The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-06-27

Heavily polluted Welsh river cleaned up, hosts fly fishing tournament (Yay for salmon!) http://bit.ly/Qsdlg #
Anyone using/used/love/hate the Flip video cameras? #

Posted in Twitters and tagged fishing, Fly Fishing.

4 Comments

Davem June 27, 2009, 12:10 pm Reply

I use them, and have bought some for use by my journalism/TV students, despite their limitations. First, I don’t use the Flip software; I import the vid files into Premier or Final Cut. Obviously, the resolution is poor relative to any half-decent camcorder, but the convenience is compensation enough. Plus they’re cheap and small. I hang the camera around my neck when I fish, and every few minutes I erase the previous file and start again–three quick steps. I wish they had better audio.

Dave

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Garerh June 27, 2009, 1:16 pm Reply

Tom, the Welsh river you mention, the Taff, is my home river. Small world eh! Also, the international championship was hosted on my home fishing club’s waters. Plus, it was my country, Wales, that won it :) Result!

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murdock June 27, 2009, 6:01 pm Reply

Planning an entry into next years Fly Fishing Film Tour are you Tom? I’ve been looking at the HD versions myself but then I would have to hire someone to follow me around and tape me.

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Tom Chandler June 28, 2009, 8:43 am Reply

Davem: Obviously, the resolution is poor relative to any half-decent camcorder, but the convenience is compensation enough. Plus they’re cheap and small.

murdock: Planning an entry into next years Fly Fishing Film Tour are you Tom?I’ve been looking at the HD versions myself but then I would have to hire someone to follow me around and tape me.

Thanks for the feedback. And the hell with the fly fishing film tour – I plan to make some real money producing the first quality fly fishing skin flicks (the possibilities make my head swim).

Garerh: Tom, the Welsh river you mention, the Taff, is my home river. Small world eh! Also, the international championship was hosted on my home fishing club’s waters. Plus, it was my country, Wales, that won it :) Result!G

You’re taking it better than I would have… 8-)

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