Online Video Tutorials in Oculoplastic Surgery

Video Kit, Editing and Publishing

To create the videos on this site I use:

1. A Sony HD Camera in full HD mode. I use the HDR-CX6 that records onto flash memory in the AVCHD mode. The lights and patient are set into positition, and the camera then zoomed in and focussed on the operative field. I trust the exposure to auto. The flip out screen is turned so I can see what footage is being recorded. The camera remote control is dropped into a sterile surgeons glove to control the start/stop. For most operations I simply record everything and then edit out the gaps.

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2. A Hama Clamp. Hama make an excellent range of camera securing clamps. The clamp is attached to the arm of the ceiling mounted microscope.

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3. A Manfrotto tripod. For the situations when I cannot use the clamp the Manfrotto tripod with boom arm is fantastic.

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4. I edit on an Apple iMac using Final Cut Express and now Final Cut Pro X and save the output as a HD file, an M4V file and a flash file. The original unedited AVCHD is archived.

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5. The Website was originally created with Dreamweaver, but the new HTML5 responsive site has been created with Rapidweaver including the Stacks plug in and a particularly nice stack called cleanVideos. The videos are now hosted on vimeo, where they can also all be accessed and downloaded as required.

www.vimeo.com/riccaesar