subject: Camera advice and filming support; What do I do when I need it? [print this page] Video filming and photography can be a complex task these days. It is not just the camera itself, there is a computer, software in post production and often the internet for sharing your photos and videos involved. What do you do, if you if you can't get the results you want, or the whole setup doesn't work at all? Or you just started and don't know what to buy or set it up.
Of course, there are specialists for computer sales and service, camera sales, less for camera repairs and video editing. What do you do, when you don't know the cause of any setup issues, or you not sure, what you need to accomplish a certain task in the most effective way. What I mean here is, often you can't tell, if the problem is caused by camera, computer or software.
When you are in the market for a new setup, you don't need the most expensive camera, the fastest computer and most sophisticated editing software to publish a short holiday video on U-Tube.
The thing is, once you go to a camera-, computer- or software retailer, you will find, that their area of expertise is just what they sell in the shop. To make things worse, they try to push you towards the promotion of the week, which is not necessarily what you need. Advice from friends and family is often outdated or reflects any sales person and brochure advice, which is most of the time biased towards a certain product.
In case you have an hardware issue with your camera, an internet search perhaps reveals, that other people have a similar problem and may talk about a solution, but to follow through and rectify your issue is a whole new story altogether.
Once you have found a repair centre and call it up for advice, in most cases you can't get past the receptionist, who suggests to book it in for a quote,
which costs between $50 -$100.
This could be a tricky situation if you have an older camera, where this fee is already a third or a quarter of the replacement value of the camera. If you do go ahead, the chances of an expensive repair bill or even an uneconomical repair is possible. Of course it doesn't have to be this way, a simple repair or an adjustment could rectify your camera problem.
I have spoken to a lot of people who didn't do anything and left it unrepaired for a few years. Once they heard about ALL-CAM, they took advantage of the 'Free Estimate' service to sort out their camera problem. Here is the good news: besides very, very competitive rates ALL-CAM Cameras and More gives free assessments and repair estimates.
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With these products you can learn from home at your own pace or even supplement your official filming education.
