The many styles of video capture at the Web 2.0 conference

I like to do trade show interviews with a tripod and a wired or wireless mike. I can't stand shaky shots of video screens or listening to the din of the crowd in the background. Apparently this puts me in the minority.  The only other guy I saw with a tripod was Brian Shields the Online News Manager and roving camera guy for KRON 4, one of the local news stations in the Bay area.   Everybody else I saw was using a hand-held camera and an on camera mic.  The one exception was Robert Scoble, uber blogger and new managing Director of Fast Company TV.  One of  Robert's specialties is capturing and posting instant show floor discussions.  He captures these on his Nokia N95 cell phone and posts them immediately using qik.com.

I am currently working on a couple posts about the many different styles that can be used to capture events.  Love to hear your thoughts about equipment you recommend and your preferred way to go about capturing video from a conference or show floor. In the mean time, check out the results of these different styles of show floor recording.

•  Brian Shields of KRON 4 used a Sony HD camera, tripod and wireless mic to interview a variety of luminaries at the Web 2.0 Expo

•  Robert Scoble, the influential video podcaster and blogger at Fast Company likes to do live posts of interviews he captures with his cell phone.

• The official Blogger Lounge at the Web 2.0 Expo came equipped with a couple of chairs, good  lighting, microphones and a tripod mounted camera that produced great looking and sounding video.