Many digital camcorders have still image capability. And since some camcorder consumers don’t need advanced features, they are perfectly happy to use a camcorder to take pictures.

It’s easy to use a time laspe setting on your camcorder to take pictures of the night sky.

Or maybe you want to video record a vacation or child’s sporting event, then you might be tempted to grab some photos with the same device. Adding the still photography feature seems to be pretty easy for most camcorder manufacturers.

When shopping for camcorders, it could prove useful to look for a camcorder with decent still image resolution. This term refers to the megapixel ratings, which is an important feature when looking at digital cameras.

Even though this sounds like a great bonus to any camcorder, I personally prefer to have my technology separated and take my photos with digital cameras. And it’s worth saying that most digital cameras have pretty decent video capabilities.

I guess it all depends on your level of use for each device. If you see yourself video recording most of the time and rarely taking still images, then maybe go for a Panasonic GS320.

Would you remake your own film? Michael Haneke already has with his US version of his film Funny Games. The psychological horror stars Tim Roth, Naomi Watts, and Michael Pitt.

-In theaters, April 5th-

Since the plot and mise-en-scene of the original was very meticulous, a new director could easily misinterpret the original and botch up a remake. Thus, Haneke can preserve the ideas of his film by directing the new version. It has been said that some auteur filmmakers are ultimately making the same film over and over again with each new project. Films by Brian DePalma, Hitchcock, and Kubrick have been used to study this post-modernist concept. I suppose Haneke is just taking it to the next level.

To an extent, I get it where he’s coming from, especially when I think about my student films. I would love to remake some of them, especially with better actors and a Canon GL2. Maybe a remake doesn’t have to have such a bad connotation if you look at it as a second chance to make a better film.