From the course: HitFilm Express: Creating a Presentation Video

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What camera do you need?

What camera do you need?

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What camera do you need?

- So what I'm not going to do here is tell you a particular make and model of a camera to rush out and by straight away. That kind of advice would be out of date the moment that I said it. Instead we're going to talk about the kind of features that you should be looking for in any kind of camera. So there's a semi-serious phrase that is quoted quite a bit, which is that, the best camera is the one that you have with you. While that's not always true it is more true now than it ever has been before. Even simple, cheap cameras these days, are likely to be more powerful than any consumer camera you could've bought a decade or two ago. For start, everything these days is in high definition. If you have a smart phone, it will shoot in 1080p without even breaking a sweat. So, for this course, and the kind of videos we're talking about, the kind of, high quality, semi-professional work that you're going to be doing. There are really two types of cameras that you want to take a close look at.…

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