[PrincessPinkcat]

Camera:

Prior to July 20th, 2009 I was using a Fugifilm FinePix S1500 to film my videos. Unfortunately on July 20th, my camera got stolen, and I wasn't able to recover it. So, I had to go out and buy a new camera. All of my videos filmed after July 20, 2009 have been filmed on a Sony Handycam DCR-SX40.

Settings:

I have no idea really - my son does all the filming.

Lighting:

I just use a couple of lamps with the shades off.

Editing:

I just use windows movie maker for now.

Where I film:

In my dining room which doubles as our school room

Questions for all of you:

My old camera was so easy for editing. I just had to upload the videos onto my computer and drop them into movie movie maker, and then convert them to .mpg format before I uploaded them to YouTube.

The problem I'm having is that with the new camera, I can't edit videos off the camera in movie maker until I convert them to .avi's, and then I have to convert them again after I edit them to .mpg's because I seem to have trouble uploading .avi's to YouTube.

Does anybody here have any ideas how I could do this easier? It's driving me nuts...lol

Also - does anybody have any advice regarding how I could make my lighting better?

And finally... last question... I promise... Can anybody give me advice on how to take better pictures with a camcorder? The handicam takes pictures, but I find they aren't as good of quality as the pictures my last camera took...

Thanks everyone!