As with photography, sometimes you have accidents with video equipment. Just as you can sometimes unintentionally press the shutter release on a camera, you can do the same with a video recorder.
I vaguely remember the incident. It happened as DW and I were hiking in Killarney Provincial Park, last summer. After spending all morning and early afternoon paddling around Georgian Bay (not the whole bay... that would take weeks!), we returned to our camp site, looking for something to do for the afternoon.
We had heard that there was a three-kilometre loop trail a short distance from our site and decided to hike it. I grabbed my camera bag and we headed out.
While we strolled the trail, which turned out to be much more challenging than we had anticipated and seemed longer, I carried one of my 360-degree video cameras, occasionally recording parts of the trail. For much of the walk, that camera was in standby mode, which meant I could simply press the Record button, rather than pressing and holding it to go from an off-state to turning it on and recording (difference of a couple of seconds to start recording).
At one point of the hike, I thought I'd save some of the battery and turn the camera off. But because I had been so used to pressing the big button, I hit it again, rather than pressing and holding the Power button.
I heard the familiar beep to notify me that the camera was recording and I immediately hit Stop, and powered down the camera.
This week, as I was going through unprocessed video, looking to make my next adventure video for my YouTube channel, I came across the two-second clip. Not wanting to waste it, I turned it into a still photo.
When accidents happen, it's fun to turn them into opportunities.
Happy Friday!
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