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Aug
17
Vlogger-Friendly Sony Net-sharing CAM Makes Shooting and Sharing a Snap
Filed Under Technology, Tools for Vloggers
In a move to make friends with vloggers, Sony has recently announced their latest camcorder, the Net-sharing CAM , designed specifially with video bloggers in mind.
What makes it so “video blogging” friendly is the compact size and the fact that you can designate certain videos or photos with a tag, and then once connected to a compatible PC, directly publish them to the web . Users of the big video sharing sites like YouTube are obviously in their sights, but you can also upload directly to an independent blog as well.
If you’re looking for something that’s easy to carry around and makes uploading video to the web quick, then it might be worth taking a look at. It might also serve as a nice “carry around” camera if your “regular” camcorder is too big to conveniently take with you all the time. (It can also serve as a webcam.)
While this isn’t a high-level camcorder with lots of bells and whistles, if you have video that you’d just like to shoot and shove to the web, it might do the trick nicely.
Some basic specs from Sony:
… seamlessly uploads short video clips to the web, and snaps print-quality, 5-megapixel digital still photos. Weighing just about five ounces, the model has ultra-portable dimensions (1 3/16 by 4 1/8 by 2 1/4 inches, W x H x D).It can record about five hours of web-ready video footage on a Memory Stick PRO Duo media card, when recording with the default settings on a 2GB media card.
The device shoots video in the “web-ready” MPEG-4 recording format, with selectable picture qualities ranging from QVGA/15 frames per second to VGA/30 frames per second, which can be viewed on televisions. It sports a distinctive “sharemark” button so users can easily “tag” or select video and photos they want to upload.
Designed to be sleek and intuitive, the Net-sharing CAM sports separate buttons for movies and photos, eliminating the need to select specific modes before shooting. It has a built-in flash, 4x digital zoom, and a 2.4-inch color LCD screen. Powered with rechargeable Lithium-ion technology, the model has a battery life of about 90 minutes (depending on recording conditions).
