DSLR Video Tips: Gadgets & Gear

Learn the essential gear every video professional needs to capture better angles, control the camera remotely, stabilize shaky footage, check focus and exposure, and more.

Introduction

• Welcome

1. Why Should I Use a Matte Box?

• What is a matte box?
• Discussing the benefit of filters
• Reducing lense flare

2. Why Should I Use an Electronic Viewfinder?

• What is an EVF?
• Checking focus
• Checking exposure
• Viewing camera settings

3. Why Should I Use a Loupe?

• What is a loupe?
• Proper focus with a loupe
• Proper exposure with a loupe

4. What Is Follow Focus?

• Follow focus overview
• What is a follow focus?
• Setting the marks
• Operating follow focus
• Evaluating the results

5. Why Should I Use a Slate?

• Why should I use a slate?
• Using a digital slate
• Using a physical slate
• Alternate metadata

6. How Can I Fix Shaky Shooting?

• How can I fix shaky shooting?
• Fixing shaky shooting in Final Cut Pro X
• Fixing shaky shooting in Premiere Pro

7. Why Should I Use a Field Monitor?

• Using a field monitor
• Connecting the monitor
• Using peaking and "focus in red"
• Using color assist
• Looping the monitor

8. How Can I Connect a Monitor?

• Using your HDMI port
• Adapting HDMI to SDI

9. How Do I Remotely Control a DSLR?

• Remotely controlling a camera
• Attaching a CamRanger
• Creating a network
• Controlling a DSLR with an iPad

10. How Do I Get My Camera Into Tight Spaces?

• How do I get my camera into tight spaces?
• Using GorillaPods
• Using additional grip items
• Using a DINO
• Using a lens skirt

11. Why Is My Footage Shaky?

• What causes shake?
• Using a stable platform
• Fixing shake in post

12. How Do I Slide the Camera?

• Sliding the camera
• Tabletop dolly
• What is a slider?
• Using a slider
• Slider versatility

13. Why Use a Monopod?

• What is a monopod?
• Exploring stabilized shooting
• Exploring overhead shooting

14. Why Do I Need a Fluid Head?

• Why do I need a fluid head?
• Standard photo head drawbacks
• Why use a fluid head?
• Converting a photo tripod

15. How Do I Get a GoPro in the Air?

• How do I get a GoPro in the air?
• Attaching a GoPro to a quadcopter
• Calibrating the quadcopter
• Flying with the GoPro on the quadcopter
• Evaluating the quadcopter footage
• Getting more control with the quadcopter

16. How Do I Get the Camera Higher?

• Getting the camera higher
• Using a monopod to extend your reach
• What is a jib?
• Operating a jib
• Evaluating the shots