Nick Pettit

Web Designer

Hi, I'm Nick Pettit! I'm a web designer at Carsonified and a host of the show Doctype. This blog is where I post videos that I appear in. Enjoy!

Help Me Buy Things

I went to a family wedding this past weekend and a few people were asking me about my camera. They also asked what digital camera they should buy. I’ve been dispensing consumer electronics advice to friends and family for quite some time now, so I decided to create a website called “Help Me Buy Things” that contains my recommendations. Some may agree or disagree, but this is what I would recommend. If you have a better suggestion for any item, by all means, let me know! :)

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I’m traveling a lot this year, so recently I decided to purchase a Canon EOS 7D dSLR to document my experiences. As many of you may know, most dSLR cameras can shoot both still images and 1080p video. The large sensor of a dSLR, combined with an equally large lens, tends to produce very cinematic footage.

This weekend I played around with my new 7D, and although I’m not a video professional, I have to say that I’m very pleased with the results. My cat, Dario, wasn’t exactly the most exciting subject, but he didn’t seem to mind being on camera. :)

The footage could have benefited from some color grading, but I wanted to keep the results true to what comes straight out of the camera. Future improvements may include an external microphone and a tripod or steadicam. However, for being handheld, the results turned out pretty well. The Canon 7D is a much heavier camera than a consumer grade camcorder, and that slow-moving inertia comes across nicely in the handheld shots.

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