Technical Know How
Archive for November, 2010
What Every Media Student at High School or College Need to Know!
Nov 10th
During the last 25years as a camera technician I have repaired hundreds of cameras with faults, which could have been prevented, if the user would follow a few simple steps during camera handling.
- You don’t have to accept camera repairs as a common expense.
- What is the point of having the right intention to take care of your camera equipment if you don’t know how?
- Sometimes it is a little more than just common sense.
- What about just the one piece of advice, which can make all the difference between no repair, repair or write off!
During my more than 25 years of experience as a camera technician I have seen hundreds of faulty cameras and camcorders which were damaged by self induced faults. Recently I produced a video and booklet, which outlines exactly the ‘Do’s and Don’ts’ of video camera handling and maintenance.
You can learn how to take care of your own camcorder and camera, and avoid up to 70% of repairs with the help of ALL-CAM’s DIY Camera Care & Protection video.
Learn how to prevent damage and how to spot a quality second-hand purchase. By keeping your camera in top condition, you will experience much less down time and have a better filming experience.
An investment, which potentially can save you hundreds of dollars on repair bills!
Go to www.estudy.net.au download your camera live saver today.
What makes a U-Tube Video Successful?
Nov 10th
Sure, it is the content in the first place. But to have maximum impact and go viral with your video, there is one more point to the equation.
Content + Presentation = Impact (Viral)
Often you can’t change much the content, you have to work with what you have. However, the variable in the equation above is the presentation. This really can be improved and fine-tuned for maximum impact. There are two parts to improve your presentation, during production and post production.
Let’s have a look at 3 scenarios of video content and how to improve the video for maximum impact.
1. A presentation or a certain message you want to deliver in a video.
In this case you can work on content as well as on presentation during production and post production. You can tune it until it is right.
2. An excellent rare event you caught on camera.
Here you have to work with what you have. However, you could implement a few special tricks and effects which emphasise your content big time.
3. You know about events and situations where you can catch unique footage on camera.
This is almost perfect. By almost I mean, you can land a real success, if you are know what you are doing with your camera, as well as emphasise the important bits in post production.
One way or the other, you have to gain the right experience and improve your skills to move forward with your video production. Here are your options:
• You can keep on doing what you have always done and you might improve and get it right one day. Do you want to, or can you afford to miss all the opportunities to capture the unique events on video?
• The better and most effective way is, learn from other people experience, from professionals, who know what works best. Learn and apply the tricks and tips straight away and get the results you want fast.
Do it all by yourself in your own pace, with your camera, at home! Go to www.estudy.net.au and download a complete audio visual course NOW!
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CamGuru – Essential Camera and Video Production Advice
Nov 1st
In this post I would like you to make aware of a couple very important aspects, when it comes to purchasing and operating a new camcorder. You should put these points into consideration now as they can save you a lot of headache later.
- When it comes to choosing a new camera or camcorder, people are often overwhelmed by the choice of models and features. The prices for a brand new ‘Point and Shoot’ camera start as low as $100 and can exceed the $500 at the other end of the scale.
The video capabilities of photo cameras have improved that much over the last couple of years, that you may ask yourself if you need a separate camcorder. On the other hand some camcorders have an integrated flash light and deliver excellent still shots.
The choice of recording medium of camcorders is straight forward, Hard Disc Drive, Flash Card or both!
Tape-. and disc camcorder have been discontinued at most retailers. Going into a retail shop or surfing the internet for any camera advice is like asking a barber if you need a haircut. Information is often biased toward the special of the week. - At last, you have purchased a new camcorder, the first step towards your goal to produce a video of your upcoming holiday, new family member or any other special event. Even it may not be your first camera, the chances are high, that it records onto a different recording medium as the old one. It might be a change from tape to HDD, Disc to Memory card or any other combination. This fact alone can bring its own challenges, it can be the as simple as archiving and distribution of your videos or software/editing issues. The disc, which is included in the package of your new camera is often just an evaluation version or is limited to very basic functionality and features. In one way or the other you need to buy a full software version of it. If it is the right software for you, or if you can get away with a different free editing program for your purpose, is a whole different story.
- Finally, everything has been setup. The camera connection to the computer, the software and editing works perfectly. You try something new or differently, there it happens, and your setup doesn’t work properly or not at all! In some case it is not even obvious if it is a camera -, software- or computer problem. The camera retailer sends you to the manufacturer, the camera manufacturer to the editing software distributor and from here the blame goes to the computer hardware. Customers have approached me with this kind of faults, were nobody could give an answer to their problems.
- Here is another challenge you may face during a video production. - Camera, or any other hardware failure. Let us say, you are a technician or have knowledge on the subject and started to pull your camera apart in order to rectify the fault. Sometimes it looks so easy on these U-tube repair videos, but suddenly you realise you have a different camera model, or the cause of the symptom is a different one. Anyway, somewhere along the way you got stuck for whatever reason and need a little help to complete your repair. What do you do?
The right and a quick solution to any of the situations above can save you a lot of headache, money and time. In order to complete our services and cater for the issues mentioned above Allcam has launched the CamGuru division as a dedicated give online advice and assistance service.
To find out how CamGuru can help you with:
- Buying advice and assistance
- Setup and troubleshoot assistance
- General camera/camcorder topics
- DIY Repair assistance
Visit us on http://www.camguru.net
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