Adrian's Journal

Is Sony Viao Now A Better Video Editing Laptop? I Just read an interesting article about Sony Vaio’s option to remove its trial softwares. “Sony is finally taking on its crapware problem. For the past two months, I’ve been using an astonishingly light and agile Sony VAIO notebook and loving every minute of it. The best part of all was that this machine was absolutely, completely, unequivocally crapware-free, which meant I was able to be productive within a few minutes of unboxing… ”

What if we, especially videographers, have a vision of an eagle . The ablity to see details from afar. This eye improvement method is possible… I attended an eye-opening educational forum on lasik surgery last night. LASIK is about using tiny laser beams to correct poor eyesight. It claims the ability to bring eyes back to zero degrees, in other words, perfect eyesight. Going further, an enhanced laser surgery can even make your eyes see further than any human beings can. They call it the Eagle Eye vision which famous golfer Tiger Woods did. Hmmm… I was thinking what if videographers get eagle eye vision, wouldn’t that be perfect? We will be able to see and shoot things that others cannot see. The surgery is rather pricey though, like $2000 and over. It can help in the 3 most common poor eyesight problems: Short-sightedness : which happen to those who study very hard and those who do video editing everyday or rather work in front of the computer always. Can see near b...

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Camcorder Night Photography with Martini Cocktails A s an invited guest, I brought my pocket video camcorder, not my professional gear. Instead of videos, I used the handy Sony HDR-SR8 to take photos. Quite a challenge in the dark with only occasional passing beams of spotlight. The colorful array of Martini cocktails and mixes look too good to miss. Here are 5 Digital Night Photography Tips... ... read more.

Professional Memory Card Camcorders Comparison I am in the midst of deciding the purchase a new professional video camcorder. Looking at the recent models, there is a clear trend towards recording on memory cards. This is great as I have always thought tape is so obsolete in the digital world and a waste of time when capturing video. Here are three professional video camcorders I have narrowed down. They differ in image sensors, video recording format and the type of memory card used. Panasonic AG-HVX200 vs Sony HVR-Z7 vs Panasonic AG-HMC70 . Read More on my new blog...