Friday, 9 December 2011

Use Your Very Own Digital Camcorder Properly To Get The Very Best Results

By Tyler Banks


Your digital camcorder camera will offer better quality footage and pictures when you use it properly. It's incredible how many people would buy a digital camera and attempt to use it without reading the instruction booklet. You may think you understand everything there is to know about taking pictures but each digicam will probably be a little different compared with another model. It pays to get to know the one you've purchased.

When taking videos of individuals you should attempt to put them at ease or else you will not get the very best results. Typically individuals hate being filmed so try turning off the tally light in order to make them less self conscious. Many cameras offers you the choice of turning this red light off. Try it for yourself since you might just discover the improvement in the pictures you collect is quite dramatic.

Don't be lazy and use the built in date and time stamp on your video recordings. Sure you probably do want to mark the event but this doesn't mean you must put these details onto the movie itself. There are other more better methods of file keeping.

Do not get fooled by the different marketing messages you would see or hear when reading/viewing the promotional material related to that model of digital camcorder camera. For instance some brands highlight the fact that the digital camera has a zoom lens. In most cases the effects of this zoom will lead to deterioration in the image quality you collect so turn it off. You've got an optical zoom so master this instead.

If you want to add special effects to your video clips do it afterward with a video editing software program rather than attempting to do it as you're taking the footage. Using software permits you to remove those bits that you don't wish to include whereas in the event you add the effects during filming with your digital camcorder camera you are stuck with the results forever.




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