CHAPTER 15

DSLR Cinema Gear for Low Budget Shooters

DSLR CINEMA GEAR: AN OVERVIEW

This chapter provides a list of recommended gear for low-budget filmmakers, students, video journalists, and documentary filmmakers. But rather than include a lot of different gear priced by a variety of categories, I'm only going to describe the minimum needed for a student, video journalist, and independent filmmaker. Most of this is my recommended list based on actual use in the field by myself and/or working professionals I've encountered while writing this book1 It is not even close to an exhaustive list of everything available—far from it. This is my recommendation and there are many websites and companies that offer a variety of gear for different needs. ...

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