I'm really tired of not being able to capture the full spectrum of Halloween special effect tests. Can anyone recommend an inexpensive, currently-available-in-Big-Box-Stores digital camera or digital camcorder (budget = $200 or less). I have a Best Buy, Walmart, and Target all in close proximity. Don't have time to order online or off eBay--although please also recommend any older models too.
But boy, I'm Jonesin' to grab something from a brick-and-mortar store today. Even if I have to return it later if it's out of budget. Hate doing that, but that's how frustrated I am at the moment.
And by digital camera, I mean a point and shoot that can shoot *video* very well in low light conditions. Not talking SLR or still photography.
Having an Infrared mode might also be helpful. Would have been useful on my visit to Diagon Alley--none of my homegrown test wands worked incidentally--ended up buying my wife a Hermoine Interactive Wand--but it may have captured the IR beams. I saw what looked to be arrays of IR diodes in rectangular configurations of four--maybe those were motion detectors. Anyway, the rumor, haven't checked recently, is that the interactive window displays work off modified Xbox Kinnect cameras...
I'm in the Raleigh, NC area; may have left out other potential camera-purchase stores whose names have escaped me. There's still at least a KMart or two left open; scored me two UV battery-operated strobes--exactly like the gray-cased ones Target sells--for half off; normally $8 each; got two for $4 each.
But boy, I'm Jonesin' to grab something from a brick-and-mortar store today. Even if I have to return it later if it's out of budget. Hate doing that, but that's how frustrated I am at the moment.
And by digital camera, I mean a point and shoot that can shoot *video* very well in low light conditions. Not talking SLR or still photography.
Having an Infrared mode might also be helpful. Would have been useful on my visit to Diagon Alley--none of my homegrown test wands worked incidentally--ended up buying my wife a Hermoine Interactive Wand--but it may have captured the IR beams. I saw what looked to be arrays of IR diodes in rectangular configurations of four--maybe those were motion detectors. Anyway, the rumor, haven't checked recently, is that the interactive window displays work off modified Xbox Kinnect cameras...
I'm in the Raleigh, NC area; may have left out other potential camera-purchase stores whose names have escaped me. There's still at least a KMart or two left open; scored me two UV battery-operated strobes--exactly like the gray-cased ones Target sells--for half off; normally $8 each; got two for $4 each.