From the course: DSLR Video Tips: Gadgets & Gear
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Using a digital slate
Robbie: All right, Rich, so our first exploration into information in slates, let's go digital. After all, I am not a big fan of analog. I got rid of my record player a long time ago, and it's just amazing to me with all the devices that we have, like iPads and iPhones and various phones and slates and that kind of stuff, the applications and tools that are out there to really help you get a lot of information when you are on set and on location. Rich: I have got an app called DSLR Slate, there is another one called Movie Slate that has a lot more features with audio recording, but it's pretty straightforward. You see there we have a lot of metadata, and the big deal here is you want to populate these, each of these are a field. So it's asking for things, and let's just walk through. Robbie: Sure. Rich: ISO speed, so you know what the sensitivity level, the aperture, the shutter speed, well, all of these things are going to give you information about how the shot was made. And, well…
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