Advice using tactacam

[Fl strutter]

I'm trying to video my hunts with a 4.0 and was wondering what mode videos the best? I've used the 5x zoom mode and the video turned out blurry. There was some limbs in front of camera so I'm guessing it focuses on them and not birds. I'm not sure how focus works on it. Also it videos in 9 minute increments when I go to look at videos they are 9 minutes each when it was videoing continuously. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

[fallhnt]

You can see what you are doing with the 4.0 when you sinc it to your phone. That way when show time comes all you have to do is turn it on. I video in any mode with good resaults. Never had a problem with the video time during a hunt. While bowfishing, when I run it continuously ,is the only time I notice the 9 min. intervals. It's more of a toy. If you're looking for professional resaults you need to invest in better equipment.

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[Fl strutter]

Thanks just wondering if it was just mine that did that.

[MK M GOBL]

Just depends on what you are looking for your final footage or its use.

There is a great difference between "digital" zoom and optical zoom. Digital zoom is a distortion of the optical picture, optical zoom is done by a series of lens acting in unison to bring the object in view "closer". Digital zoom take the optical picture and digitally increases the "closeness" by dividing the pixels of the image to "zoom" in (this is distoring the original image)

I never look at 'Digital" zoom, Optical is your true reference to base picture/video zoom by. Now as most tech has gone to the digital formats there is some other knowledge to this you will need to learn and a bit on the list. So 1X is your true image, 3X Digital is distorting and 5X Digital even more so...

For us the Tactacam replaced our GoPros, but it is still just B-Roll. We use sevral Canon Video Cameras to film with from Vixa HF G30 & 40 and a XA30, they are each setup with their own accessories.

Like I said final use of filming or quality of your footage will be part of your choice. If you are just sharing with family, friends or Facebook and YouTube you should be fine.

Here's my camera, not too deep in to the pocket on cost...

MK M GOBL