Ngaphambili kwiLizwi elikhawulezayo elisuka… 
Ndithetha ukuba jonga umgangatho womfanekiso, nangona.Iingonyama
Molo, igama lam ndinguNicholas Grimaldi. Andizidli ngayo, kodwa ndiyifumene UBlair Witch ikhamera kwaye phantse ndizigcinele yona. Ikhamera yasimahla, uyazi?
Ndandihamba nenja yam ehlathini eBurkittsville, eMaryland xa ndakhubeka kwi-camcorder yevidiyo esetyenzisiweyo. Kwakungekho i-DSLR okanye nayiphi na into ekhethekileyo, kodwa kunjalo: ikhamera yamahhala kwihlathi. Ngokwesiqhelo ehlathini unethamsanqa lokufumana ivili lemoto okanye inqwelo yokuthenga engaphandle kwendawo. Ikhamera esebenzayo? Yilaa mithi yegolide.
Ndide ndafika ekhaya ndabukela iteyiphu endathi ndaqonda ukuba ikhamera yeyabantwana abathathu ababulawa ligqwirha.
Ndandisoyika, ewe, kodwa ndandijamelene nesona sigqibo sinzima endakha ndasenza: ngaba ndibunikela emapoliseni ubungqina, okanye ngaba ndizigcinela ikhamera ndizame ukulibala ngento yonke eyoyikisayo igqwirha?
Iikhamera zibiza kakhulu.
Ndingaba ndiyaxoka ukuba bendinokuthi andichithanga ntsuku zimbalwa ndilinganisa izinto endinokuzikhetha. Ndenze itshathi yenkqubo kunye nokudibanisa. Ndijonge kwixabiso lentengiso lekhamera. Ndijongile kuseto lwekhamera ukuze ndibone ukuba inokwenza ntoni. Ngelinye ixesha ndaye ndaziqinisekisa ukuba abantu ababulewe kwiteyiphu bebefuna ukuba ndigcine ikhamera kuba abanakuphinda bayisebenzise.
Ngaba indenza i-monster ukuba ndiphantse ndigcina ikhamera? Into ekufuneka uyiqonde kukuba bendithetha ukuthenga ikhamera.
Ngaba indenza i-monster ukuba ndiphantse ndigcina ikhamera? Into ekufuneka uyiqonde kukuba bendithetha ukuthenga ikhamera.
Yabona, ndandichulumancile kuba bendinethemba lokuyifota inja yam Iqela lokubaleka lingena kumnyango wescreen sam. Gcina ukhumbula, le ibiyi-99 kwaye IiVidiyo zaseKhaya ezihlekisayo zaseMelika ibiphela ngokukhawuleza emva koDaisy Fuentes kwaye omnye umntu uthathe uBob Saget, ke ixesha lam beliphelile.
Ndiyathetha, ndiyibukele. Ndibukele yonke Iprojekthi yeBlair Witch ividiyo. Kwakuyizinto ezinqabileyo. Abo bantwana babesoyika kakhulu. Amagqwirha ayinyani. Kodwa ndize ke kufutshane nokugcina loo khamera. Ithini loo nto ngam?
Ndixelele amapolisa ukuba ndiyifumene nje ikhamera. Inyaniso yile, bendinekhamera kangangeeveki ezimbini kwaye bendidubule ifilimu emfutshane nayo. Ngaba loo nto indenza umntu ombi? Mhlawumbi, kunjalo?
Esi yayingesosiganeko sodwa. Ndiyifumene ICloverfield ikhamera nayo. Ndizama ukunceda ukwakha i-NYC emva kokuba i-monster eyayihlasela ihlasele xa ndifumene ikhamera. Ndacinga, ngokuqinisekileyo le yindlela kaThixo yokundinika ikhamera yasimahla, kodwa emva koko ndakhangela iteyiphu. Ngokuqinisekileyo, imovie eyoyikisayo kwakhona. Ndibuyise ikhamera.
Ukufudukela kwam eCarlifonia ndangena kwindawo yokuthengisa izindlu nomhlaba ndafumana Umsebenzi weParanormal iikhamera phantse kwindlu nganye. Isihogo, ndiyifumene Ixesha ikhamera. Ndiyagula kukubuyisa amanqaku afunyenweyo. Kanye nje ndifuna ukugcina ikhamera.
Qho xa ndinika ikhamera emapoliseni kwaye ndibuze ngembeko ukuba ikhona enye indlela endinokuyifumana ngayo xa yonke into igqityiwe. Ndityalwa imali eninzi kwimivuzo, kodwa ndoda amapolisa akwenze uzive unetyala xa ubakhathaza ngemali yokufumana umvuzo. Kuyafana, ngubani umntu ombi apha: umfana obuyisa le khamera okanye idemon elingene kwaye lahlaba usapho?
Ngokwendalo ndiyaqala ukucinga ukuba ndiqalekisiwe. Ndifumene iikhamera ezininzi, kwaye nganye kuzo ibinobungqina obuhlelwe ngokuqinileyo kwezinto eziqhelekileyo kubo. Kule mihla, xa ndingena kwindlu eshiyiweyo okanye kumhlaba otyhafisayo, ndilindele nje ukufumana izixhobo zokufota ezibiza kakhulu.
Ngokwenyani andifuni ukukhupha olwam uphondo apha, kodwa ndicinga ukuba ndifanele ikhredithi encinci ngokungazifaki zonke ezi khamera.
Emva kwayo yonke imiboniso bhanyabhanya efumanekayo ngumphefumlo onobubele ongakhange ubambe loo khamera. Kuyaphawuleka ngokunyanisekileyo. Andinakucinga ukuba zingaphi ezifumanekayo imifanekiso bhanyabhanya esingazange sayibona kuba umntu oyifumeneyo wayigcina iCanon. Mfana, ndinqwenela ukuba ndigcine enye yezi khamera. I had to film my cousin's wedding kwi iPhone yam.
