This video clip is in the same park (Bronte Creek Provincial Park) but taken with a FLIP camera ($50 - $100 cheap). The HD Quality of the video is amazing considering this camera is so small.
The main point in this video is:
- You don't need an expensive camera to shoot good video (use different kinds of shots)
- I just wanted to compare it with the more expensive Canon Vixia
- Get off the bike (& down to the creek) to show more of the bike ride trip (be flexible about what you are recording)
Different snappy intro and different ending (always think how to be I always strive to be creative!). Same music (no need to change that- it will be the one common element in these 2:30 videos)
Be sure to experiment in using DIFFERENT KINDS OF SHOTS
The most common (& easy) is the PAN (sweeping camera from right to left) while I keep myself in the frame. Rather than an ARC (which is a track like sweep around a subject- & complicated to do) I use a 360 degree near the end of the video to get a feel for the woods in the area.
Put the camera down and shoot yourself entering or exiting, or riding your bike by the camera (as I did in part 1)
Conclusions:
The HD Flip is a fantastic wide-angle lens camera which will take a lot of great shots
You won't be as paranoid to drop the FLIP (as you would an expensive camera) so I highly recommend this camera for taking shots on-the-go
It is so EASY - once you've completed your shots you just plug it into your USB port and the camera will automatically upload your raw video (however- in iPhoto- not iMovie!)
It was designed for quick uploads into Youtube with little editing
There are some drawbacks, however:
You have no optical (X2 digital) zoom so what you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) which useless for shots of nature (birds, wild animals, or anything in the distance)
I avoid digital zooms as the image breaks down & it will look a little pixelated
There is no White balance or other settings so light sensitivity can be an issue (best to shoot during nice bright days)
It's 720 p not 1080
Note:
This video was originally posted as Mpeg4 (for high broadband 15MB) & I found it too pixelated. I re-posted it as a M4V file format (30MB) and it is less pixelated. As a HD little larger format (1280X720) it would 190MB and in its original Quicktime .mov file it is over 300MB in size. I had to settle for the M4V file size.
Enjoy this short little video!
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI have struggled to post my video & maintain some quality resolution so it is not pixelated. I have tried many compressions but none look very good as they tend to be re-compressed by this blog service. Eventually, I uploaded a somewhat compressed HD format (187 MB) onto Youtube and embedded the address to the post. As you can see the video has a fairly decent resolution which doesn't fall apart when viewed in FULL Screen. Incidentally, it took 25 minutes to download this large HD original file (that Youtube recommends you do!) The reason they recommend the high def version (thus large file) is that as that they believe that as the technology improves- they'll be able to keep your video's integrity as high as technically possible.
JB