From the latest
Bill's Blog post, with the highlight mine:
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The Chairman’s Award criteria will be posted on our website as soon as the final details are decided. (I know it’s late, but I’d rather wait and post it when it’s complete.) If you’re itching to get started you should know that this year, submissions will have to include a video. Paul Lazarus of White Dwarf Productions has posted two very helpful videos here www.youtube.com/whitedwarfprods to get you going.
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Even though we don't have specs for required video yet, it's likely it will be at least standard definition widescreen, possibly going to high definition in a few years. So our team, as may others I imagine, will be looking for cameras in the near future, as right now we rely on video cameras owned by team members/mentors/parents.
We'd like the following specs:
- Must shoot in HD 1080p at 30 fps
- Must record full HD video onto either 64 Gb (or higher) internal SSD OR SDHC card slot capable of supporting 16Gb/32Gb SDHC cards (internal drive size/format not important for latter option).
- Must allow for external microphones for interviews
- Must have a minimum of 10x optical zoom (for competition match video)
- Must be Mac & Final Cut Studio compatible
- Must be under $1500 (under $1000 strongly preferred), but "very good value" is preferred over "cheapest", unless cheapest has great value.
NOTE: These specs are not official! These are just what our team is looking for in order to own a camera which will keep up with technology for 5-10 years.
If you have any experience with cameras which meet these specs, or other similar video cameras (which may not meet these specs but would be helpful to other teams looking for video cameras), please share! Exact model numbers would be really appreciated. Thanks!