Hi Phil, thanks for this. I am pretty sure I wouldn't have figured it out either. It is simplistic, but since the phone does change orientation in other contexts, I wouldn't have guessed that it wouldn't in this case had you not mentioned it. Cheers, Donna > On Mar 13, 2016, at 10:13 AM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > One little hint about video orientation. The orientation of the phone when > you actually start the video determines the orientation of the video itself. > That is, if you start off with your phone held vertically and start the > video, no matter if you re-orient the phone to landscape the entire video > will be in portrait mode. This may sound very simplistic but it drove me nuts > for a long time until an Apple tech explained this to me. So, you can't start > the video holding your phone in portrait mode, and then think oh I'll switch > to landscape mode. That won't work, and your video will be in portrait mode. > Good luck > > > > Sent from my IPhone > > >> On Mar 13, 2016, at 9:42 AM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> The recent passing of a close friend's mother has me wanting to create a >> sort of video family history. I'd like to use video rather than just >> recording audio, because I'd like eventually to make it available to other >> family members who are sighted and would I'm sure appreciate having pictures >> of the people talking. Has anyone done this? Any pointers on how to >> actually get good video, i.e. focus the camera correctly and stuff like >> that?? >> TIA, >> Donna >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >> Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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