Complaining: it's good for the soul

[katiefoolery]

There are two main problems with the Samsung MX-20.  Firstly, it claims to film in genuine 16:9 widescreen; secondly, it declares itself to be YouTube friendly.  It is neither.  It is so, so neither.  It's so neither that it almost makes me laugh out of slightly-crazed frustration.

It does film in 16:9 widescreen.  Unfortunately, it doesn't export in said aspect ratio.  In fact, this is a common problem with the camera, as I found out much later.

I wasn't even game to introduce it to YouTube.

Actually, there are three problems with the Samsung MX-20 and the third would be the TYPO ON THE BOX.  Hassle is not spelt "hassel".  No, really it's not.

I was going to purchase the Canon mini-DV cam, but the Samsung was sitting there, all red and shiny and designed to record on memory cards, rather than mini-DV tape...  And then I got around $50 off, due to its being on special and being the display stock (and the last one in red).  So even though I had intended to buy the Canon - on my dad's expert advice, no less - I went ahead and followed the shiny.

And tonight, it's going back to the store, to be replaced for the Canon.

So while I thought I was going to shoot this week's vlog on my shiny new camera, I ended up with my webcam again.  And all of the footage I took over the weekend?  In useless, squished-up 4:3 instead of widescreen.  GAH.  I wanted my writing week video to be extra special, dammit.

Anyway, here it is for you all.  Writing week: Why do we write?  Watch the video to find out!

Incidentally, why do you write?

Comments

[qwaynt.livejournal.com]

But it's red! And red should mean it works better. *sob* Because red is...well it's red! At least it can be returned. I hope there's better luck with the Canon. As a former typesetter I'll forgive the typo, because it looks like something I could have done. I'm very bad at transposing letters.

Writing is something I recently started doing, but I've always created people and scenes in my head. A few years ago, I decided to move some of that stuff out of my head and onto paper. I also think that is my problem with writing. I can create scenes - a moment in time - I'm not sure I can come up with an entire story.

Good luck with the new camera.

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

I know! It was such a gorgeous, shiny red - completely irresistible. I swapped it over last night, so I'll see how the Canon goes over the weekend. The only down side is that it's mini DV, so I have to capture the footage in real time after I've taken it. Ah well. Hopefully it'll be worth it.

I do the same thing with scenes - sometimes, that's all you get. Or you get a brilliant scene with a story attached... and you're left to somehow make all the pieces fit together. It's not easy at times, that's for sure.