A New Audio Toy: Zoom H2n

 

I am getting more interested in video shooting, especially after getting the EM1, which has a significantly better video codec than the EM5 with cleaner shadows. And a major part of having a good video is to have good audio recording, and this is where this post comes in.

Sudden slow motion effect using a Nikon D600

Many cameras offer video at a 60fps frame rate, which I find very useful for smooth slow motion.  Here is a sample shot with the Nikon D600 (shot at 720p, 60fps).



After shooting the video, I edited it in Photoshop CS6.  I split the video at the point where I wanted the slow motion to start, then split that second half again at the point where I wanted slow motion to end.  Then I right-clicked on the middle slow-mo segment to change the playback speed.  (I also had to adjust the ends of the middle and last segments to provide a smooth transition from slow-mo to normal speed.)

Although the video segments now have different frame rates, I didn't have to change their individual frame rates to make them consistent.  I just rendered the entire video to a specified frame rate, making the frame rate consistent throughout the video.

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Guide: Building a Photo/Video Editing PC

 
Who said people aren't easily influenced? I certainly am, I saw this post on Gavin Hoey's new website, and I was instantly intrigued, I didn't know that more RAM affected Photoshop that much, I was intrigued about the fall of the prices for the SSDs, and the idea kept hunting me for almost three weeks until I succumbed to the lure of an even faster PC (I already had a fast one) and I built a new one, more details after the jump.