I have really never got the hang of a hammock, I just don't particularly like the restrictive feel and the idea of falling out of one. I'm even beginning to move away from mummy type sleeping bags.

The camera was an old Casio EX-Z1050

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Casio-EX-Z1050-Digital-Camera-Optical/dp/B000MVWEHY

Here is the raw photo before resizing;

http://www.amfearliathmor.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/CIMG0446.JPG

Good to know Teslinhiker, I had took pictures of me walking in the trails but never played with doing video. I guess that does pose much of a burden when going solo.

I don't think a solo video is difficult. Just set up your video camera on a tripod, press record and stand there and do your thing when it's not windy. I've done this before. It's fully unprofessional, but it works and is a million times better than describing something with text. Try to make each take no more than 7 minutes, which is about the limit of my attention span for a Youtube video.

Don't even worry about editing. Just pick your best take, and post it on Youtube. Nobody's paying you because you're not Les Stroud. The people who matter will appreciate the video. Everybody else doesn't matter. I'd disable voting because I wouldn't care what all the couch potatoes thought.

It really depends on what you are attempting to capture on video. If you are doing a gear review while just standing or sitting in your backyard or the local park then it is easy to do multiple retakes until you get it right.

On the other hand, making more in-depth videos of actually using your kit and gear out in the field and at the same time providing a decent narrative is much more difficult to accomplish when you are doing it all solo.

i tried a youtube as a canoe gear layout,it's tricky to get everything set up and out so you can see it.you might end up with just a bunch a stuff bags that you point at and say..shirt,pants,hat--without really showing the shirt,pants,hat.
things like lighting,camera angles and even a script have to be done right or it turns out as a dark shaky blur with to much "ya know" "hummm"..to fast to slow.or worse it could just be taken as a "so what" by the viewers.ok he has a sparklight and a ax and can make a tarp out of a poncho--and--and??..except for some videos i posted at youtube out on the canoe trips of sunsets and dismal days under the tarp whining about the rain i left the gear layout tries i did at home on the cutting room floor.at the tube i'm wetcanoedog--please be kind....

I wonder if those helmet cams you always see would be any good. At least they are compact and waterproof.

the problem with helmet cams is that you get too much movement.to make something watchable you have to zero in on the subject.
you want something like Americas Test Kitchens and not Blair Witch Project--i'm sure there is a Youtube about how to make a Youtube.