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Truth to tell, after ten megapixels and 20X zoom lenses it’s all been a blur of numbers. However while “Zoom-anistas” and “Megapixel-Mavens” have fought for attention, video has quietly taken center stage.

 

What is really ironic about the recent attention to video is that the original still digital cameras were created around video technology. We have video camera image sensors to thank for our current crop of compact cameras. Ever wonder why your compact camera chops heads off when you print a 4X6? These cameras were originally developed using video image sensors created around the proportions of a standard definition TV or computer monitor, not the longer ratio of a 35mm 4X6 print.

 

We are at the end of 2010 and suddenly digital cameras are returning to their video roots. But don’t be fooled, this isn’t like any other coming home party you’ve seen. From the beginning almost every digital compact camera was capable of capturing video. True, it wasn’t always of a quality that was worth watching, but that was then and this is now. High Definition video has changed all of that for good.

 

Today’s cameras toss around the term “HD Video” left and right. And it might seem like there isn’t a lot of difference between one camera and another but there is.

 

Let’s look at video quality first. Some cameras claim 720p HD video while others brag about 1080p HD, so what’s the difference? Without getting into the technicalities of HD video lets cut to the chase: The number 720 or 1080 refers to the number of horizontal lines of resolution. The more lines the higher the image resolution… to a point. If the screen used to view the video is under 37″ across the human eye cannot detect or resolve the difference between 720 lines and 1080 lines of resolution. It is a moot point.

 

So, if you know that your videos will live on your computer screen either through web delivery (Facebook / YouTube / MetaCafe) or by virtue of being on your hard drive you can select either video resolution and be perfectly happy. However if you intend to play back your video on a large screen HDTV you might notice an advantage if you choose a 1080p capable camera.

 

But wait, there’s more! What about pocket HD video cameras like the MyMuvi or flip video? They too claim HD quality. These pocket HD video cameras are optimized for YouTube, as such their video files are so compressed that they look poor on an HDTV screen over 24 inches. The same can be said for low dollar digital cameras that capture HD video. You can quickly tell which cameras have highly compressed HD video because they don’t provide an HDMI port for direct HDTV connection. Those that lack this HDMI port are geared more for web sharing through Facebook / YouTuibe / MetaCafe sites.

 

This isn’t intended to disparage YouTube as a viable means of video sharing. I use YouTube extensively for just this purpose. However if the goal is to replace your camcorder and watch video on your big screen TV ya gotta know what to expect.

 

The one class of cameras that seems to have it all together as far as video quality is concerned is the DSLR class. The larger sensor found in a DSLR provides better low light performance, better color fidelity, and better capture of moving subjects without blur. There are some performance issues that you do need to be aware of though.

 

With only a few exceptions DSLR’s just don’t autofocus well while shooting video. For the most part the photographer is expected to manually focus the lens to keep the subject sharp. This isn’t a concern when the subject is ten feet away or more, such as at a football game or during a stage performance, but if the subject is about ten feet or closer to the camera the photographer will get the best results from manual focus.

 

The next concern is sound. The microphones on a DSLR are built right into the front of the camera and they pick up just about any focusing noise made by the lens. Once again this isn’t much of a concern when the subject is at a distance from the camera because focus is pretty much set to infinity – meaning that there isn’t much need to focus. Beginning about mid price range, DSLR’s have microphone sockets that permit using an accessory mic which will all but eliminate camera operational sounds in the video.

 

Once you have your camera in hand and you are ready to shoot some video here are a few easy tips to make your movies a little better. First, don’t just shoot a sweeping landscape in silence. Talk about what you are seeing, your narration will be part of the sound track. Second, if your camera can zoom while filming (not all can) don’t over do it! Constant or frequent zoom changes only give the viewer a nasty case of vertigo. Last, learn to shoot in segments and not in one long take. Conversely the photographer isn’t taking snapshots either, video segments need to be more than a few seconds long or the viewer won’t have time to register what they just saw before the next segment is playing.

