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USB power

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- Well, Rich, going with your obsession with power, we've obviously talked a lot on past episodes of Video Gear Weekly about portable batteries like this guy from Anker, and there's, I don't know, a billion of them out there now. If you just search Amazon, you'll find them in all sorts of shapes and sizes and power capacities, but one of the things I've been thinking a lot about is that when I'm on set, there's a plethora of USB devices that are needed in and around the camera itself. Right, so, what I mean by in is, actually charging the camera. Some cameras are able to charge over USB, and then there's other devices, you know, tablets and things of that nature. We can do this pretty easily with a couple extra accessories and a USB-based battery. - Yeah, the important thing is, is make sure you get a USB battery that has the voltage able to change. These ones from Anker can vary between different voltages, so that you can adjust, because you need enough power for your camera, and…

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