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Shooting with an external recorder

Shooting with an external recorder

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Shooting with an external recorder

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- Let's go ahead and get this connected to a camera and walk you through some of the essentials. Now the big thing is is that we've found in our own trial and error, sometimes error, that there's a big difference between different brands of HDMI cables. You may wanna use the one that comes from the manufacturer or have a few standing by. I do like the HD SDI connector. It's just not as temperamental because it's designed for pros, but most of these are relying on HDMI these days. - Yeah, so you have to be careful about the HDMI, most of the time on the recorders itself, it's going to be a full-size HDMI port, but then on your camera body itself, it's either gonna be a micro or a mini HDMI, so you need to either have an adapter or the appropriate cable. In my kit, I tend to carry multiple HDMI cables just to problem-solve in these situations. - The problem though is that this puts a lot of stress on this port, so on the side here, let's right run that camera cable up. Now I take this…

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