Shape Your Imagination - Kodak Easyshare M863 Digital Camera

This surprisingly small and light weight camera has an impressive neat design. The cool looking camera is available in a bevy of colors you can choose from - pink, black, silver, blue, red and copper. It has an impressive 2.7 inch LCD screen which makes your photography a pleasurable experience.

Kodak Easyshare M863 has a deceptively simple menu and navigation. The menu includes some advanced features but those are not very complicated as well.

Features

This camera is equipped with a rotary dial. On coming to a position, pressing the OK button gives a brief description of the position. One of the best things about Kodak Easyshare M863 is that it can be plugged into Kodak's G610 snapshot printer and it interfaces with its HDTV Dock for displaying stills and videos on widescreen TV.

The response time of Kodak Easyshare M863 is pretty fast. With a shutter lag of fraction of a second and power-up mode within 2 seconds, Kodak Easyshare M863 can shoot a full-resolution image every 2.5-3 seconds. The Kodak Easyshare M863 can shoot even in Playback mode; even if the shutter is pressed halfway, the camera instantly switches to capture mode.

The very compact looking of this digital camera has an impressive 8.2 megapixel image sensor. The images display a decent detail and clarity. Videos can be captured at a resolution of 640x480. Thanks to the SD and SDHC memory cards, storing videos is no problem.

Other features include face detection technology that locates faces and automatically adjusts camera settings. The digital image stabilization feature reduces blur caused by camera shake or subject movement. High ISO allows users to capture details in low light conditions and fast action situations also. Kodak Easyshare M863 has the multimedia slide show for images. Auto picture rotation allows pictures to be viewed in different angles. This camera allows you to capture a great shot time every time with 20 scene and 3 color modes such as portrait, children, snow, beach, backlight and more. The pictures can be enhanced by tools like on-camera cropping, blurry picture alert, and digital red-eye reduction. Each picture can be tagged with names dates, and events to go along with your pictures. Sharing pictures is as simple as the name - you just need to press share.

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How to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes in Video Shooting

The differences between the videos produced by a professional and an amateur videographer are obvious for an audience, but not so obvious when you are behind the camera. With so much on your mind, it is easy to overlook some important aspects while you are shooting and these mistakes may be impossible to fix afterward. Here are some of the most common mistakes that amateurs make during their first video shootings:

1. Poor framing
No one wants to see an actor with the top of his head cut off by the frame, not to mention having the bottom of his chin cut off. It is very important to have balance in your composition. A little more experienced videographers will tend to put everyone in the middle to avoid the mistake mentioned above. This is also wrong because it gets really boring. The secret is to use the rule of thirds and keep the subjects on the lines dividing the frames, the years on the top section and movement on the third section opposite to the direction in which the actor is moving in order to keep space in the front. This ay seem quite simple but you will see it is not really so in practice. However, experience will teach you to do it right.

2. Excessive zooming
Lower-end consumer video cameras don't have too many options, but they all have a zoom function. This is probably the reason why amateurs tend to overuse it. If you look closely to movies and the things you see on TV, you will see that the zoom effect is not really noticeable. Home videos, on the other hand, are full of excessive zooming that weakens the production. Try to get closer with the camera more often and people will continue to pay attention. Also make sure to use a wide shot whenever you can as it provides better picture quality.

3. Backlighting
Another thing amateurs tend to overlook is the way light impacts the appearance of their subjects on screen. This is why we see so many dark faces of people who are in front of a window or the sun. The secret is to keep the most powerful light source in front of the subject. If you are forced to have a light in the back of the actor, increase exposure so that you can blow out the background. It is better to have a clear face with no background than a wonderful background with a dark face.

4. Background noise
Many videographers fail to take into account is the background noise. The camera has embedded omnidirectional microphones which don't capture only what you want, but also the sound of the vehicles on the nearby highway, the children playing outside, the planes above or the wind. In order to have a clear sound, try to clear out all the background noise or as much as you can. It is virtually impossible to remove these noises afterwards.

5. No tripod
Don't fool yourself that you can handle the camera with your own hands, because you can't. A steady, strong tripod is always a better option, especially if you are shooting a long scene. During professional cinema productions, the cinematographer will never hold the camera himself.

If you avoid these five mistakes, the results of your video work will probably be much improved.

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