Recent content by idylwyld

I know asking about scene settings is like asking about the "je ne sais quoi" of a secret sauce recipe. But I need some help/guidance/direction. I'm leaving soon on a 3-4 week wilderness canoe trip in northern Canada, and I'm taking my DVX with me. I'm happy to experiment, but leaving on such...

What's the best way to encode a video for the web (.mov) so that it plays on both macs and PCs? Are there different .mov encoding/codex protocols? I have a quicktime movie file (.mov) that works perfectly on Firefox, Explorer (et. al.) when run on a Mac, but it doesn't play on the same...

i'm surprised this question has not come up yet, but i've searched the postings and have not found anything. i'm going to be a month in the wilderness with a DVX100 (not very warm and cuddly). i'd like to shoot between 30 and 40 hours of footage. Any suggestions for the best way to power the...

i'm considering taking a DVX100b on a wilderness trip to the arctic. the area is prone to high winds, and i'm wondering if anybody has a mic recommendation for this application. nothing too gigantic or heavy. since the DVX has an XLR port, i'm thinking some pro audio would help minimize some of...