Message from the Field: In Kathmandu
With a slow internet connection, intermittent power, I did manage to get one video message out while I was shooting a documentary in Kathmandu, Nepal.
With a slow internet connection, intermittent power, I did manage to get one video message out while I was shooting a documentary in Kathmandu, Nepal.
One project behind me and I was prepared to invest more into the DSLR as a video camera. Magic Lantern My first next step was to install Magic Lantern. It’s an incredible open source firmware written by some enterprising filmmakers that adds many useful video and photo features to the Canon 60D. I wish I had installed it earlier! I was initially reluctant to because I was in the middle of the project and didn’t want to “brick” my camera. [...]
What this post is about… This post is for new or aspiring videographers like me who happened to get their hands on a Canon 60D. Shooting video with a DSLR is all the rage now and there’s plenty of info out on the Internet, but for my own records, I thought I’d track a few of the things I’ve learned along the way in my transition to shooting video with DSLR. Why I bought the Canon 60D… There may be [...]