From the course: Video Gear: Support & Grip

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Shoot strategies

Shoot strategies

All right, Rich. So we've talked about sort of the components of this slider. >> Yap. >> We talked about mounting up to the tripod, leveling things off. But now it's actually time to shoot with it. And I gotta be honest, It takes a little practice to get comfortable with a slider. >> Yeah. >> It's not as simple as just, you know, kind of pointing that where you want to shoot and going from there. It requires a little practice and a little technique. And just the mechanics of this particular slider are actually really nice. It's a very smooth track. You can see as I slide, it extends out to one side or another, keeping the overall slider nice and compact. But are a couple of techniques we should talk about. First, let's just assume that I'm not doing any panning or tilting on the actual head itself for right now. >> Well, one of the issues that you are going to face, of course is focus, and you have to decide. Do you want the thing to stay in focus for the…

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