Appendix B Equipment, Software, and Apps

As an Assistant Cameraman you should have a working knowledge of all of the equipment that you will use on a daily basis. This section contains basic listings of the various cameras, accessories, filters, heads, tripods, and more that you should be familiar with. These lists are by no means complete and only include the most commonly used equipment that you may be working with. Equipment is being added, updated, and even discontinued on a regular basis, so it is not possible or practical to try to list every piece of equipment that you may or may not be working with. In addition to the equipment lists I have included information on some of the software that is available to the Cinematographer along with ...

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