To make good videos with almost any camera, it is good to remove vibrations from hand-holding it. And, the most common way to do that is by mounting it on a tripod. Problem is, mounting a smartphone onto a tripod requires some extra gear. Whereas almost all cameras have a tripod mount on them, phones [...]
Ever tried to record video with a point-and-shoot camera, smartphone, or…. well, ANY camera, and do so using the built-in microphone? What does it sound like? Garbage, that’s what. The resulting audio is noisy, full of hiss in some cases, and it picks up every little background noise going on. The subject of the video [...]
Many of us have digital camcorders around. And, it is increasingly popular these days to live stream up to the Internet using services like Ustream or Justin.tv. How do we merge the two together? The easiest option is to use a regular webcam, either connected via USB or built-in (as with most laptops). But, what [...]
