Gameplay with a digital camera?

SamSevenFive

Shared on Wed, 03/23/2011 - 14:02

SO I've been wanting to record some gameplay with commentary for a while. I love watching people play games and enjoy seeing things from their perspective. It's not about scores or performance for me, more so how the person reacts to different situations and sharing their genuine reactions to the game. So for me, live commentary is a must.

I was toying with the idea of getting a HD-PVR to record my gameplay but, after much consideration, I changed my mind and decided to go about things a different way and use my digital camera. I've seen many successful YouTube commentators use this technique (in fact all of my favourite ones use a digital camera) and I was impressed with the results they got. Agreed, the picture quality isn't up to that of a HD-PVR, but it's not a million miles away and the advantages of using a camera are many. I will probably get a HD-PVR eventually so I can have the best of both worlds.

Anyway, here is an example of the quality I can record with my camera. Although it can record in 1080p, I've only recorded in 720p to save time uploading and honestly you can't notice that much difference after YouTube has messed with the video.

 

Let me know what you think of the picture quality.

 

 

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Submitted by IAmTheLiquor on Wed, 03/23/2011 - 14:46
Honestly it looks pretty damn good for being a digital camera. Probably the best "cam job" I have seen
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Submitted by Habu06 on Wed, 03/23/2011 - 15:27
I agree, it looks pretty damn good. Better than a lot of stuff from capture cards on You Tube.
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Submitted by tocleora on Wed, 03/23/2011 - 15:32
Yeah just get an HD-PVR, it's well worth the money. I couldn't put out videos like this, the angle to the video would get the best of my OCD. haha!
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Submitted by TANK on Wed, 03/23/2011 - 18:39
I can't really watch streaming 720p anyway off Youtube, it just stops and starts over and over again buffering every 5 seconds.
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Submitted by SamSevenFive on Wed, 03/23/2011 - 19:36
Thanks for your comments. @tocleora - I hear you man. Believe me I do. @Tank - I think a lot, if not most people, are in the same situation as you. Until I upgraded my internet a few weeks back I had the same issue.
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Submitted by Caesar on Wed, 03/23/2011 - 23:00
it looks great, really good quality. i have the HDPVR btw and i fuckin love it

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