The Leica D-Lux 4 is a honey of a travel camera, small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, sturdily made, equipped with a Summicron f/2 lens, 4x zoom, and image stabilization. My wife and I just returned from a trip to Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. I took a couple of film loading […]
Film someone doing something, then later lay down a sound track to explain what they’re doing. You can make a great how-to video with very little editing. Here’s how: First, get permission from the person or persons you’re filming, and be sure to get names so that you can credit them. I was recently traveling […]
I shot the video below yesterday, with a point and shoot camera (Leica D-Lux4), and recorded the music with an Olympus LS-10 digital handheld recorder. I used Cyberlink PowerDirector to edit the show. I could just as easily have used Windows Movie Maker. My camera and digital sound recorder fit easily into my jacket pockets, […]