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Video on the Fujifilm X100

April 25, 2011 by Documentally · 16 Comments

I’m loving the Fujifilm X100 for image making. It has a great sized sensor in a beautifully well made, retro-styled body. It does have its issues though. It is sluggish when taking multiple raw photos and its manual focusing is fiddly. They are not really issues that concern my use though, and I feel most [...]

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How easy to use is your blogging platform?

October 29, 2010 by Documentally · 4 Comments

I am writing this post for two reasons. One is just to get some content onto my OurManInside.com blog as it has sat dorment for a few months. The other is to pose the question in the title. How easy to use is your blogging platform? I’ve found myself in a dilemma. I have had the [...]

Filed Under: Blog, Personal, Social Media · Tagged With: Blog, blogging, documentally, flavors.me, loudmouthman, nik butler, philcampbell, posterous, richardmackney, storify

Zoom Q3 (First Impressions)

November 21, 2009 by Documentally · Leave a Comment

After having a little play with the Zoom Q3 I give my first impressions and a little on what I hope for the Q4 or whatever it’s successor will be called. Zoom are on twitter as @ZoomUK

Filed Under: Blog, Technology · Tagged With: blogging, review, Video, VloMo09, zoom q3

Cold Mountain

November 12, 2009 by Documentally · 1 Comment

It’s VloMo09 – National Vloggers Month 2009. The idea is to post one video every day in November. I have somehow managed to post 14 videos over the 12 days so far. I am amazed I have managed to get this far. I am exhausted though.. With all this work and play there is not [...]

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Why the iPhone alone just isn't enough

October 19, 2009 by Documentally · 3 Comments

If you want to make mobile media on a single device throughout the day the iPhone is lacking two important things.. Decent battery power and a good connection. I show you what I do to overcome this. (This video was recorded on Quicktime on my mac.)

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In iPhone Editing with ReelDirector

October 15, 2009 by Documentally · Leave a Comment

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Unbagging the Yamaha Pocketrak 2G

September 29, 2009 by Documentally · 4 Comments

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Some Bloggers Are Journalists. And some are not.

September 22, 2009 by Documentally · 12 Comments

I just got an email from a friend working in Iraq. He’s stuck in Mosul waiting for a helicopter to Kirkuk. Must have been months since I last heard from him. I sent an email to him last night half expecting him to be locked in some farmhouse on the outskirts of Baghdad handcuffed to [...]

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Video For The Web

August 17, 2009 by Documentally · 4 Comments

Advertising revenue is down, newspapers are struggling and as the economy takes a downturn production costs are up, at the same time online readership and revenue continue to rise. So what’s the answer? Go where the eyes are. Whether you are writing, taking pictures, shooting video or recording audio you can build communities with your [...]

Filed Under: Blog, Social Media, Video · Tagged With: blogging, christian payne, documentally, econsultancy, encoding, our man inside, Podcast, Social Media, tech, tuition, tv, Video, vlogging, workshop

Kodak Zi8 1080p HD Video Camera

July 29, 2009 by Documentally · 1 Comment

So here is what the fuss is all about. Finally a low cost hand held HD video camera with a microphone input. I’m yet to get my hands on a Kodak Zi8 for a proper test but I had a quick fondle for a couple of minutes behind the Kodak stand with Jenny Cisney at [...]