Using your digital camera for video
Most digital cameras today, including some Digital SLRs even, have a video mode. These generally take decent videos at medium quality resolution. It’s not going to be the quality of that old camcorder you never use anymore. But it can be taken with that small camera in your pocket – a good trade off.
Note that digital video files are HUGE files though. So if you have a 1 GB memory card in your camera, that’s ALOT of photos, but not that much video.
My suggestion is to use these video capabilities to take 5-10 second clips with photos before and after. So if you visit the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, take alot of photos, but then work in some video clips on the roller coaster and such, to give some multimedia context to your trip.
The bigger question is: what to do with those video clips afterwards. That’s the next, broader discussion.
Stop by the store and give us your perspective on camera videos. Or stop by and we’ll show you how your video works and how to use it. We also have a selection of large capacity memory cards you can purchase for those big files.
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