What's the best way to send Video emails??

[Stephen]

Hi timbo64!

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[timbo64]

hi there I just purchased a vixia HF R400(never owned a camcorder before) my OS is windows vista home premium 64,i connect r400 thru a usb cable.

[Mykolas]

timbo64,

Video files from the HF R400 and many other camcorders are very large.  There are often file size restrictions on e-mails, which makes sending a video file very difficult.  Often the file will need to be reduced in size by being recorded at a lower resolution to start with, then compressed or reduced in quality.  Depending on how long the video was, it may still be too large to e-mail even at that point.

You can always upload the video to a web service, allowing you to simply share the link with someone via e-mail instead.  There are many available, one of which is our own Canon Image Gateway.  The link will take you to the website.

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[timbo64 · Accepted solution]

actually theres a website mailbigfile.com;I was able to email to myself a 146mb hd video,so there appears to be a way.what I haven't tried yet is a 6sec video zipped(hd) to see if it compresses enough to email so I can send it for a video gold lesson