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Shoot strategies

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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 entire move, or do you want…

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