roman kalous

Even though I was not in fond of videotaping our child Bohdana, I must admit now that there is something about it.

The first thing that conviced me was that one is able to catch dimensions other than visuality in more sensible manner. I mean sounds, voices, speech, and also movements in time. With more or less average talent for photography, that I feel I am possessing, I do not think I am able to make this all through photography. And the movies might be the way to keep the current moments for later time.

It took me a while to get used to it. With camera photographying, you “just” find a view, composition, adjust the depth of field and time of the snap and shoot. I know even this is not easy when you aim to get valuable frame.

With the parents’ LUMIX, I made the first tries. And here are three initial lessons learned for me.

• First observation: do not take portrait-wise — the movie is really hard to edit with the other landscape snaps :)
• Second observation: do not take short snaps. When merged into a longer movie it does not provide comfortable view.
• Third observation: the ordinary situations may, at least for the involved, look interesting after a few months or years.

Now, I really consider buying a similar compact LUMIX that is able to take videos at approx. 700×500@30frames/s. And moreover in 16:9 format! Looking forward for that.