Camera Work: Et Cetera, Et Cetera
More than just an afterthought, camcorder accessories can actually increase the quality of your videos.
True confession: I love the back pages of video magazines like this one, almost as much as the back corners of video equipment stores. These oft-overlooked places offer green fields of goodies on which to graze and ruminate, pastures of nourishing forage like lens converters, slide copiers, right-angle mirrors, shoulder braces--in short, fascinating video accessories. Some folks buy doodads for their cars or sports, others are software junkies. Me, I'm a sucker for video add-ons.
Not that they're frills, mind you. Most accessories contribute directly to the capability and versatility of your videomaking kit. In fact, the only superfluous accessories are, by definition, the ones you don't use. Which ones are those? Too often they're the ones I've found myself suckered by, the stuff that just seemed cool a…
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