OK, have done all the comparisons, run all the numbers, and for what I'm planning to do, I came up with a Canon FS100 as the answer. I'm getting ready to go on an eight day trip to three of the national parks in Colorado, climbing four of the fourteeners out there, and wanted something that could keep up with me without carrying twenty batteries or a lot of tapes (how do those perform at high altitude and cold anyway)...
So, for about $460 (including shipping) I got the FS100, an extra battery, and two 8 GB SD cards.
Now that you have my background, have some questions. First, is there any way to head mount the camera? IOW, does it have somewhere you can run a strap through a loop that would minimize the chances of it falling off? I can always put the camera in the backpack if there isn't, but it would be nice to show the traverse of Longs Peak to the homefront.
Second, how close is the rated battery life to the real battery life? It looks like that if I record in SD, I should be able to get six hours from the two batteries, and six hours of video from the two cards. Is that correct?
Finally - any tips or suggestions y'all would give? I'm not going to have as much time with this camera as I'd like before I go (heading out on the 4th), so advance help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
So, for about $460 (including shipping) I got the FS100, an extra battery, and two 8 GB SD cards.
Now that you have my background, have some questions. First, is there any way to head mount the camera? IOW, does it have somewhere you can run a strap through a loop that would minimize the chances of it falling off? I can always put the camera in the backpack if there isn't, but it would be nice to show the traverse of Longs Peak to the homefront.
Second, how close is the rated battery life to the real battery life? It looks like that if I record in SD, I should be able to get six hours from the two batteries, and six hours of video from the two cards. Is that correct?
Finally - any tips or suggestions y'all would give? I'm not going to have as much time with this camera as I'd like before I go (heading out on the 4th), so advance help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!