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I came to convert it to DVD which is somewhat compressed, it came
down to 7 Gig. At this point I discovered that it would not fit
on a standard DVD-R I would need order some dual layer DVDs. In
the mean time I decided to save the DVD file to hard disk. Whilst
the rendering process was taking place the system crashed.
Now
you need know that when you are doing this sort of operation you
need some serious hard disk space. I have 240 Gig of which I keep
about 80 Gig for Video editing.
Somewhere
during the process I clearly became impatient and did come clicking
whilst waiting for something to happen.
I closed down the program and reloaded it. It came up and then
crashed again. I reloaded it and this time I get an error. I rebooted
the PC and tried again, still no joy. I checked out the error
codes on Google and got useful response, so assuming that the
files size was an issue I deleted the 21Gig file. After rebooting
I tried again still the same result. Over the next few days into
Christmas I tried a number of ideas to fix it and I failed.
I
logged onto the Ulead site and e-mailed for support. Unfortunately
it was Christmas so I only got a standard acknowledgement e-mail.
However on the Monday I got an A4 page of instructions to follow.
I had to uninstall the program Video Studio 8 and then delete
a number of specified files and folders. I then had to clean up
the disk and defragment it. Following this I reinstalled the program
and it worked.
To
test it I began to sample a VHS copy of my Son’s wedding
which needed some serious editing. Instead of letting it run I
took it in stages producing several files each of 1 or 2 Gig.
Then I carried out my editing and produced an Mpeg 2 file. Interesting
it was still too long for a standard DVD but the dual layer ones
have yet to be delivered. So back into edit and slash some more
out of it. Adding titles and some additional background music
I now have a 1 hour program and it is an improvement on the original.
Some
2 years ago when I was visiting Lincoln, I set out to check out
all the Photography shops.
After spending about 4 hours looking and testing I would have
liked very much to buy a Canon EOS. I already had a 35mm version
and I was very pleased with it. The idea of being able to use
many of the standard Canon accessories with a digital camera really
appealed to me. However at that time the lowest cost model was
£1,750. This was not within my budget so I put all such
ideas out of my mind and began to look more closely at Minolta.
There was an SLR fixed zoom model, the Diamge 7. This was a fraction
below £1,000, still above available budget. £500 would
have been just as out of reach. So I returned home with nothing.
Some two months later I found myself back in the same shop and
although the EOS was still out of the question the Minolta had
come down to about £750. I had an Olympus with me so I asked
if they would do a part exchange. So by trading in the Olympus
I had the Minolta for a price just about within budget.
This camera is a first class instrument and I have had two years
of excellent service from it. You can imagine my thoughts when
Canon brought out the EOS300D for slightly less than £1,000
complete with a lens. Over the next few months the price began
to fall until just before Christmas when it was on offer for £635.
Added to this Canon offered £100 cash back and 256M CF Card
for free.
The
temptation was too much so I ordered one from Dabs. Having ordered
at about 12 noon on day 1 I was delighted to receive the camera
by 8:30am the next day.
Now
this camera opens up a whole new world to me because I have nearly
as much control as I had with my 35 mm EOS. So I look forward
to trying out a few experiments. If they work I will demonstrate
them at a meeting.
All
I have to do now is advertise 2 Digital and 4 35mm cameras on
ebay to put a few quid back in the kitty.
Santa
brought me a remote control for the EOS so that I can set up a
shot then take it from up to 16 feet away.
IGR.
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