Thanks Chip.

Thanks V.

I see you have visited Chicago recently. Its a great place to walk around with a camera :)

Thanks Salvationdave.

I have an Core2 Duo 2.4Ghz with 3.5 GB of RAM. Its a laptop and the graphics chip set is not that great (relatively speaking). Editing without any effects is smooth for the most part, but the moment I add effects or start using Magic Bullet Looks, it becomes very slow. Still usable though but with a lot of RAM pre-rendering.

Thanks Monso.

hehe... believe me I'm craving for a DOF adapter. I'm getting one in the next couple of months. Then I wouldn't have to resort to half decent software cheats :)

The music is "Sleep" by Amanaska. Other good tracks by them are "Drift" and "Border Crossing".

i dont see anything wrong with the software-blur but i have no idea what a dof-adapter is. i go with what works and whats cheap and try to make it as artsy as i can. i was surprised to see this camera for 319$ online. yea i like small cameras too. i have been wanting to do a shot like the one you had at at 4:31 where you focus into the background. how is that done?

I just changed the focus manually with the small joystick. Takes a little getting used to as its not the easiest way to manually focus, but once you get used to it, it gets the job done.

Thanks. Yeah, the HF100 is a great little camera.

Thank you for your kind words Mike :) I appreciate it.

Thanks Asim. :)

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Thanks vart. Actually I'm the one who picked out the music. :) Good guess though :)

Thanks Wii. :)

Thanks Chris. Yeah, choosing the right music is important because it is an essential ingrediants in making these videos. Thanks for noticing :)

Vegas 8 has a built in tool called ProType Titler. I just used one of its presets.

Thanks Phil. :)

I really like the HF100. Its compact, light, and the thing I like the most about it is that it records files as opposed to having to convert the recording from DV to video file. Of course there are pros and cons to the AVCHD format, buts thats an entirely different topic :)

With regards to the length of video... I personally have two Class4 8GB SD Cards. Each once records 1 hour 4 minutes worth of video. I would imagine any Class4 and higher 16GB card would work well with it.

A word of caution though... The standard battery runs out of charge with me way before I fill up one of the cards, so I would definitely recommend getting the extended battery.

Thanks Schräs. I appreciate your kind words :)

A lot of the shots were recorded at 1/1000 or 1/2000 shutter speed. The rest were at 1/120 I believe.

Thanks Rich.

It took a long time to render. Something like 3 or 4 hours or something like that. Need a faster computer! :)