Why do I hate the word Vlogging?

They should just make affordable, large sensor video cameras with the proper features, controls, and form factor.
 
majid said:
The most annoying thing about video is that it is such an inefficient medium. The same amount of content as a 1 hour video can be summarized in one page of text that can be scanned visually in under 5 seconds. I suppose if you think you are the center of the universe, you also think viewers basking in the awesomeness of yourself is a feature, not a bug.
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I agree about the inefficiency of video as a medium. These YouTube reviews and tutorials are a waste of time and I always try to avoid them, greatly preferring written material.

I never use video related features on my digital cameras. It's probably not a coincidence if I prefer film cameras or Sigma digital cameras with a Foveon sensor (they are 100% video free).

Cheers!

Abbazz
 
jsrockit said:
It’s funny, I just hate the word more than anything.
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The word itself fills me with revulsion, as did its misbegotten predecessor "blog" when first I read it on John Brownlow's old Streetphoto board.

It was then early enough days that he had to explain what it meant, this new form of diary/essay for the World Wide Web; that it was quite the coming thing, and not just some forced portmanteau neologism meaning 'silicon valley outhouse' or 'projectile vomiting,'

The sound of 'vlog' evokes a drying swamp below a steppe where someday peasants will cut peat for their stoves.
 
jsrockit said:
I hate this word with a passion... and I hate that cameras are adapting to this trend. Am I being silly (and maybe I have had too much to drink)?
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I used to tell people I thought this. Then I realized I was vlogging a dead horse.

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Seriously though, I do absolutely deplore the constant trend towards making up new words (like vlog), all the more because I that what is a new word today and hence is trendy, will be an old word tomorrow and be boring and hence dumped for yet another new made up word.

I don't know that I really completely deplore the concept of vlogging however as occasionally one stumbles on something of interest. Occasionally! Though having said that I admit that most vlogs are inane and boring. (Especially ones posted by tossers with a baseball cap on backward who ALWAYS begin their vlog with "Hey whats up dudes?" Why do clowns who just want to be "hip" always begin this idiotic way. I always think: " You tell me idiot, that's why I am looking at your damn vlog and if you cant tell me I am out of here".)

And of course the other issue is that vlogs pander to the "Look at ME, ME,ME,ME,ME,ME,ME generation. I have a vlog with 10 subscribers.................. wow I am an international celebrity". (sigh!)

PS have a drink for me. I would appreciate it.
 
The new Fuji X-T4 has a switch on the top of the body for "still" or "movie". Depending on the choice, the menus become still-centric or movie-centric. This helps.

Brian Atherton said:
Exactly!

I hate, hate, hate it that I cannot delete items on camera menus to pare the menu down to its minimum.

Yes, I can ignore (except I can’t) stuff (useless clutter) I don’t use, and having a video section on a stills camera that I can’t send for ever into oblivion is just plain offensive.

I could go on…

Rant over (it’s early, my BP already is up, and I don’t want to ruin my day).
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Brian Atherton said:
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I hate, hate, hate it that I cannot delete items on camera menus to pare the menu down to its minimum.

Yes, I can ignore (except I can’t) stuff (useless clutter) I don’t use, and having a video section on a stills camera that I can’t send for ever into oblivion is just plain offensive.
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That's a good idea: the ability to create a personal menu (perhaps with tabs) selected from items in the main menu system. I think the Canon 5D Mk III has a great layout and good use of colors, but the ability to create a new menu - a personalized subset - would be ideal. I also wish there were some way to quickly identify which settings I've modified from their defaults.
 
valdas said:
Very interesting observation. I noticed myself that whenever I need some info on “how to”, I try to find text or pictures and I hate videos. All this “hello, today we gonna talk about... and blah blah for 5 minutes before they are at the point which I need”..
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There's even a name for this, it's called the Wadsworth Constant:

https://lifehacker.com/skip-past-the-boring-intro-on-youtube-videos-with-the-w-30799077

i.e. the first 30% of a video can safely be skipped, as it is useless narcissistic self-promotional or self-congratulatory blather.
 
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