How to record myself playing tennis?

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GODMODE09

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Hi,
I want to record my self playing tennis. I want to watch a video of myself playing after play, so that I can see what mistakes I'm making.
I have no experience in photography/video. I have a samsung digital camera ES65 .
I'm looking for the cheapest way to record a video for <1hr.

PLease let me know how to do this. I would like to have the camera behind me about 10ft from the ground. I'm 6'1. There is a metal mesh fence around the court where I can tie the camera , but I have no idea how to tie the digi-cam without it falling every time the ball hit the fence. ( The surrounding fence will vibrate when I miss a ball and it hits the net).
 
if you don't want to invest in another camera meant primarily for video recording then get a tripod with flexible legs. search for "flexible tripod" and you'll find out how you can make it to cling the fence. all cameras have an option to fit a tripod at their base... yours will have one too.
 
Instead of clinging it to fence, find some solid support (like pole) and cling "flexible tripod" to it. :) This should give you much better, steady footage.
 
Thanks guys , The fence looks similar to this picture shown below. Will the arm of the fexipad go into the holes of the mesh ?
I have to fix it in such a way that the camera and fexipad is inside the fence.
 

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A question: wont he be out of focus constantly when he's playing? asking since digicams have fixed focus when shooting videos. probably around 6 ft. after that, i dont think they will focus well.
 
Thanks a lot guys.. Buying the cheap 250 bucks tripod . Think it should do the job... I'll try fixing it to the pole.[DOUBLEPOST=1367061827][/DOUBLEPOST]
6pack said:
A question: wont he be out of focus constantly when he's playing? asking since digicams have fixed focus when shooting videos. probably around 6 ft. after that, i dont think they will focus well.
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My intention is not to shoot the match I'm playing. Just to shoot my movement to see if I'm doing some basics wrong (Like not timings it or foot work flaws) . So it's enough if it covers my 6ft body between two sides of the court.
 
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Back on topic, be careful with that flexi tripod. The one I used to use, didn't fit properly with my Coolpix camera. So when attaching the camera to the tripod, wrap the lanyard from the camera to the base of the tripod so incase it falls off, the lanyard will catch the camera.

EDIT: Also see if your camera can record more than 10 minutes or has any limit. Also, if you use a cheap/slow SD card you'll find your camera stopping and saving the recording randomly without warning.
 
Got the tripod today.. But the lock is'nt working.. I'm able to slide and remove the screw base from the tripod easily insipte of my best efforts to lock it.
I'll wrap the lanyard from the camera to the tripod..
Camera can record 1hr15 min video.. I tried recoedring a 15 min video which took 1.4GB off my 7gb memord card.. So I guess 1hr video should be fine..
Although I have'nt figured out how to zoom out while recording (Don't think my digi cam can do that). Since there was no instructions about video zooming in the manual.
Going to use a Samsung ES 65.
 
Check for zooming enabled/disabled settings in the video settings, some cameras have it disabled by default cause moving the lens makes a little noise which features in the video. Also remember to format the card in NTFS or the recording will stop at 4GB.
 
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