So How Did You Use Your Camera This Christmas?

What did you record with your camera this holiday season? I've captured several hours of Christmas morning and as a result I've discovered an issue.

When recording for a really long stretch, it results in really large files. Obviously, but what's the issue? Well, on my cheap, off the shelf, Compaq desktop with Windows Vista and 1 gig of memory, the file completely crashes the system, locking up everything and making it impossible to edit it or do anything else with it.

The good news is, my wife's laptop, from Dell, has 3 gig of memory and I am able to edit it into smaller chunks and work with it.

Have you had this issue? It's not really an issue with the camera, rather my computer, but I thought I'd mention it. The best way to deal with this is to utilize your record button to pause recording every now and then. When you do this, the camera quits the file it's creating and starts a new one. It does take a couple of seconds to do that, but with practice you can avoid missing some precious moments.