Music video cameramen have to set up the lights to fit the mood of the music video and to keep it in with the director's ideas and what he wants for the video. The lighting seems to be one of the hardest jobs that a cameraman has to do because they have to also visualize what the video has to look like, as set by the director, with combing all of the elements together.
A cameraman may end up having to go to the shoot location early and stay later than anyone else because it takes a long time to prep the cameras. It might be that a cameraman has to take longer than anyone else on the crew to set up. Depending on the time taken to set up would also depend on the size of the camera. Larger cameras are more delicate and have more small pieces to fit on, which takes longer than smaller cameras. Also these small parts all have their own case which means the cameraman has more watch over to prevent loss or damage. Cameras are most often rented for the productions and come with all of the pieces required and for this reason cameramen most often have assistants that would do the same hours as the cameraman to account for these pieces; otherwise it would be the production's fault for any loss or damage of the equipment.
Most of the camera prep can take up to a week and so during this time a camera crew would get to know all of the pieces involved with the camera; where they go and what they do.
The cameraman must also be good at holding the camera for long shots without shaking the camera and running around a set with heavy equipment as well as moving around quickly, to keep up with the pace of the production.
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