indore Fort ruins on a very rough road.
Sony HDR-CX520 Shake-Cancelling stabilization test
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgLXJ8TQnxI

[camel drover]

Make sure to get a camera where you can attach an external microphone. Here's a photo of one of my older cameras

My new Video Camera is a Sony HDR-CX520.
It's exhalant in low light.
Comes with flash memory not hard drive, thus it removes the risk of hard drive crash. With a click of a button on my computer I can send the video to YouTube.

Optical SteadyShot Active Mode gives up to 10x less camera shake, now improved with 3-Way Shake-Cancelling stabilization. World’s first to reduce camera shake in 3 directions during video shooting.

Built in GPS for automatic geotagging of clips and still images. On your computer it brings up the Google Earth map and shows you where the photo was taken, also can bring up a calendar to find your videos.

thanks a lot Roger! whats the skinny on a sonny120GB HDR-XR500v with optional fuZZy thing jack!! they say i got 30 days to like it or not and to price shop it! they say it will do what the HDR-cx 520 will do !!! and has a 4lux light index ???? they say it wont do NO LIGHT! but it will do LOW LIGHT real low light so may be i'll be happy !!! also "she said" no problems with hard drive crashes in this camara and you can use memory stick but it kills the battery thanks scott

[Cameleer]

They are both good cameras. The HDR-XR500v has microphone and headphone jacks which is very good. it's a little larger, heaver and having a hard drive there will be a little noise with slight vibration along with worse battery life. The hard drive could be a problem when bouncing around like I was or that old dirt road or when riding a horse.

The HDR-CX520 that I have is a little over kill for most people, but is suits my needs. It's smaller, lighter, has better image stabilization and better battery life with its flash hard drive. All new video cameras are starting to use flash drives and even laptop computers are going that way.

Sony HDR-CX520 Night Vision Test using the built in IR light.
This clip was twice as bright before putting it on YouTube. I also got 3 more brighter IR lights that I can add to the camera.

Here we are zooming in on a zebra, I think she sees us!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGYCDCZTs6U

[Cameleer]

Horses and cobra snakes at the 2009 Sonepur Animal Fair.
Here you can see how horses stakeout in India, then we head over to see a snake charmer. Not too many years back you could find scores of snake charmers thought-out India. But now Snake Charming has been outlawed, the reason why is they would use a red-hot steel rod and burn out the cobra's poison glands, or another way of making a cobra safe to handle would be removing its fangs. Between 4 to 6 weeks later the snake would die.
The person in this video seems to be more of an educator about the different types of snakes, that may be why he's allowed to continue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeY0iOQg8L0

I will try to get some videos of the Pushkar Camel Fair posted soon.

[camel drover]

i hope you know when i said my wife Said thanks Rodger that she was kidding she is a good girl she actually said if we need it get it!
now I'm wondering do i need to send it back and get one with a flash drive!
every time i buy some thing the next year they say "those were nice BUT they just don't makem any more"!!!! so I'm trying to avoid that i know it cost money but i want to do it wright! also i got the cx500 because of the external JACK for the mic any suggestions...... i got the external mic and an extra battery and some extra warrenty on damadge. dropped,kicked, camel stompt ETC .... thanks S.