Youtube video suggested tip
 

this is a rehash of another post i just made in a fabrication thread. I later thought it would be better to post it in the general talk forum.

Just a bit of advice/request. If you are making a video to share, likely on youtube, can you please hold your phone in the landscape position rather than up and down? This way we can make maximum use of the screen area on our computers and see every detail in the largest possible way. filming with the phone up and down wastes 2/3 of the viewing area, and only covers the center 1/3 of the computer screen. Some of us old guys have a hard enough time trying to make out video details as it is. I watched six videos in a row tonight that only cover the middle of my computer screen. all that wasted space is frustrating.

We appreciate the helpful videos that the brothers here make and post, i just dont understand the purpose of using only 1/3 of the screen.

Again, thanks for all the effort sharing information.

Examples of the result of both ways of holding phone for video:

Agreed. Portrait video recording is dumb; landscape is much better.