With the advent of digital video, and the drop in costs of software and cameras, video is a natural progression if you're interested in photography. For more than 25 years I've been trying to get "movement and sound" into my photography without expenseive cine equipment. You'll see an example in the Family section with my slide show called the Dordogne. I produced this using a 35mm camera and a hand held cassette recorder. Every time I took a photo, I recorded a bit of sound. Now I've imported it into Premiere Pro and made a sort of video out of it.

So, a few years ago I splashed out on a Canon XM2 - a pretty good "prosumer" camera. It's robust too. Once I accidentally flicked the tripod head quick-release and the camera tumbled down a dozen concrete steps. Another time - OK call me careless - I reversed over it in my 4x4. Amazingly it kept going, albeit held together with sellotape, until I could get it properly repaired.

I edit footage with Premiere Pro on a PC (no, it does not crash if you have it installed properly!), and quite a few of my "shorts" are on You Tube.