Year help: My camera is officially a piece of crap..

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My camera is officially a piece of crap..

I was uploading videos and pictures from Halloween. Well, I’ve noticed that on all of the videos I take, when I zoom in or out, it cuts off the sound. Basically, it mutes it. Once I stop zooming, the volume resumes. Hopefully that makes sense. :/
I’m just curious as to why it does this? Is there anything to do to temporary fix the problem until I can afford a new camera? BTW, my camera is just a cheap Samsung one I got from Walmart 2 years ago ..but it’s still in good condition.

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Neutra 19 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (7 minutes after post)

That could be it, it could just be worn out.

Anonymous #
1 year ago (26 minutes after post)

I know of a few cameras that do that, luckily good editing can lessen it’s effect, example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC5Yk-… (filmed entirely with a camera that has that zoom problem).

sweetechococla #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (27 minutes after post)

Buy a new one. Your camera sucks.

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Anonymous #
1 year ago (28 minutes after post)

sweetechococla wrote:
Buy a new one. Your camera sucks.

Well that’s not very nice…

sweetechococla #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (35 minutes after post)

It’s true that her camera sucks. I’m not being mean to the poster. :P
Getting a new one should fix it.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (3 hours, 4 minutes after post)

sweetechococla wrote:
Buy a new one. Your camera sucks.

I know that. But clearly I can’t afford a new one right now, or I would have already gotten one. :P

Anonymous wrote:
I know of a few cameras that do that, luckily good editing can lessen it’s effect, example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC5Yk-… (filmed entirely with a camera that has that zoom problem).

That’s a good idea. But my problem is more like ..If I/someone was talking while I was zooming in or out, part of the conversation is “muted” out and then some of the video doesn’t makes sense. :(

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gimli 1 #
Marietta, GA, US | 1 year ago (6 hours, 55 minutes after post)

I’m betting that it’s not a design flaw…the volume was intentionally muted, because if it wasn’t the zoom motor noise would drown out everything else anyway. Check out some of the lower quality vids on Youtube…quite often you can hear the zoom motor…

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An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (16 hours, 2 minutes after post)

Dont zoom in. Heres some good reasons why not too zoom in, according to my photography teacher. 1. It distorts the picture quality. 2. Puts artifacts into your video. 3. In your case, mutes sound. 4. messes with the lens aperture. Why not walk up to the conversation instead, it would make for a better video anyways. Plus you say you cant afford a new one? Well make the best of what you got! I hope i helped. ;)

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Anonymous #
1 year ago (21 hours, 53 minutes after post)

Mister Tony wrote:
Dont zoom in. Heres some good reasons why not too zoom in, according to my photography teacher.

1. It distorts the picture quality.

If it is digital zoom, yes, but if it is an actual lens zoom, then no.

Mister Tony wrote:
2. Puts artifacts into your video.

Not so much artifacts, it’s just a lower resolution video (assuming digital zoom), which can end up resembling artifacts after compression.

Mister Tony wrote:
3. In your case, mutes sound.

=/ ******.

Mister Tony wrote:
4. messes with the lens aperture.

Why not walk up to the conversation instead, it would make for a better video anyways.

It could work. Get creative, a lot of effects filmmakers use anymore are the result of people coming up with creative solutions because of their circumstances.

If you’re wanting to zoom up to someone’s face while they’re talking to add emphasis, it’s simple enough to do in a video editing program (though you do lose quailty). Like Mister Tony said, you could even walk up to them, or make a ghetto dolly and roll up to them (tripod + rolling chair and some duck tape, lol).

Hell, another solution you could use… have music playing while the person talks, and fade it out when they begin talking about whatever it is you want to emphasize.

But yeah, be creative, it might not always end up looking like top notch production quality, but it can get the job done.

Brenda☆ツ 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (22 hours, 11 minutes after post)

my old camera used to alwaysss do that.
it was veryy annoying.
i didnt fix it. i got a new one though.

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