David Busch's Nikon Z5 Guide to Digital Photography

Tips for Shooting Better Video

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Once upon a time, the ability to shoot video with a digital still camera was one of those “gee whiz” gimmicks camera makers seemed to include just to have a reason to get you to buy a new camera. That hasn’t been true for many years now, as the video quality of many digital still cameras has gotten quite good. Indeed, feature films have been shot entirely or in part using Nikon dSLRs, and the Showtime television series Dexter included many scenes captured with a Nikon D800. The Z5 really ups the ante by incorporating video capabilities that have been enhanced or simply not available with previous Nikon still cameras.

But producing good-quality video is more complicated than just buying good equipment. ...