 

And finally, even if you use the simplest and most basic software learn how to edit your video. A few moments trimming out the bad segments will pay off big time. Cut the raw video leaving only a movie about your subject, nobody really needs to see fifteen seconds of your shoes walking around the living room as you jockeyed for position. It is not uncommon for an hour of raw video to become a seven to ten minute finished movie.

 

In summary, video capable digital cameras are here to stay and their quality and features grow with each new model. HD video is the latest advance but understand just what it is that you are getting. Just because the camera boasts HD video doesn’t mean it will look good on your 54″ HDTV. An HDMI port on the camera is a good indicator of what to expect in HDTV viewing quality. While compact cameras do a fantastic job with HD movies in many ways DSLR’s are even better. Just be aware of the quirks either camera type bring to the table, they are easy to overcome. And finally, learn just a little bit about editing both in-camera and on a computer, your audience will truly appreciate your masterpiece all the more.

Stu Eddins is blogger, instructor, merchandiser, and is generally in charge of a lot of things for Porter’s Digital Cameras and Imaging. Visit their site at www.porters.com. Years of experience over the counter and in classrooms have turned Stu into an evangelist for image preservation, capturing and sharing memories, and helping people understand digital cameras, digital camera lenses.

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launched what they see as a small business economic stimulus program that they are calling “Small Business United”.

According to the company, the Small Business United campaign is:

“Designed to bring America’s entrepreneurs together and to fuel their growth by providing small business solutions including free products, services and resources that help them attract customers, save money and make money.”

The company further says it is launching this campaign because it found through its survey of small businesses that:

* 9 out of 10 small business owners said they rely on peers for support and advice
* 51 percent of small business owners said they feel a special bond or connection with other small business owners
* 53 percent believe they can learn from their peers’ mistakes and successes

Contest Announced for Small Businesses

In order to encourage small businesses to help one another and get them to participate in Intuit’s Small Business United campaign, Intuit is providing a way for small businesses to win up to $25,000 by sharing their success stories and advice with others. To enter the contest, small businesses need to write up a short story about a real situation and a short tip that other businesses could use, and then enter it into the contest. Of course, by submitting the story, you also promote your business to the entire Intuit community, which is fairly sizable (over 100,000 people, according to Intuit). Entries are due by March 23, 2009.

Starting March 24, a panel of judges will select 50 finalists. Each finalist receives:

* flip video Camera
* $5,000 upon submission of a video entry of their story. (In order to be eligible for the Grand Prize, the Finalists must submit a video entry of their story by April 16.)
* Promotion and placement on the Finalists’ Gallery page.

On May 5, 2009, those finalists who submitted the top 4 stories will win:

* A $10,000 Small Business Grant
* $2,500 in Intuit Products and Services

The Grand Prize Winner earns:

* A $25,000 small business grant
* $2,500 in Intuit products and services

For rules, more information and to submit a contest entry, go to http://smallbusiness.intuit.com/small-business/small-business-grant.jsp

Can One of You Carry on the About Home Business Winners Tradition?

Long time readers of mine may recall that last year, About Home Business reader Carmin David was announced as a winner of one of the two First prizes awarded for second and third place in last year’s Intuit contest, in which the grand prize wnner was awarded $50,000 in small business startup capital.

Leave a comment on this post if you decide to enter the contest and let me know if you’re named a finalist. Who knows, if we all pull together, this year YOU may end up winning it all!

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Last lesson talked about local search and Google maps….Did you optimize your Google map yet?

Today I want to touch on using video to break into local search results quickly. Did you know that videos are loved by search engines and tend to rank very quickly? Notice I said content….don’t think you can throw up a blatant advertisement and see long lasting results. Search engines like content.

Your business has something to teach and this can be a great way to drive traffic to your site. Utilize this information to create short videos that TEACH about your product or service and offer value. Doing this can be a powerful way to see great results. We teach our clients the 10x10x4 strategy to drive targeted leads to their business.

