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so i'm in the marketplace again to upgrade my canon ixus 200IS which has been a great little 720p HD camera but getting a little bit clunky recently because it has a little dent on the lens (my fault) which is showing up in video.

as part of the new digital brand advocacy (cmp.ly) i'm very keen to get back to my videoblogging roots and look at some kit that would add a lift to my video when i'm mobile and 'ontheground' at conferences and travelling to events.

i'm really interested in the pico flex dolly at the moment because of the price and it would really go nicely with the new canon s100 which at £450 ish is quite a chunk of change but a nice point and shoot that has a nice f2.0 lens, shoots in raw and has the new digic5 processor and can shoot 1080 video.  if your looking for a cheaper option but still good quality 720p footage you might want to take a look at the canon ixus 200 hs at £159.

i could make some nice new videoblogs with either those pocket point and shoot cameras as part of my ammobox project kit

i'm also digging these cineskate designs because they use tripods from joby which are a particular favorite of mine as they last really well.

another interesting camera i have been looking at for some time is the gopro hd hero and after finding this video on youtube about using live monitoring mode and a snap on lcdvf viewer screen it got me thinking about multi switching front and back cameras that could be mounted somehow on a future nomad jacket like we are developing.  it certainly opens up possibilties - especially about feeding those live monitoring feeds into a macbook air in a rucksack with backup power units.

another thing is i should mention is that final cut pro x (yes i know the oldschool final cut users are not liking it much) has a 30 day trial now (normally it's £200 to buy) - one of the features that i really like that would make it worth the £200 along is the ability to sync externally recorded audio from another device to video automatically.  i love that.

must get my hands on a new windscreen cover for the new zoom h1 recorder. it's a very capable and reasonably priced audio recorder that can make all the different to the audio on your videos. most pocket size cameras have really poor audio quality in comparison.  i've been really impressed with the audio i have managed to capture with the zoom h1 so far.

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to own a canon mk2 5d with a 50mm (or similar) and a macbook air 11" to become part of my new media making arsenal of tools.  for me to really get to the next level of interview style i want to create and iterative to another level of production.

i'm thankful for the canon ixus 200 IS thou and my hockley nomad jacket else i would have never gotten that picture - the gradient was just wonderful of the blue to black night sky.  wish i had it without all the noise however.  

having a laptop with a decent sized keyboard instead of the ipod touch (which ok is ok for small twitter style messages but not all that ace for blogging - hmm, maybe i should invest in a bluetooth keypad and a stand for the short term train rides - never thought about that before actually) and a battery that holds charge would be a boon right now.  

i'm going to chant more for wisdom and funds.

going through my second camera that i used on the day i decided to break apart the blog posts.  pt1 is my ipod touch photos, a video and my audio that i did on the day but this batch is from my canon ixus 200.  

got stacks of video to add up to this as well but i need to go through them all and make something nice out of them - might take me a bit of time.  might speak to my man like @billcammack to see if he has any free time to make something awesome.

i'm quite aware however that i have used my 'credits' with him recently and am very keen to find him some paid work to do as part of the fibrecamp media making process!