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Using additional grip items

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Using additional grip items

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Rich: Sometimes you need to mount the camera in really unusual places. The front of a surfboard. Make sure it's in a waterproof case. Rob: Yeah. Rich: Or perhaps, on the side of a car. And this is one of those areas where people get really nervous. You know, my camera doesn't have Spiderman's powers. Rob: Well right, I mean you spend a couple grand for the body. You have another couple grand potentially in the lenses and in all that kind of stuff. You want to be sure that nothing bad's going to happen to your camera. Rich: I would go with a prime lens in this case. I would put the cheapest lens on the camera. Rob: Sure. Rich: And I would put the cheapest camera on the mount. And this is a good reason, you know. For example, when they're shooting films, and they're destroying cameras, they're probably not doing it with 5D Mark IIIs, they're probably using T4Is. But, this is still a secure way. You've got a suction cup mount there. Rob: Yeah. Now this is a cool little piece of piece of…

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