Normally when I have to create a video clip that requires chroma keying I’d use my Canon XH A1. Today I felt like having a go at using the Kodak Zi8 pocket video camera that I’ve been testing for audio quality.
The results I got were pretty good considering the cost of this little camera. The video sample clip is only very short, but it does give you a chance to see just how good this little video camera performs.
Video transcript :
Welcome to Pro Blog Tips video tutorials. In this edition were going to do some Chroma Keying of a video clip we recorded using a Kodak Zi8 camera. Its a little HD video camera that you can pick-up on the market these days for around 270 dollars.
An excellent camera for doing little “run and gun” video shoots. And.. one of the things I would like to test was to see how it chroma keys, so were going to be doing that this afternoon, in this video clip.
I’ve always had a problem with bloopers when making video clips for my websites. Trying to remember a script, even a short one, has always been a hassle for me. Over the last couple of months though, I’ve started using a Teleprompter to help overcome my memory problems. And so far so good.
If your like me and your always fluffing your lines, then you need to think about using a Teleprompter.
The video clip your watching now for example, was done using a Teleprompter, and so far, I dont think I’ve even made a single mistake.
Normally by now I’d be up around the 3 or 4 blooper mark.
If your making video clips for your websites, and you find yourself making lots of bloopers like I do, then take a tip from me, its time you started thinking about using a Teleprompter.
And if you dont have one, then I suggest you go out and get one. You’ll be glad you did.
Anyway, thats all for today.
Thankyou for watching Pro Blog Tips video tutorials.
Welcome to Pro Blog Tips video tutorials. In this episode were going to be reviewing the audio that you get with the Kodak Zi8 camera, and in particular, were going to be trying out the Sennheiser ME 67 shotgun microphone, which were going to be plugging into the side of the camera using the external input. One of the biggest advantages of this camera is the fact that you can use an external microphone.
Most of the cameras that are on the market, in fact all of the cameras on the market today except for the Kodak Zi8 have no external microphone input. I’m talking now about the little pocket style flip cameras that have been cropping up all over the place… this one, plus you’ve got the Flip HD camera, you’ve also got the Sony Bloggie.
So theres a number of cameras around at the moment that have this same style of format, but the only one that has the external microphone input is the Kodak Zi8. And as you can tell right now, the onboard microphone doesn’t do a bad job.
I’m about three to four feet away from the camera and the audio’s a little bit echoee, a little bit boomy. I found that when your more than an arms length from the camera, it does start to get a little bit echoee. What were going to do right now is were going to plug in the ME 67 shotgun microphone by Sennheiser and let you compare the difference. Were going to do that right now…
Ok… I’ve plugged in the Sennheiser ME67 shotgun microphone and already you would have noticed a difference in the audio. This particular microphone is sitting about two and a half to three feet away from me, and its just directly overhead. And this microphone when you use it, is a very good microphone. It gives excellent results. Right now I’m recording in my office, and I know that my wife is in the room next door to me watching TV, and this microphone probably is even picking up a little bit of the audio thats coming thru the walls from the TV in the next room. But as you can already tell, the camera has the ability to give you very good audio simply because you can plug in a separate microphone source.
Thats the end of todays test… Thankyou for watching Pro Blog Tips video tutorials, my name is Jaron… Speak to you again soon.
