http://www.scivee.tv/node/3555 I want to know what scientists are looking for in an informative, professional video. http://www.scivee.tv/node/3555/talks/6/last Nice to meet you too. I myself tend to lean on my own self training from a combination of places. Work in the PBS world, NPR world (the experience with sound and sound editing helps me), the needs to get done now world of commercial news and clients who just want the data and results to show without a lot of extras in the editing. And also a sense of humor and not trying to take myself seriously. I have been editing and filming since about 1980 - using everything from huge Betacams to camcorders of all types to scientific cameras on lab equipment to my current camera, astrophotography and videography (and sometimes making them do things were not meant to do), and going back to cutting audio tape. This has led to better editing of digital audio for me (being able to edit in/out individual words and plurals). I experiment with all kinds of things that can make the video more interesting without the viewer noticing how it was done. I am a born techie whose second homes as a child were Radio Shack, the AV room and the computer rooms at high school and college (pre-PC and the entire PC revolution). I am looking to add a HD camera this year - my PD170 has served me well. I am a Mac guy myself - Mac Pro workstation with 3 terabytes of drive space (I am amazed I used to have a computer a long time ago in 1985 that had a 10 meg hard drive). I shoot everything I can - science, sports, news, history projects, for profit - non-profit, on land & on the water. And on the side (since it is big and profitable here on Cape Cod in the summer - weddings). Feb 22, 2008 http://www.scivee.tv/node/3555/talks/6/last http://www.scivee.tv/node/3555/talks/5/last I wanted to get an idea of how comfortable those in this community are with shooting their own videos. So would you: a. Shoot the video yourself. b. Find someone in your organization to shoot it for you. c. Find a relative to shoot it for you. d. Hire someone outside to shoot it for you. I am curious to see what your comfort level is about shooting videos. Does the idea of shooting a video stop you from creating one on your own? Do you have enough time, resources, equipment, etc. to do this? The folks here at SciVee give some great tips about shooting videos and I am always willing to help out with my ideas about shooting, equipment, techniques, etc. Peter Jan 15, 2008 http://www.scivee.tv/node/3555/talks/5/last