Camcorder & Computer Video articles from August 2001

Camcorder & Computer Video archives from August 2001

The Dangers of Digicams.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... On several occasions over the past few years I've discussed the advantages, and disadvantages, of buying a combo-cam--that's a camcorder that also allows you to shoot digital stills. However, a couple of recent emails have brought to my...

HOT, NEW Go-Anywhere Travel-Cams.(Evaluation)
August 1, 2001... Compact For Vacations -- Yet Powerful Size is important, especially when it comes to camcorders and traveling. Today, most people agree that the only way to travel is with a camcorder to record your adventures. Don't have a cam? How...

Quick & Easy DVD.
August 1, 2001... Moving up to the New "Format of Choice" DVD--it's the hot buzzword today in digital video production. Although the penetration of DVD players in U.S. households is about 20 percent, far below the nearly 100 percent achieved by the VHS VCR,...

Ready-To-Go DVD.(Compaq Presario 7000T)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Compaq's Simple Solution To record to DVD-R media, you must have the proper hardware. Pioneer has led the way as the first company to manufacture affordable drives that record to DVD-R media. In just a few short years, prices have...

Upgrading Your System to DVD.(digital video disk drives and supporting software)(Buyers Guide)
August 1, 2001... First Look at Pioneer's New DVD Burner The hottest DVD-R (which lets you burn your own DVDs) available today is from Pioneer. If you already have a relatively new PC, this lets you "do it yourself." Just buy an after-market DVD-R kit,...

CREATING A VIDEO CD TO PLAY ON YOUR DVD.
August 1, 2001... Not a "Fish" Story My editors laid down the law to me recently: "No more fishing videos!" Presto, about half of my tape library is now useless, for articles, anyway. Personally, I don't think they appreciate the finer aspects of my...

Webcasting Breakthrough.(improvements in compression and broadband acceptance)
August 1, 2001... Big Brother Is Watching... And You Can Watch Him, Too! Are you streaming, are you web casting, are you using the Internet to send and receive and view video? If so, you are on the edge of the coolest of the cool. Once limited to early...

SONY DCR-TRV730.(Digital8 camera)(Evaluation)
August 1, 2001... Perfect for Transferring Your Old Hi8 Tapes to Digital Sony startled the consumer video world a couple of years ago with introduction of new camcorder-format Digital8. It offered many great features: improved resolution (almost equal to...

Panasonic PV-DV401--Mini DV.(Evaluation)
August 1, 2001... Moderately sized, Moderately Priced, But Big on Features Panasonic's PV-DV401 meets the new standard in quality camcorders: It both records to the MiniDV format and it captures still images to an 8-megabyte Multimedia card (with the ability...

Smoother Shots and Better Sound.
August 1, 2001... Get a Pro Look With a Dolly and Boom Mike Your camcorder can produce some remarkable pictures. But, it can't work alone. To create videos that rival those produced in Hollywood it needs some basic support equipment. No, we're not talking...

Affordable Editing.(techniques and tools)
August 1, 2001... Get Started Cutting and Pasting on Your Computer You say you've just shot some great footage with your new camcorder? But is every foot great? Unfortunately, no matter how good you are, not everything is going to be a gem. There are...

EASY Digital Editing.(tools and techniques)
August 1, 2001... Make A Video From Capturing Through Premiere The whole point of messing around with computer video is to edit and share your own stories, right? Doing so, however, requires that you first capture the material from a Camcorder, and this...

Video Impressions.(Studio Artist graphics software)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
August 1, 2001... Studio Artist Lets You "Synthesize" Gallery-Quality Graphics Studio Artist is different. It's a Graphics Synthesizer, a new category of software. Just like a musician can use a music synthesizer to generate sounds from scratch, Studio...

3-D Coming From Canon.(XL-1 min-DV camcorder)
August 1, 2001... I recently saw working models of Canon's remarkable new 3D lens. It's an unique stereoscopic lens that connects to their XL-1 mini-DV camcorder. The lens weighs about 2 lb., and has a 3X zoom (7.5mm-22.5mm). Focusing is either automatic or...

Removable Hard Drives.
August 1, 2001... How to Handle Multiple Post-Production Projects About five years ago, I did something smart (it happens). What did I do? I installed removable hard drives on my computer. These consist of a tray that holds the hard drive and a frame...

The AV Tech.(audio visual technician's role in commercial video production)
August 1, 2001... The First Step into Commercial Video Remember the AV tech back P when you were in school? For those of you who don't (chances are you're a part of the Boomer generation), the AV tech was the prelude to today's computer geek. He or she was...

Shedding LIGHT.(lighting techniques)
August 1, 2001... Special Techniques For Illuminating What You Shoot It must be tough for politicians and famous actors to always be in the limelight, surrounded by reporters pointing bright lights and video cameras at them. Is it any wonder that many pop...