So... I got a new camera. - I've had it for a month and I thought I'd share with you guys, since it *might be more interesting to you than others.

Most of us are sharing networking in Facebook where I have a photo of my new camera. - Just one of the new hand-held video cameras [HQ... with iris adjustments, as well as face-setter options, and a 78 time zoom on the little thing]... I'm pretty stoked about it. - I'm not sure how recently it's been when it became the thing to have a video cam that can just fits the hand, with a strap that keeps it snug, yet it can still kind of awe me after having it for nearly a month, now.

I can see a lot of people have been getting into a DSLR or still-photo-cam doing video craze, which I can certainly understand, yet - there's still just really nothing that's compared to this new camera for me. - Especially after using or owning older brands of cameras (and to that: I'm not diminishing those cameras, yet am excited about this new version). - Not only is it featherlight, yet it's very comfortable to hold (more contouring to the natural holding positions of a hand). - I know you can get the mount, for the still cam, while that also can limit the mobility of particular shots that can have very interesting arches and movements... And it does take a particular mindset to utilize different ways to pan... move the camera. - Just as Sam Raimi began a trail with mobility in shots. - Mobility was one of the first reasons why I was so interested in still cameras being able to do video, yet then they started to come out with these. - That and the quality in image capturing, yet - there's also a type of aesthetic to other image captures.

The new generation of video cameras and still cameras (with video options) express two different dynamics. One being more compilable for those still shots, as two hands can hold a camera much more steady, yet I have used a kind of gun-holders trick for steadying the video cam (with the optional steady button). Still the mobility can also come with how someone moves, such as moving the camera and then the body (thank God for those dance classes)... or possibly... well. - I'm of a mind to show another type of shot, before noting it, yet it's not that difficult to imagine.

Of course: this is about digital film, in reference to these newer utilities in imaging. - My little Pan Cam (as I've called it, for it's versatilities in pans... and because it's a Panasonic)... also has an SD Card. It's digitally capturing the images, on a solid chip (or whatever that is), instead of using any reel to reels. - The card is almost small enough to use as a toothpick, which I've had a number of times to laugh with someone over... while they remember VHS camcorders. - The card - is also maximizing battery time, in that. - It used to be that I wouldn't have a third of the time with my old High-8 that I used to use, taking energy by cranking around the reels. - And I still wasn't getting a better picture. - AND -- that old camera cost me three to four times the amount the camera cost me, today (without factoring in inflation).

I may not have the top of the line, still, with the camera I do have, yet - it's dang good. - And - it is (of course) a tip of the iceberg for nearly any type of production... and to that: I have started something that's - possibly for another time to notate, since I'm working on the examples before explaining the particulars.

Anyway... You guys have a good one.
-Chad

Right on, Dave. - I'm sure you'll get it.