old_expat - 3:40 am on Jan 17, 2008 (gmt 0)

I have a content rich travel website to which I'm thinking of adding some video clips that I take myself. They would be of the "this is how the place/thing looks" variety.

While I realize that this could be considered a "how long is a piece of string" question ..

I'm wondering what would be an optimum length that would not "shortchange" a subject, but not burn excessive bandwidth. I realize that attention spans on the web tend to be short.

I have just started circling the water deciding where is the best place to stick a toe in.

Any constructive advice on editing, format, presentation, resolution, etc will be well recieved as well.

The camera I will be using will likely be a Panasonic NV-GS85 PAL version (has optical image stabilization), tripod or vehicle mounted where possible.