Reflections on hard and soft wears

1. How was your experience with the Olympus digital camera? How did it compare with other still or video cameras you have previously used? Were you able to successfully implement your Image Capturing Strategies using the features of this camera? In an ideal world, how would your still/video camera of choice function?

The Olympus digital camera that I used to capture my video and still images was very basic but it did accomplish the task at hand. I was impressed with the focus of extreme close-ups but disappointed that I couldn’t zoom when taking video. In some respect, the basic qualities of the camera helped in limiting how much time I spent capturing one thing because there were less options of how I could capture something. This camera was defiantly older than other cameras I’ve used and had many less options but like I said, it did the job and it made it somewhat of a challenge to work within the cameras abilities. In any world, even an ideal one, I would just ask for a camera, any camera. It makes it a challenge when the camera can’t do everything for you and you actually have to have ability to get a great image.


2. Discuss your choice of video-editing software and describe your history with this software. If you used this software for the first time, explain why you chose this particular application and how you think it helped you to accomplish your creative goals (or proved detrimental). Will you use this software again for future projects?

I chose to edit my video using iMovie HD 6.0.4 which I have used on many different video projects in the past. Unlike the new version of iMovie, this older version has a separate audio tracks and the ability to individually adjust the volume levels of clips. I find iMovie to be very user friendly with many editing options although I didn’t use to many of these in this project. I would defiantly use this software again for future projects if I am able to choose and don’t know of anything better but it would also nice and interesting to learn other software and see the differences and what others have to offer.