500 digital video hints, tips, and techniques is the essential companion for anyone who wants to get the best out of their video camera, whether they're shooting family events or their own mini-blockbusters. From equipment buying guides and basic dos and don'ts to shooting tips, camera technique, and troubleshooting advice, this accessible, colourful blend of step-by-step tutorials, quick fixes, and bullet-point tips is the perfect antidote to boring technical manuals. So whether you have a good digital video camera, or even just a multimedia phone or a still camera that shoots videoclips, this highly illustrated, jargon-busting book will put the fun back into video-all the way from buying your camera to sharing your work with family and friends on disk, on tape, online, or on their media players. This work is useful for anyone who wants to get the best out of their video camera, whether they're shooting family events or their own mini-blockbusters.