scottstead.com » How To http://www.scottstead.com movies, music, literature, ramblings, musings, and otherwise meaningless palaver. Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:55:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Ford 1k Mile Challenge: Carl Edwards and Wayne Gerdes http://www.scottstead.com/2009/04/27/ford-1000-mile-challenge-with-carl-edwards-and-wayne-gerdes/ http://www.scottstead.com/2009/04/27/ford-1000-mile-challenge-with-carl-edwards-and-wayne-gerdes/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:58:46 +0000 scottstead http://www.scottstead.com/2009/04/27/ford-1000-mile-challenge-with-carl-edwards-and-wayne-gerdes/ VERSION 1

VERSION 2

My ride along with the champs as they knock out the 1000th mile for Ford’s 1000 Mile Challenge in the all new Ford Fusion Hybrid. More post later…right now…on to the video!
Formats available:Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
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photo courtesy instructables.com

I was thinking the other day that it would be great if I had some sort of small lighting device that I could use with my Casio Exilim for those bar-back-room interviews I like doing so much. You’ve seen them – great interview, decent audio – but man the lighting is begging for improvement. What do you expect from a tiny point and shoot. Apparently a lot. Nobody likes a grainy interview. So I thought about it, and requirements are as follows.

  1. Hands Free
  2. Small
  3. Runs on rechargable batteries
  4. Doesn’t eat those batteries quickly
  5. Bright
  6. Cheap

Sounds simple enough, right? Well apparently it is. I found this cool little how-to on how to build your own under-camera light for somewhere around $2. That I can spare. As to the hands free – it screws onto the mount on the bottom of the camera. I’ll let you know how it goes as this sounds like a great weekend project. Let me know if you end up building one too!

Cheers!

The $2 LED Camera Light for Video and Photos – Instructables – DIY, How To, tech, photography – Entry

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