Feature Stories
A Serious Look at Funny Video
Creating comedy requires more than a good sense of humor. These comedy techniques will have the audience laughing at your production, not at you.
Video and Computer Monitor Buyer's Guide
What you see is what you get. Survey the makes, models and features of monitors for video in this handy buyer's guide.
8mm Family Camcorder Buyer's Guide
A comprehensive buyer’s guide to help you explore and compare 8mm, Hi8 and Digital8.
Whiter Whites: the Hows and Whys of White Balance
Are your videos like a mixed load of laundry? White balance will let you show your true colors.
Videomaker/Panasonic Contest 1999
Send us your best video creations for a chance to win a Panasonic Mini DV camcorder or another fantastic prize.
Glossary of Video Terms
Overwhelmed by the jargon? Here’s a list of video-related terms to help you decode the cryptic vernacular of video.
Departments
Video Equipment
Hot new products for the videographer.

August 1999
Table of Contents
Columns
Streaming Video
Streaming video is a real-time Internet video distribution solution.
Getting Started: Manual Controls
Sometimes it pays to be a control freak
Light Source: Reflecting Light
Dramatic lighting can make the difference between an ordinary production and a great production.
Edit Suite: Make it Snappy
Create vibrant videos using the appropriate tempo to keep your audience interested and asking for more.
Sound Track: Studio Sound
Be it back bedroom or empty warehouse, your studio can sound as good as it looks.
Test Bench
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Canon Elura Mini DV Camcorder
Canon Elura Mini DV Camcorder -
Sony DCR-TRV510 Digital8 Camcorder
Sony DCR-TRV510 Digital8 Camcorder -
Mitsubishi HS-U790 S-VHS VCR
Mitsubishi HS-U790 S-VHS VCR -
Canopus DVRaptor IEEE 1394 Capture Card
Canopus DVRaptor IEEE 1394 Capture Card -
Benchmark: IMSI Lumiere Video Studio 2.0
IMSI Lumiere Video Studio 2.0
Videocraft: Dollys and Trucks and Pans, Oh My!
Every camcorder user should have a dolly. No, not Raggedy Ann, the kind that lets you wheel things around.