If you are going to use video to drive traffic make sure you are capturing names and emails. This gives you the biggest bang and an avenue to continue to market to people long after they have watched your video. By combining video marketing with simple lead capture technology any business anywhere can “hit it out of the park” when it comes to online marketing.

There are a lot of video services out there that can get you ranked in the search engines. Youtube.com is only one avenue. More people are using Google then local phone books now. If you create value through video you can win customers for life. Video shows up in search engines and breaks down barriers in the sales process.

Another strategy that is very effective for gaining online exposure is to create video testimonials of happy customers and put them on your website. You can do this with a $129.00 flip video Camera. Then post the video to your website. Remember to add text below the video so the search engines know what the video is about.

Imaging someone going to your site and seeing all these videos of people saying how good your service/product is. This is a powerful form of Internet Marketing that is a must for any business…..It’s time to get to work now and begin using video to stand out from the crowd.

Mike LeMoine is a full time firefighter and paramedic. He is co-owner of Maverick Web Video™ which is an internet marketing and web video production company in Albuquerque NM.

Mike began to use his internet marketing knowledge to help local business generate leads and customers from the internet. Maverick Web Video™ was formed to help local business owners capitalize on the huge power of the internet for generating leads and customers.

Mike’s is a go to guy for many who need internet marketing help and is an expert moderator for the site offlinebiz.com which teaches internet marketing techniques for local businesses and how to be successful with your online marketing for local businesses.
Mike can be reached through his website http://www.maverickwebvideo.com for consultation and for internet marketing help.

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AVCHD Converter for Mac is an excellent HD video converter for AVCHD file (.mts, .m2ts, mod) recorded by Panasonic, Canon and a few JVC camcorders. This versatile AVCHD converter for Mac program can convert AVCHD to AVI, MOV, WMV, ASF, MPG, MPEG, MP4, 3GP, flv, M4V, iMovie, FCP, etc.

The Best Mac AVCHD converter also provides the function of extracting audio from video, combining multiple video shots into one, trimming video you don’t want, and setting video as 16:9 widescreen. 

AVCHD converter for Mac can also convert avchd, avchd lite, m2ts, mts, tp ,tr, mod to editable and friendly video formats, all of the converted video can be optimized for editing as well as for playback on devices like iPod touch/classic/nano, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, Creative Zen, iRiver.

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This AVCHD Converter supports iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune, Apple TV, Xbox, mobile phones and many other devices with simple conversion by specific profile.

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Edit AVCHD video on AVCHD Converter

This AVCHD Converter allows you to trim HD video, crop the HD video, flip video, addspecial effect to HD video and adjust video effect.

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The program can play AVCHD videos with its built-in HD video player. With one click, the video images can be captured and saved to JPG, BMP or PNG format.

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As reported by the Daily Telegraph, a man in West Yorkshire has captured stunning images of the Earth from space by attaching a Canon digital camera to a hot air balloon.

Connecting his four-megapixel Canon camera to a Linux computer and then floating his camera contraption on a hot air balloon, the IT director and a married father of three, Robert Harrison from Highburton, West Yorkshire, managed to take photos of the Earth that impressed the world. The floating camera contraption was programmed to wake up every five minutes to take a snapshot of the Earth and in the last instance, a short video. He then uploaded the contents on his blog and his Flickr galleries.

Apparently, NASA contacted Harrison to find out how he has been so successful in producing such precious scientific and professional snapshots with a mere budget of £500. They were surprised to realise that the images were produced with such a clever yet simple homemade contraption that resembled the workings of a weather balloon.

Other than Harrison’s clever use of the digital camera, Flip digital cameras’ SlideHD has also revolutionised digital photography and video-making possibilities. According to the report by eweek.com, the new SlideHD Flip camera developed by Cisco can record up to four hours of high-definition footage. Instant viewing is also made more accessible than ever with its 3-inch widescreen.

