DSLR Video Tips: Gadgets & Gear

Course details

There are dozens of companies pitching their products to today's video professional. But what are the essential pieces of gear for starting out? What do the pros use for stabilizing footage, controlling a camera remotely, or fitting into a tight space? DSLR Video Tips answers the most common questions videographers have about camera accessories and production equipment. Rich Harrington and Robbie Carman demo loupes and slates, external monitors, lighting aids like matte boxes, tripods and monopods, and quadcopters, as well as post-production techniques for fixing issues that even the most high-tech gadgets can't correct.

Learning objectives
Reducing lens flare with matte boxes
Using loupes and electronic viewfinders to check focus and exposure
Capturing metadata with a slate
Fixing shaky footage
Controlling a camera remotely
Sliding the camera
Elevating your camera

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome

1. Why Should I Use a Matte Box

02 - What is a matte box
03 - Discussing the benefit of filters
04 - Reducing lense flare

2. Why Should I Use an Electronic Viewfinder

05 - What is an EVF
06 - Checking focus
07 - Checking exposure
08 - Viewing camera settings

3. Why Should I Use a Loupe

09 - What is a loupe
10 - Proper focus with a loupe
11 - Proper exposure with a loupe

4. What Is Follow Focus

12 - Follow focus overview
13 - What is a follow focus
14 - Setting the marks
15 - Operating follow focus
16 - Evaluating the results

5. Why Should I Use a Slate

17 - Why should I use a slate
18 - Using a digital slate
19 - Using a physical slate
20 - Alternate metadata

6. How Can I Fix Shaky Shooting

21 - How can I fix shaky shooting
22 - Fixing shaky shooting in Final Cut Pro X
23 - Fixing shaky shooting in Premiere Pro

7. Why Should I Use a Field Monitor

24 - Using a field monitor
25 - Connecting the monitor
26 - Using peaking and focus in red
27 - Using color assist
28 - Looping the monitor

8. How Can I Connect a Monitor

29 - Using your HDMI port
30 - Adapting HDMI to SDI

9. How Do I Remotely Control a DSLR

31 - Remotely controlling a camera
32 - Attaching a CamRanger
33 - Creating a network
34 - Controlling a DSLR with an iPad

10. How Do I Get My Camera Into Tight Spaces

35 - How do I get my camera into tight spaces
36 - Using GorillaPods
37 - Using additional grip items
38 - Using a DINO
39 - Using a lens skirt

11. Why Is My Footage Shaky

40 - What causes shake
41 - Using a stable platform
42 - Fixing shake in post

12. How Do I Slide the Camera

43 - Sliding the camera
44 - Tabletop dolly
45 - What is a slider
46 - Using a slider
47 - Slider versatility

13. Why Use a Monopod

48 - What is a monopod
49 - Exploring stabilized shooting
50 - Exploring overhead shooting

14. Why Do I Need a Fluid Head

51 - Why do I need a fluid head
52 - Standard photo head drawbacks
53 - Why use a fluid head
54 - Converting a photo tripod

15. How Do I Get a GoPro in the Air

55 - How do I get a GoPro in the air
56 - Attaching a GoPro to a quadcopter
57 - Calibrating the quadcopter
58 - Flying with the GoPro on the quadcopter
59 - Evaluating the quadcopter footage
60 - Getting more control with the quadcopter

16. How Do I Get the Camera Higher

61 - Getting the camera higher
62 - Using a monopod to extend your reach
63 - What is a jib
64 - Operating a jib
65 - Evaluating the shots