your video, online, now
It's amazing, not only do we have consumer HD video cameras that can capture absolutely amazing footage, but we can now upload this content to the web to share with our family and friends. Here's the two sites I use: www.vimeo.com - is a brilliant web site that was setup solely to serve HD video to visitors. It's come a long way adding blogs, forums, and more. They are now a 1HD vid - 500MB/week limit. Other uploaded vids display in SD. You can pay a subscription for their 'plus' service which provides more value. 720p here. www.youtube.com - been around for a while now huh? now offering HD! 720p here too! Usually I upload here, then 'share' the link to the video in my facebook so my friends and family can see my latest vids. I've not yet tried to upload a HD vid directly to facebook, perhaps I will one day. For small edits with some tunes on top, I'm just banging em out of iMovie on the mac. More serious stuff in Final Cut Express. I'm no pro so I don't need the tools of other packages (not yet anyway) My rig consists for a Canon HV30 camera, Rode Videomic, Rode Stereo Videomic, Raynox 6600 HD wide-angle lens and a Canon XL lens hood. I also have some other accessories like Manfrotto tripod, hoodman LCD hood, etc. I usually shoot in the highest quality, import in the highest quality (1920x1080) and export to 720p for the usual web viewing.
