http://mark.denovich.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/bourne_end_walk_4-23_hd.mov

I bought a video camera last week (Canon HF100.)  I’m fairly proficient with an SLR, but video is a whole new ballgame.  Editing video is slow and comparatively clumsy process… (makes fast hardware seem slow, chews up disk space in a hurry, unfamiliar software, and lots of arcane options to deal with an compromises to make along the way.)  So much more to deal with, so much to learn.

Deb and I took a short walk near our home in Bourne End.  It was my first chance to really try out the camcorder.  I dragged my Nikon D300 along to handle the still photography.  Walks are now starting to seem like expeditions with all the gear.

So to the video…  Shot in 1920×1080p (30fps), edited in iMovie ‘09, and encoded in h.264 @ 960×540p, 3200kbps (file size ~80megs)

The high quality option: Bourne End Walk 720p (It’s about 500MB)