4. How to Use Your Gear

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Now that you have an idea of your video gear options and what might work for you, you’re eager to get started, right? Let’s take a quick look at how to use your gear for video—mobile phones and devices, point-and-shoot cameras, video cameras, or digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras. There are a few good apps and some hardware I’ll recommend along the way. If you already know the basics about your camera, feel free to skip over this chapter.

The iPhone

So you want to use your iPhone as a video camera? No problem, but ...

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