Chapter Ten. Pro Tips for Shooting DSLR Video: How to Get the Most Out of Your Built-In Video Capabilities

SHUTTER SPEED: 1/2500 SEC     F-STOP: F/5.6     ISO: 200     FOCAL LENGTH: 50MM     PHOTOGRAPHER: SCOTT KELBY

This is the first book in this series that has a chapter dedicated to shooting DSLR video, and when you think about it, it makes sense because you can hardly find a DSLR these days that doesn’t have built-in HD video capabilities, so I thought it was time. But before you dive into becoming a DSLR filmmaker, there is a sad truth about the video industry that you’ll need to come to grips with first, and that is: video accessories aren’t like photographic accessories. They are insanely expensive. I think it’s because, for years, anything to do with shooting or editing video had been so incredibly expensive (only big corporations with huge budgets could afford to create their own videos), and even though every DSLR now has video, the video ind....