Friday, March 9, 2012

Use Your Digital Camcorder Properly To Get The Finest Pictures

By John McCullough


Your digital camcorder camera will provide better quality footage and images when you use it properly. It is remarkable how many individuals would purchase a digital camera and attempt to use it without reading the instruction booklet. You might think you know every little thing there is to know about taking pictures but every digital camera will be slightly different when compared to another model. It pays to get to know the one you have purchased.

When taking video clips of people you have to try to put them at ease otherwise you'll not get the perfect results. Usually folks hate being filmed so try turning off the tally light in order to make them less self conscious. A lot of cameras will provide you with the choice of turning this red light off. Try it for yourself since you might just find the improvement in the images you collect is quite dramatic.

Do not be lazy and utilize the inbuilt date and time stamp on your video recordings. Sure you probably do need to mark the occasion however this doesn't mean you need to put these details onto the movie itself. There are other more better methods of file keeping.

Don't get fooled by the various advertising and marketing messages you would see or hear when reading/viewing the promotional material associated with that model of high definition camcorder. For instance some brands highlight the fact that the camera has a zoom lens. In most cases the effects of this zoom would lead to deterioration in the image quality you collect so turn it off. You have an optical zoom so master this instead.

If you want to add special effects to your videos do it afterward with a video editing software program rather than attempting to do it as you are taking the footage. Using software allows you to take away those bits that you don't want to include whereas if you add the effects during filming with your digital camcorder camera you are stuck with the results forever.



0 comments:

Post a Comment