On Wed, 22 May 2002 19:03:51 +1200, Brian wrote:

>If you have a video camera that is able to record video to the memory
>stick then some of these video tips I have though of might be useful
>
>Switch the camera to memory when setting up the camera, this overcomes
>the problem of the camera being in pause condition for too long which
>times out (switching the camera off) to protect the video tape and
>video heads.
>
>To check what a recording will look like before recording it to tape
>switch to memory mode and make a short recording to the memory stick
>then after playing it back if everything looks ok switch to camera
>mode and make the recording to tape.
>
>If you have a camera that can record still photos to video tape for a
>few seconds then instead of trying to hold the camera steady to record
>a motionless subject such as a painting on the wall, try recording a
>still photo to video tape. There is an option for this on some of the
>Sony video camera's.
>
>regards Brian

Thanks!
These seem obvious "after the fact", yet it never occurred
to me to switch to still mode when setting a camera level
on a tripod (an irksome task...;-). I do use the Memory
Stick for the stills-in-video images I need, but your
stills-to-video idea is also good.