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Rome video

This video is a bit of an experiment with a new camera.  It addition to still photos, the camera is able to shoot video footage (some times choppy).  I thought I'd try it out during our visit to Rome.  Enjoy the experiment.  

If you would like to see still photos from our trip, click here.

Description:

Length: 7 minutes

Scenes:

• Crowds of people out and about

• Trevi Fountain

• Pantheon

• Pope John Paul II speaking at St. Peter's Basilica

• Crowd of people listening to the Pope

• St. Peter's Basilica

• View from inside St. Peter's Basilica dome

• Mosaic inside St. Peter's Basilica dome

• View of Rome from St. Peter's Basilica dome

• St. Peter's Square

• Vatican museum sculptures

• Vatican museum map hall

• Vatican museum Raphael rooms

• Sistine chapel - Michaelangelo

• Piazza del Popolo

• Spanish Steps

A reminder - there is audio, so adjust your volume accordingly.

The video is a 35 mb file.

Approximate download times:

1 and 1/2 hours with a 56k connection

45 minutes with a broadband connection

20 minutes with a DSL connection

3 minutes with a 'T line' connection at you local library

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Because video files are so large, they will take a quite a while to download (For those of you with a dial-up connection, For those of you with a dial-up connection, I would suggest that you leave the computer on while doing something else).  Once the file has downloaded, you can save it to your computer in the same way you have been saving the family photos (right click your mouse - save video as).  That way you can view the video in the future without having to wait for it to download again.