Category: Shooting
New Canon Camcorders Announced
My family pitched in to buy a camcorder for my sister, and sure enough, the Canon ZR500 that we got is about to be replaced. Canon is kicking off CES with updates to its ZR series, replacing the 500, 600, and 700 with an 800, 830, and 850. It’s also updating it line of DVD-based ...
Did you get a camera for the holidays?
Now that the wrapping paper is strewn about the living room, is a new camcorder buried among the Christmas (or Hannukah) loot? If so, share what you received in the comments. I’m curious to know what people are using. (And by the way, if you did get a camera and are looking for a good ...
Wired Test looks at videocameras
Not surprisingly, the Canon HV10 high-definition camcorder scores “best” honors in Wired Test’s collection. The roundup also includes DVD-based camcorders and a couple of hard-disk models, too. Also nice is a set of audio tools (the Audio-Technica AT897 shotgun microphone, for example).
Pogue on Digitizing Old Home Movies
New York Times technology columnist David Pogue writes in his weekly email about transferring old home movies (you know, the ones on “film”) to digital formats: “Saving Home Movies From Disappearing Formats“. Old reels of film, however, seemed like a tougher nut to crack. My plan was to demonstrate, on the show, the old “mirror ...
Create Time-Lapse Movie
Macworld has published online an article I wrote: Create a Time-Lapse Movie. Although you can’t fast-forward life (caffeine notwithstanding), you can speed up time in your movies with time-lapse photography. This video technique compresses hours of action into mere seconds—clouds roll overhead, the sun races toward the horizon, and flowers bloom before your eyes. Best ...
Apple Insomnia Film Festival
Cool: Apple is sponsoring a movie contest for students with the amusing subhead, “Write, cast, shoot, edit, score, sleep. In that order.” On Friday, November 10 at 5 p.m. Eastern (2 p.m. Pacific), we will post a list of three elements that you will need to incorporate into your story. From that time, you will ...
The MacBook Camcorder
Sure, your MacBook or MacBook Pro has a built-in iSight, but who wants to look at themselves all the time? Using this little clever add-on, you can capture video of what’s on the other side of your laptop’s lid. Good for on-the-fly video interviews, I’d wager. (Link via Gizmodo.) Here’s an idea straight out of ...
Back up Photos on the Road
Traveling for the holidays? Or just travel in general? Digital cameras let you shoot lots of pictures, but where will you store them? Glenn Fleishman and I co-wrote an article for Macworld about how to deal with an abundance of digital photos, with an eye toward traveling without a laptop in tow. It’s now available ...
More Info on Datestamps in Time-Lapse Movies
Rob Griffiths follows up an earlier post with more details on getting iMovie HD 6 to embed date/time information in a time-lapse movie. Turns out that you need to tweak a preference using Terminal. Bingo! This hidden feature will let you put time and date stamps on iMovie time lapse projects created with DV cameras. ...
More Macworld Camcorder Goodness
Richard Baguley is on a tear at Macworld.com this week. Yesterday brought “Picking the perfect camcorder“, with lots of information on current models and formats. Today, he offers up 10 guidelines for shooting video in “The filmmaker’s rule book“. Here’s my favorite, which I often forget to do when I’m shooting: Rule 10: Keep shooting ...
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