Originally Posted By: DoubleUpI just have the program that came with Windows called Movie Maker. I can't do anything fancy with it but I enjoy posting the videos.
Ernest, I'll suggest for him to try those settings, but I sort of doubt that considering the differences in climate, humidity, temps, and maybe even altitude anyone could say a certain setting is always best. I do know he has image boost on, but for some reason doesn't think he needs to pick one of the modes. For me on my older and obviously cheaper Apex, the ID mode has always worked better than anything else. It defaults to 10 on contrast and 10 on brightness. I usually turn the brightness down to about 8 since it is easier on my eyes, but doesn't make as bright a recording. Of course I don't know how that compares to tuning a Thermion since I haven't tried to tune or adjust one at all. Thanks for the suggestions. I haven't seen any recording that looks as good as it does looking through the ocular.
Doubleup, how do you get the video to youtube? I have a video set up with 8 video clips from my Thermion, but have no clue how to get it on youtube...don't you have to belong or register with youtube? I would like to get them posted but just don't know enough about this stuff. I will keep googling and see what I can come up with.
Also, you are right about varying conditions...I have found that even from stand to stand I might have to change from ID to Rock or Forest...different fields hold different amounts of moisture and the ground effects are different. I also tend to run mine a little lighter sometimes but that also depends on whether I am running black hot or white hot.