Gadgets & Gizmos
Buying a camcorder for most folks is just the first step in an exciting hobby, for if you are to become a successful videographer, you will soon want to a accessorize with gadgets and accessories to make your productions fit for showing the public.
So we can either head to the gadget shop for spare batteries which should be rechargeable batteries and a battery charger, a tripod such as a Manfrotto, video editing software such as movie maker or windows movie maker and an SD card from Sandisk or other SD card maker.
Or you could find your accessories, gadgets and gizmos right here on this site, where we have a great choice personally selected by an experienced videographer of 30 years who has bought these very same accessories, gadgets and gizmos and still owns and uses them all.
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No need to buy them all at once, make a wish list of accessories, and let the family know, then they will never be short on ideas of what to buy you for Fathers Day Gifts, Birthdays and Christmas presents, they will just look at your gadgets wish list and you will get cool stuff which you want.
One of the cheapest gadgets which will always be well received by any movie maker is an SD card. Sandisk seem to be market leaders, and an SD card comes in a few sizes and speeds, such as a 4GB SD card, 32GB SD card, 16GB SD card, 8GB SD card and 2GB SD card. The higher the number, the bigger the storage capacity. An SDHC card and micro SD card serve the same purpose. See the selection of SD card and micro SD card sizes below.
Recommended SD/SDHC Cards. Click on any pic for more details
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A microphone or wireless microphone is a great gadget and gismo to carry in your camera bag, but you should know about microphone types. Select from a lapel microphone, shotgun microphone, omnidirectional microphone, electret microphone, lavalier microphone, studio microphone cardioid microphone, recording microphone, stereo microphone, clip on microphone or tie clip microphone, whichever will be the best microphone to suit your shoot.
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Accessorize your movie maker studio with accessories, gadgets, video editing software, and gadgets and gizmos such as rechargeable batteries, an SD card or XD memory card, gadgets such as a tripod and monopod, a wide angle lens, fisheye lens and a macro lens, a lens hood and special effects filters. These are all gadgets and accessories, you will need to get the most from your hobby.
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Every movie maker, even owners of pocket camcorders will at some point in time want to do some editing, and video editing, so will seek out the best video editing software. Pinnacle, Pinnacle studio, Pinnacle studio 12, Movie Maker and Power Director are good examples of video editing software, but there are many more video editing programmes and Professional video editing software which will show you how to edit videos and put video effects into your productions.