Moreover, the SlideHD device has up to 12 hours of storage for videos and stills, making it easy to store a large amount of images and videos for selection. With more than 2 million flip video devices sold in the US alone, it is evident that amateur photography lovers are now finding it more accessible than ever to capture professional images by using entry-level or mid-range digital cameras.

The friendly features of digital cameras and video-shooting devices have made it possible for frequent and intensive use of these devices in outdoor environments. To protect these assets and avoid the replacement costs arising from accidental damage in the long run, users may need to invest in camera insurance.

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Internet marketers have been buzzing about their plans for 2010. What did they need to learn? What tools did they want to invest in? Video marketing was the top topic for so many people hoping to edge out the competition, and with good reason. It conveys professionalism and personalization all in one.

There are a lot of tasks you have to learn in this industry and it can get overwhelming trying to decide which to focus on and which to ignore. You need to know how to conduct niche and keyword research, how to set up an email marketing campaign, how to cash in on social networking.

Video marketing is just one more important component of your online strategy. It’s powerful. But to date, only top marketers who had the money for tools and the technical savvy to master them had been riding this wave of success.

In 2010, every marketer will be searching for video marketing methods that help them dominate in their niche. Because of increased demand, developers have been working on tools that help the average consumer.

Video marketing will help you brand your company in a positive and professional (not to mention cutting edge) slant. It helps you highlight the benefits of your products and services. It increases the stickiness of your site, which is how long your visitors stay on your domain. And it also help you connect to your audience for sales conversions and instructional tutorials.

Some marketers have yet to invest in their copy of Camtasia. Editing video was deemed too hard. But there are free tools like Camtasia Studio that can help you get started and get comfortable before immersing yourself into more complex recordings.

You can even invest in simple point and click technology where you aim, click the button to record and stop, and upload it online via your USB port. You can do this with a flip video Camera.

In 2010, there will be more tools dedicated to helping marketers use video marketing as an SEO support system. Video advertising will be one of the increasingly used media formats in the social networking world, too.

Not only will your target audience be seeing a video played automatically on sites like Facebook, but there will be mobile video advertising, too. It’s not too late, but you want to educate yourself ASAP about this form of marketing so you won’t be behind the times when it comes to capturing the attention of your consumer base.

Simon Stepsys, a Success Coach and Mentor for more than twelve years, helping many people make money online. Checkit out here, www.SimonStepsysCoaching.com

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Whether you’re looking for a new HD hard drive camcorder or a top of the line Digital8 camera, there are many options to choose from. Your options include flash memory video cameras, hard drive cameras, spy camcorders, Hi8 cameras and much more. In order to find the right camcorder for your needs, it is necessary to understand all the options that are available. Flash memory video cameras are a very popular option these days, as they have made sharing videos easier than ever before. You can find flash memory camcorders with high quality image video, even HD, and then all you have to do in order to share the videos you’ve shot is hook up a USB cable to a computer or load it onto a flash memory card. Picking the right size is important, however, because the available recording time increases with the larger flash memory sizes. Digital8 cameras have replaced Hi8 cameras and 8mm cameras as the best handheld camcorder on the market, although there is still room for these younger generation models on the market as many people are accustomed to working with them. The difference with Digital8 cameras is the adherence to industry standard Digital Video (DV) codec to record digital video, and the ability to write at twice the speed of a Hi8 recorder. If it is a HD hard drive camcorder you desire, there is a dizzying array of selections on the market now that everyone wants to record and play videos in high definition. The picture quality on today’s high definition camcorders and televisions is better than anything available 10 years ago. And if you get one of these camcorders in the hard disk drive format, you also get a wider variety of lens and video capture features. These camcorders range from high-end professional cameras with video editing capabilities to quick and easy flip video camcorders. If you’re in the market for a new camcorder, perhaps one of these is right for you.

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I think that pretty much answers the first part; a video is very engaging to the viewer. This is similar to a ‘Virtual Tour’, if you’ve ever heard of them. But it’s even better. Like watching TV, you are a ‘character’ in your own video. Probably not like Eddie Murphy or anything, but you are much more interesting than a regular picture. You have personality, which gives you a great advantage in keeping the viewer engaged compared to a couple of boring photos. And the more engaged they are in your video the more engaged they are in the property that you’re selling.

