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I'm wanting to move from my Canon XM2 to HD. I like filming wildlife, and so having a big zoom is important to me. I can't find something equivalent to the Canon XM2 which has (a) a viewfinder (b) memory cards (c) a 20x zoom. I wondering whether the Sony NEX VG20 would be the right sort of thing. Do...

This is a fascinating discussion. I am in agreement with those who think the polar bear scene was OK. I agree that it wouldn’t have been OK if the film was about what D. Attenborough saw in a frozen land. I realise that wildlife film makers are very often not absolutely truthful. For example I belie...

I read what you wrote, Tom, with great interest. I have had exactly the same experience. I have a Canon XM2, and when I used to shoot in 4x3 I was often disappointed with the positioning of interviewees. I try to get their eyes moreorless a third of the way down the screen. When I played the video b...

Thank you everyone for your helpful suggestions. Mike, thank you for taking so much trouble to think about my problem. I have experimented with Clear Type and other settings for the display, but it doesn’t help. I have also tried to change the refresh rate, but although I can get to the drop down me...

Mike, I wish I knew what the problem was. Maybe you can help me work it out! My computer has an Intel Core i7 CPU 920@2.67GHZ 6 GB Ram Windows Vista 64-bit operating system The graphics card is NVIDIA GeForce 896MB GTX 260 I think I have installed the latest NVIDIA driver and the latest HP driver fo...

Can anyone recommend a computer monitor for editing? I have recently bought an HP 23 inch monitor, and it is giving me headaches and making me feel queasy. I love editing, and like to spend hours at a time at the computer, but with this one I have to give up after an hour or so because I am so uncom...

You have chosen a really interesting subject, and one about which many people, including me, know little. So that’s a good start. You have put an enormous amount of work into this video. There aren’t that many non-commercial film makers around in our IAC affiliated clubs making ambitious documentari...

Thanks for being brave enough to be the first to put your film up onto this forum. I enjoyed your film and I was impressed that you managed to produce such an interesting little documentary from holiday footage. There were some shots that I particularly liked, and I want to single out some of those:...