Paul, that was only a picture that I pulled off of the internet but I think that it could have been a universal one for 16/8/S8mm ? I used 16mm when I was at school in the 50s, and then when I had my own 8mm clockwork cine camera I had access to unexposed 16mm film offcuts that I split and reperforated. Looking back 65 or so years ago it took ages to make a half decent film, and I'm sure that people today wouldn't have a clue what we had to get up to ?  In these days "it's possible" to make a very good film just using an iPhone and nothing else !!

We do get some nice winter days.  This is from two weeks ago - "Ferrying Around" - https://vimeo.com/1004015072.

Thanks Gordon.  I've a 12 year old Canon HFG10 which shoots 1080 50i AVCHD producing mts files.  My main export is blu-ray as my source is interlaced.  For Vimeo & Youtube I convert to 1080 50p mp4. 

I occasionally use MVPX6 as I have it installed on my Win11 machine but years ago I moved to Vegas Movie Studio.  More recently I moved to Vegas Pro.  It has Smart adaptive deinterlacing which I find great for converting my 50i to 50p mp4.  Prior to that I used Handbrake for my conversions.  Unfortunately Serif MVP only does mp4 at 25 fps, not 50 fps.

Nice job Eric! .. We are having a heat wave (100 plus F) so the winter jackets looked very appealing.

But it reminded me of how much my daughters are opposed to keeping animals in a Zoo.

The trouble is that it's very difficult to assess how much the animals are suffering, if at all. The grey crowned crane, towards the end of the video, for example, looked as though it was attempting to fly away but because its wings were clipped could not take off. Was it in distress, or was it having some fun playing around? At the time of filming it, I thought this looks like fun, but having thought about it I'm not sure if I should be amused at its antics or not.

My video of Colchester zoo taken at the end of last month.

https://youtu.be/a3OwISLwgZw

We made the BIG mistake of going at the end of the school holidays, with lots of kids making a hell of a noise - anyway enough of my whining, hope you enjoy my efforts.

I liked that Albert, well filmed and a good bit of editing with music that suits !!!  Personally I would have done away with the audio of the kids shouting, but that's just me !. I haven't been to a zoo for ages, and the ones in Spain are not to my liking because of the attitude of a lot of the Spanish public towards animals (or at least the older population that love their bullfighting)!
As I reported earlier, Sue and I are off to our Spanish abode for a while and I hope to make some interesting videos. I do get roped into filming bands and groups when we are down there and some are quite good! as they are made up of old retired players and singers from "named groups" from the 60s/70s ! 
However we do like going on what I call "lost drives" off the beaten track (Spain is a big country) and there is a lot of empty spaces with brilliant landscapes and old villages.
On another note I have bought another camera, it's a Sony FDR AX700. The main reason I bought it is because a lot of my filming is for bands in difficult lighting situations especially at night, and the AX700 has a one inch sensor compared with my AX53. One good thing is that they both take the same battery, however the 53 has amazing stabilization hand held compared to most camcorders and has a better wide angle to max telephoto range (so time will tell) ! It certainly won't make me a "Steven Spielberg" but it might save me a lot of time when trying to make lighting corrections during editing.
This is the sort of thing I make, not everybody's cup of tea but the woman singer is very good for this type of song.
Video link
https://youtu.be/naaKfCyd5qg

Fear not, Albert, I’ve never known you to disappoint with your videos!

Thanks Albert.  Certainly lots of grasses.  Must keep the gardeners busy trying to make the gardens look tidy.

I can’t speak for others, obviously, but I genuinely haven’t ever seen a video of yours that I didn’t enjoy.

Hi guys, I am down in Spain at the moment and was asked to video a show for a charity event. Is there a maximum GB that you can use with Movieplus X6? I used two cameras a GoPro in 2.7k and my camcorder in 1080p. The event lasted about one and a half hours and the GoPro filmed the complete show, and I used the camcorder for various parts to edit in. However after I put it all together and left it rendering to the laptop hard drive it failed to complete. I know that it is very large in GBs and it has almost filled the C drive so that may be the problem ? I will pop out and get an external hard drive in the morning and get some more space and try again or am I asking too much ? by the way we have been down here for the last 5 weeks enjoying 30c plus weather so feel sorry for us !

Laptops are particularly prone to overheating if they’re doing anything processor-intensive such as a long video render. I had — and I think I still have, somewhere! — a laptop stand which is designed to prop up the rear of the laptop, and it houses a pair of fans powered via a USB connection.

I imagine a large expanse of marble makes an excellent heatsink!