The second part of the importance of using videos to sell houses is how they can help drive hungry buyers to you. Videos are unique in how they are picked up in the search engines, so they can get you and your website a lot of attention. These videos that you spend a whole 15 minutes on creating can actually get ranked on the first page of search engine results all by themselves! From the first page of Google the people who are interested in homes like the one you’re selling click your link and watch the video. Then they see a description of your property as well as your contact information. You can choose to have them call you, call an 800#, or go to your website for more information.

It really doesn’t take that much time at all to create a video and plaster it all over the internet. But if this is all a little new to you and seems to be too difficult for you at your current experience level, I have a great little Ebook called Online Selling Domination that gives you more information on this as well as how to get even more traffic to your website and how to “capture” these visitors, building your Future Buyers list. To check it out go to: http://fullserviceonlinemarketing.com/online-selling-domination-ebook

To get you started I’ll leave you with 3 simple step that will take you from not even owning a video camera to having your videos all over the internet.

The first thing you need to do is get a inexpensive and easy to use Video Camera, like the “Flip” Video Camera. You can purchase it online through Amazon.com by clicking on the link at the bottom of the page, or from wherever else you may choose.
Next you need to take the video itself. (It’s as easy as pushing a button and then walking and talking at the same time. Hopefully this is easy for you.)
Finally, plug the camera into your computer and upload to a great little site called TubeMogul.com. This site actually sends your video out to several other video sites, like YouTube, at the same time.

And that’s it. You are now a member of the Video Revolution! Now go get your camera if you don’t have one already and start taking some videos!

To learn how to easily set up a search engine friendly blog and other tips go to www.FullServiceOnlineMarketing.com. We provide many resources and services specifically designed for improving traffic and generating online leads for FREE. The Online Selling Domination Ebook is a good place to start for beginners.

It’s easy to judge that with the Zi8, Kodak finally surpasses flip video‘s video quality and feature set. The eye-catching features are too many like video capture up to 1080p HD resolution; image quality is quite good for a mini camcorder; SD card slot; removable, rechargeable battery; bundled composite and HDMI cables; strong low-light performance; external mic jack; electronic image stabilization; 5-megapixel still capture and macro focus mode.

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Kodak Video Converter can easily convert the Kodak camcorder (Kodak zi6, Kodak Zx1, Kodak zi8, Kodak PLAYSPORT, Kodak Zx3, Kodak EasyShare) mov to other popular format videos like MPG, WMV, AVI, DV, RMVB, MKV, FLV, MP4, 3GP.

Kodak Video Converter will surprise you with its versatile editing functions. It empowers you to crop (cut off unwanted parts), trim (split time length duration), add effects (adjust saturation, contrast, brightness), merge files (join all files into one); flip videos (rotate videos vertically and horizontally). More advanced settings like video resolution, encoder, bitrate and frame rate are also available within Kodak video converter.

Kodak Converter not only can help you to convert kodak video to iPod, iPhone, iRiver, PSP, Apple TV, etc, but also can help you convert your kodak video to flv so that you can upload your kodak video to the Youtube and share it with your friends and family.

With the powerful Kodak camcorder partner, the best Kodak Video Converter, you can convert kodak video, import kodak video to iPod/iPhone/PSP and various mobile phones within several simple clicks. Convert kodak video with the Kodak Video Converter is the just correct choice for every Kodak fans.

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Manage regular audio files
MP3, AAC, AC3, FLAC, WMA, MKA.

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iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, Sony PSP, Creative Zen, Zune, BlackBerry, Gphone, Nexus one, Wii.

Output for editing tools
Windows movie maker, Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere, iMovie, Final Cut Pro(FCP).

Advanced video settings
Video encoder, resolution, bitrate, frame rate.

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