Italy Travel Video

Video: Olive Harvest in Tuscany

At work in an olive grove in the Lungiana

Just after the wine is bottled in the Lunigiana the olives are ready to be harvested. Here I join my neighbor Enrico for a little turn at getting the olives off of the trees, to the delight of the women watching, and tell you a little about olive oil and olive harvesting in northern Tuscany.

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The Video Equipment

The video camera used on these Italian travel videos is a Sony HDR-TG1 Hi-Def Handicam that slips into a pocket and has decent 5 channel audio. See my Sony Handycam HDR-TG1 Camcorder Review on Europe Travel.

I use Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9 for editing, as it natively edits the AVCHD video format. The recently released Adobe Premiere Elements 7 does AVCHD as well, but was released too late for me to try on this trip. The Adobe software should be easier to use.

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James Martin's Italy Travel Videos - Italian food and culture via real moving pictures.