Neil Duckett

Update: Created an account on Vimeo and starting to post some videos there. Or you if you can’t be bothered going to Vimeo you can check them out here, Summer In Japan and the First iPhone In Japan but don’t expect too much,  i haven’t got any editing software yet do they’re still as shot, they will get better though. Lastly if you want to check out how to fold a shirt the Japanese way then you can see that here.

Since moving to Japan i’ve developed a bit of an interest in photography and now own a nice Canon Digital Camera which often gets a good workout on the weekends as i make my way around the Yamanote Line.

Japan is such a great place to take photographs and there’s certainly no shortage of inspiration as you walk the streets and visit different places on the weekend.




So last weekend, after considerable time spent reading reviews on various sites, i decided to step things up a bit and buy a High Definition Movie Camera and after only a few days playing with it i’m glad i did.

Update: The best clip i’ve taken with it so far, still raw footage but i’ll be editing it soon. Check it out on Vimeo for full HD.


Furukawa Hanabi Party from Neil Duckett on Vimeo.

I opted for the Sanyo Xacti HD1010 model which has only recently come out. It’s a pretty small unit that fits nicely in the palm of your hand and weighs little more than a still shot camera, here’s the bad boy here pictured next to my drink of choice, while i’m working anyway, for comparison purposes.

Specs of the camera are endless but the basics as follows;

- Able to record to memory in Full HD (1920 x 1080)

- Slow Motion Video Function

- Image Stabilizer Function

- Face Chaser

I went with the 32Gb SDHC Memory Card too …. bumped the price up a bit but it will give me 5 hrs of movies at max resolution rather than 37 minutes on a 4Gb card.

At the moment i’m trying to work out how i can get the movies i take up on youtube, based on their size and their limitations regarding HD movies.

Any suggestions on software to use to easily resize the mpeg 4 files created are more than welcome.

Once i get that sorted out, hopefully sooner than later, i’ll get some clips up on the site.

Complete list of specs can be found here.

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