kurt473 Loc: glenwood il

Hello everyone
I normally do not post a lot. But the things I have learned from everyone here at UHH is great and thank you all . I have a question about taking videos I use a Nikon d7000 and would like to know while shooting a video is there a way to pause the video? so when you start back taking video it picks up where you left off at. I am shooting a safety video at work and between each step there is some set up. so when done I have 7 or 8 videos instead of one long one. any and all help would be great

cony25

Well, it really doesn’t matter, once you edit, you just put them all together, and it will show as one big strip…in the canon dslr, clips are numbered so you know the sequence..

Silvermeteor Loc: South Carolina, USA

I have used my Canon T3i to record a grandson's Eagle Scout ceremony and had to do clips. I do not believe that there is a way to pause. As stated above just place them on the same clip. You can use fades, etc. between clips to make it a little smoother.

My biggest problem was finding a card that would not stop filming on it's own after a short time. What a PITA and Canon does not provide any useful information on that little subject either.

Good Luck.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

(FWIW there is a Video section here..)

".....is there a way to pause the video? "

No it is not. The old analog tape based video cameras apparently had the ability to pause as the recording was continuous and "linear" like film.

Digital video is now universal and does not work that way on any camera or camcorder. Instead, a series of discreet clips are recorded. All video editing software is built around editing those clips in a "non-linear" working method.

I don't know about Nikon software at all. The software that comes with Panasonic and Sony camcorders will, in a nearly automatic mode, stitch all the clips together into a gigantic single clip. After trying that a few times, I learned the lesson. It is much easier to do it the "non-linear" way.

Once you get the basics of video editing on a computer figured out, putting your 7 or 8 separate video "clips" into one is easy.

Good luck with your project!

kurt473 Loc: glenwood il

Thank you very much

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

I'm not sure about your camera, but many cameras have a video length limit of 15 or 30 minutes. In some cases it has to do with heat build up and, believe it or not, in other cases it has to do with import taxes!

Camcorders and hybrid cameras that have the primary purpose of shooting video do not have length limitations.

Regarding cards themselves, it is common for video shooters to buy 32GB SD cards. With prices now well below a $1 per GB, it is not uncommon for videographers to buy 64GB cards. 128GB cards have become available too.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

What software are you going to use?

Silvermeteor Loc: South Carolina, USA

I'm talking about when the camera simply ceases to record because the buffer is full and the card is incapable of transferring information quickly enough. The ratings on the cards are often misleading or downright useless.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

Now I understand. Most camera and camcorder manuals specificity Class 6 or above SD cards. Now that prices have come down a lot, I think Class 10 has become a sort of default rating for what is usually featured or on sale.

I found a speed tester program for my computer. So far, every SD card I've bought has exceeded the card's rating. I'm sorry you've had bad luck.

Silvermeteor Loc: South Carolina, USA

Class 10 and about 150MB/sec transfer rate. Good to go!

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

Don't get your MB/sec mixed up with your Mb/sec. Cards are rated in MB and camera video specs are in recording at Mb. The slowest class ten, will write data about three times faster than an AVCHD, HD or 1080p60 camera can create it. 4K video has about three times the recording bit rate and the Class 10 U1 cards don't always work fast enough. Most 4K cameras are requiring Class 10 U3.

PHIL BITTLE Loc: CALIFORNIA

Kurt473:

Do that in post ... it's called "freeze frame". I have the Avid system and it's easy to do.

PB

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Digital video clips are discrete files. You record one and save it. Then you start a new one.

You need to edit your video on a computer. Applications such as Apple iMovie and Final Cut Pro X on the Mac, or Adobe Premiere or Microsoft Movie Maker on Windows will get you there.

Most video editors work on a "timeline" concept. You drag clips onto a timeline, then pick end points and out points, add transitions such as fades or wipes, add digital titling, add narration, music, and sound effects (the audio is on a set of parallel timelines).

It's all quite cool, and can be a "quick and dirty" or extremely tedious, complex process, depending upon your needs and expectations.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

MOST dSLR cameras do flake out from heat after 12 to 30 minutes of recording. For extended recording, you need a camera made for video, such as the Panasonic Lumix GH4, a micro-four-thirds format, mirror-less, interchangeable lens still/video camera that can record continuously, without heat failure. It also makes great stills, on a par with the best APS-C cameras.

Bloke Loc: Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

It isn't usually heat that causes the problem. I was asked to cover a memorial service this weekend, and because of the problems of distributing HD files due to their size, I decided to shoot this in SD. My cameras were all capable of running for more than 20 minutes in this mode.

It really *is* a stupid import duty issue. If the camera can record more than 4GB at a time, or longer than just a few minutes, it is classed as a 'video camera' and costs more to import. Given that the larger sensor and much more sophisticated systems in even simple dslrs than consumer video cameras, this is a ludicrous situation.

Most of my shoots are of church services, and I use a multi-camera setup so I can change viewpoint, rather than a long boring clip from the same position. Because I sing with the choir, and also play handbells with a group which often plays during the service, I have to keep leaving my position to run around the church restarting the cameras. This is not a good situation, especially since I am on-camera while I am coming and going back and forth. I would much rather pay for the extra import duty and be able to use the camera to its real abilities.