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Video recording
Follow these suggestions for improved video recording:
- For best results, shoot video when there is plenty of light, otherwise images will contain noise.
- The beginning and end of a hand-help video are often shaky due to switching the recorder on and off. Begin recording slightly before needed and stop recording a little longer than needed. The beginning and ending segments can be easily cut when editing.
- Some suggest shooting videos in segments of under one minute to keep the movie from becoming boring. There are exceptions such as if you want to record an entire speech.
- Shorter segments can be joined by using video editing software that often comes with the camera.
- Leave headroom at the top of the video when taking movies of people so it doesn't look like they are hitting the upper part of the screen during playback.
- If your digital camera has image stabilization, turn it on to continuous or other recommended mode.
- If you take lots of video, you may wish to purchase a tripod with a fluid pan head that can be panned at 350 degrees and tilted up and down.
- If your digital camera is capable of zooming while video recording, don't zoom in and out too much as it can be distracting when replaying the video. If and when you use the zoom, zoom slowly. You can also move back and forth instead of zooming.
- Move your camera slowly when switching from one area of a scene to another. This will let changes in exposure transition more naturally if one part of the scene is brighter than another.
