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Let’s say that you are at a national park, taking a photo of your child playing at your feet with a butterfly.  Suddenly, you hear a noise in the distance and look up to see a small herd of deer looking back at you.  You quickly grab your camera and point it toward the deer.  For just a second or two, you hear a soft sound of movement coming from the camera.  Then you snap off a few crisp, clear pictures of the deer off in the distance.

When exploring how infrared photography works, one can learn a lot about the process just by looking at the name:  infrared photography.  Infra means “below” while red means, well, red.  Photo means light and graph means record.  Therefore, we see that infrared photography would be a way to record light that is below red.  That is to say, light waves that are too long to be seen with the naked eye, but are closest to the color red on the visible color spectrum.

Have you noticed that everything in the electronics field is getting smaller and smaller, while at the same time becoming better and better? Cell phones are getting smaller, while the connections get better. Stereos and speakers are getting smaller, while the sound gets better. Digital cameras are in there, too. And it seems that the smaller they get, the more efficient they are. Why is that?

Satellite tv is talked about so much in the world of consumer viewing. Satellite dishes, receivers, program packages, PVRs, DVRs, HDTV – what does it all mean? How can you even begin to think of buying a satellite tv system when you’re bombarded with all these meaningless terms? So suppose you really knew exactly how satellite tv works? Wouldn’t that put you in a more positive position? Wouldn’t that allow you to make an informed decision when shopping for a satellite tv system?

Many people simply take their television for granted. They just assume that when they turn it on, picture and sound appear like magic. When the channel gets snowy, they hit the side of the television to get it working again.

Can moviemaking be made simple? We think so. So do camcorder manufacturers. In fact, that’s been their goal from the beginning – to create a filming system that’ll produce theater-quality images and sound, but can be operated by an amateur. But before you can make those movies, you need to know how camcorders work. And camcorders are designed for simple use. But you still have to have a basic understanding of videography. So that’s what we’re going to give you here. And we’ll start at the basics of basics: the word “video”.