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From Still to Motion: A photographer’s guide to creating video with your DSLR
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From Still to Motion: A photographer’s guide to creating video with your DSLR

by James Ball, Robbie Carman, Matt Gottshalk, Richard Harrington
March 2010
Beginner to intermediate
336 pages
11h 28m
English
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