Great, your DSLR shoots video.  Who cares?  I thought you were a photographer?  All of these things ran through my mind the minute I heard that some DSLRs were now equipped with video.  Who would really care about that if they were a serious photographer, right?  Wouldn’t you want to spend your money on something that went more toward improving the camera than adding in something extra like video?  Well, up until a few days ago I was a skeptic, and that is putting it mildly. Read more »

I received a really cool birthday present this year from my mom.  It was a Flip UltraHD video camera.  Complete with rapid charger and HDMI cable.  My current video camera (some older model Sony) is not bad, with the exception of the batteries not holding a decent charge.  But being a gadget geek, new gadgets will always appeal to me.  So I took the Flip for a few test runs. Read more »