So far the feedback on my little vlog has been great. The videoblogging group is awesome. Since I’ve gotten a few requests for it, here is an “intro video”, or as close to one as I could make…
Archive for February, 2005
So far the feedback on my little vlog has been great. The videoblogging group is awesome. Since I’ve gotten a few requests for it, here is an “intro video”, or as close to one as I could make…
I still haven’t finished the editing for the video for work… because I haven’t been working on it. I got all into vlogging and that’s pretty much all I spend my time on now, viewing vlogs. It’s quite addicting. I have, however, finished a smaller project that will be sent around the world… literally. I did some training for our international subsidiaries a couple weeks ago, and we took the 4 reps (one from Australia, one from South Africa, and two from Brazil) to Disney’s California Adventure. It was great, they had never been to such a place and were pretty much amazed (and scared of the rides). I brought along the work camcorder (a Panasonic GV400) and it did great. It’s easy to carry around, very responsive and an all around pleasure to use.
Anyhow, I told them (and my boss) that I’d put together a little video of the footage, and here it is:
2:24 (14MB)
I’m not very happy with this video, but I’m posting it because I promised myself I would make the best of the disappointingly shaky, dull and incomplete footage I returned from the festival with. I obviously have a lot of practice ahead of me both in shooting and editing, but that’s half the point of this video blog.
So I picked up the brand new Sony lowest end mini-DV camcorder. Why? Because it is amazingly portable, takes great video for its price/size, and is something that I wouldn’t worry about carrying around pretty much everywhere I go.
Actually my desire for a little camcorder started when I found out that I wouldn’t be able to pick up the VX2100 until the end of the month. I was so hoping to have it this week so I could shoot the Chinese New Year festivals this weekend. I figured there might be some really great stuff to shoot there, what with all the people, the colors, the foods, the dragons… etc… and I was really bummed out that I wouldn’t be filming it. I then realized that there would be lots of times (the festival would not really be one of them) when lugging the VX around would be a pain, or dangerous, or just not worth it… and it would be great if my ZR worked. This includes daily walking around, working, and my various outdoor backpacking, mountain biking, camping, snowshoeing, etc… trips. Sometimes the VX would be too big, too conspicuous, too expensive or otherwise too inconvenient to bring along and use. I then started thinking about the HC20, which Lan recently had for a short period of time, and how great of a little camera it was. It was really tiny, could literally fit in the palm of your hand, yet delivered decent video. We actually shot the entire Survivor video and all its audio (which really isn’t that great) on that HC20. So I figured that would be perfect. It’s cheap enough that I won’t be too afraid to bring it into some tough spots, but delivers footage that is decent enough for me to use for pretty much anything I’d use it for anyway.
Then I saw the new HC21, which is pretty much an HC20 with a 20x zoom and a few extras, priced just $30 more. Not bad. So I checked it out and picked one up. It’s charging up as I type this. I will buy exactly 2 accessories for it, the wide angle adapter for $50 and and extended battery which will cost either $70 or $100, depending on which one I get. That will pretty much be the setup I want/need for this little camera, which will probably do most of the work for my video journal/video blog/vlog/vog.
I think I’m at the toughest juncture for the new video journal right now…
The first video. I think the problem is that I’m trying too hard to not
try too hard, I’m forcing myself not to force it… and that’s got me
frozen in place. I guess it doesn’t help that the ZR is on it’s last legs
and I never know whether the footage I shoot will even play back or not.
Maybe that will be able to add that bit of randomness I needed to proceed
fearlessly. I am really looking forward to doing some filming at the
Chinese New Year festival next weekend, too bad I won’t have my new camera
just yet. I’ll probably get it just a day or two too late, too.
Anyhow, I think that will be my first post. Video from Chinese New Year.
Just a week away.
I am starting a video blog… or what I have also seen refered to as vlog. Similar to this site, I had some trouble picking the name… I came up with Videonatomy.com. Similar to this site I’m not entirely happy with it, but again, I will probably never change it.
The point is to motivate myself to constantly film stuff and to challenge myself to consistently think up new things to post. The way I see it it’s a win-win situation. If I succeed at making entertaining videos on a consistent basis I will gain a good deal of experience along with a web following, which comes with its own benefits. If I fail, I will still have gained valuable if not painful experience.
Now if I can get the ZR to work for just a little bit longer…
I have decided on the VX2100. It really wasn’t a very tough decision… just one that took some time to for me to research enough to make easily. I had originally wanted the GL2, and the biggest reason for that is that I’m a Canon man. I have loved and used Canons for years, and they have always served me well. I almost made a big decision based on that alone, and although I don’t think it would have been a mistake to get a GL2, but I think I’ll be happier in the long run with the VX.
Thankfully the money has all come together and I’ll have it by next Friday, from 3 different sources. I’ll order from B&H early Friday morning and hopefully they’ll ship it the same day, and I should have it by Wednesday the following week.
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