Posts Tagged ‘tripod’
One Thing You Should Buy Before Your Video Camera
While it’s possible to get great hand-held shots with your digital still camera, it’s much harder to hand-hold a video camera. Video often requires slow steady pans up or down or side-to-side. It’s very hard to do this without a tripod.
And yes, almost all video cameras have image-stabilization features, they can’t come close to the stability of a tripod.
Tripods are bulky and good ones are heavy. And I personally don’t go anywhere without one. I am tired of the overused bouncing hand-held video style you see on MTV. I do think there’s a place for hand-held shots. But they should be the exception not the rule.
Try using a tripod the next time you shoot some video. You’ll be amazed at how much better your video looks.
And if you want to work like the big boys – try building your own $20 .
I’ll have more on tripods in future posts, including which ones to consider.
