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Using a field monitor

Using a field monitor

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Using a field monitor

Male 1: Hi, I'm Robbie Carman. Male 2: And I'm Rich Harrington. Male 1: And welcome back to another installment of DSLR video skills. And, Rich, this week, we're talking about something we've talked about previously, but we're going to go a little more in-depth, and that's using field monitors out there on set or in the field. Male 2: Yeah. And there's a lot of benefits to having a field monitor, both to check things like critical focus, as well as to really get into things like exposure and using some of the built in scopes. Male 1: Yeah, exactly. Monitors these days are really feature-packed. And what we've done is we've actually gone out into the field and we've put some of these features to practical use. Things like peeking and false color, and that kind of stuff to help us do things like, well, get better focus and to properly expose the image. And besides those additional things of course, the benefit of having a field monitor is more than just those additional tools. It would…

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