Posted by Brian Huether on 12/25/06 13:06

"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xpr7t.net> wrote in message
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> "Brian Huether" wrote ...
>> What I was thinking of doing was having one camera that always is
>> capturing a somewhat wide angle of me and then I could zoom in digitally
>> after the fact to doclose up hand shots. But I don't plan on doing a lot
>> of closeups. I was planning on having the camera be showing my waist up
>> for the majority of time which would show enough detail in the
>> hands/fretboard I think. But that could just be my naiveity...
>
> 1. Forget using "digital zoom" it is a marketing gimmic
> which has no practical value for making real video.
> Most amateurs doen't use it after the first disappointment.
> You can't "zoom in" on video and maintain even a hint
> of quality. What you see on CSI, etc. is pure fiction.
>
> 2. What good is a guitar instructional video "without
> a lot of closeups"? Perhaps my naiveity as a potential
> guitar player is showing.
>
> Have you watched many guitar instructional videos?

Most instructional videos I have seen show a waste up shot that shows enough
detail of the player going through the exercises. Then again I haven't seen
many recently. I would only do the digital zoom if there was enough
resolution (i.e. if a normal DVD is 600x800 (just as an example) and the
camera is capturing 1200x1600 then I would feel pretty good about zooming).

But I do realize that all this is easier said than done. Took me a while to
start getting better than amateur results with my guitar recordings.

thanks,

brian

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