Peter Lautenslager's Posts
Digital Video from your Camera
One of the great things about digital cameras is that most models also take "mini" digital videos. Over the years the quality of video that many of these cameras can take has increased dramatically. 30 frames per second, MPEG 4 compression, and good sound quality has made taking mini videos a great experience. I've found that taking snippets of video adds to the sharing and re-living of any experience. The small sizes of digital cameras make it significantly easier to capture mini video than larger dedicated video cameras. They are easy to view either on your camera, computer or TV.
Take a sweeping view of a street corner in Xiamen China and experience the sights and sounds.
A still photo of the life size Tyrannosaurus rex in the Toys R Us store in Times Square, New York City is amazing, but my kids go nuts when they see and hear it come alive on video.
Re-experience the "drop" down the water flume at Busch Gardens.
My mini videos have become one of my most favorite ways of re-living memorable experiences.
Comments
Posted By: Vic (8/27/2007)
Comment: Your VLOG says that you the videos were captured using MPEG4. Is the format the camera uses the older MPEG4 Part 2 Visual or the new more advanced MPEG4 Part 10 H.264? BTW, your website is using H.264 files. If the camera uses H.264 to create videos, what is the model number?
Posted By: Trebor Reltetshcoh (2/10/2007)
Comment: Looc ytterp era ouy.
Posted By: Jerry (1/18/2007)
Comment: Peter this is very interesting. Several years ago I observed people who took both still and video images at events. I was amazed to find that most videos for this group were relatively short, averaging about 15 seconds. Just enough in most cases to trigger the memories of the event, but not so long that you think "Ok thats enough".
Posted By: Robbin (1/16/2007)
Comment: Peter, I love this feature, too. I'm raising a guide dog puppy and am making a scrap book of his year+ with me. I'm also going to include a DVD of video and audio clips (made with my P880!) of Paxton so his eventual partner doesn't feel like they missed any of his "growing up" year :-)