Please may I have opinions on Redrock's Captain Stubling

[andrew00]

Hey,

I'm interested in buying a redrock captain stubling. I shoot a lot of handheld and want something that can stabilise my footage enough to get rid of micro shakes etc, and give me a solid handheld look. I'm not looking for tripod steady, but enough that it 'works' as a handheld shot.

I also want a low profile, so anything with a shoulder mount is out of the question. I was looking at the Zacuto tactical shooter but I feel it's too expensive.

I like the stubling because you also get the follow focus with it - in fact most of the cost is the FF. It looks like a decent option and with redrock also bringing out a shoulder brace I can add that later if I feel it's needed.

I know this is all 'in theory', so I'm hoping to test it out at the Canon expo in London next week. However, I was wondering if anyone here had one and could give some opinios please. Vimeo only seems to have one video with it tagged, Youtube none!

[arroway]

The thing that's stopped me from buying one is a lack of information on the redrock website, a lack of 3rd party reviews/videos and its inability to quickly mount to a tripod.

[andrew00]

Yup that's the weird thing - it seems really good but there's literally very little info out there about it.

I know you can mount it to a tripod if you buy the cheeseplate, which is another $100 which is an annoying expense, but that aside, there's literally only 3/4 forum topics on google with people having bought it.

[Neal Buconjic]

Captain Stubling was designed by Stu Maschwitz (of DV Rebel's Guide/The Orphanage fame) to assist him while using VDSLR's.

Below is a link to a video segment which shows him using the rig on a shoot. It may give you some additional insight into this rig and whether it'll meet your needs.

http://media.fxguide.com/fxguidetv/fxguidetv-ep061.mov

(Have some patience, it may take a while to load)

[andrew00]

Aye I've seen that vid a few times now (you're right, it does takes AGES to load!) and the footage looks a little shaky to my eyes and a bit jello-y. Although it also looks like he's shooting with a tele, maybe the 70-200 and I'd expect that kinda of thing with shooting a tele handheld.

I myself prefer more the 18-50mm range. There was some other Japan footage in the fx video and presumably that was also shot by Stu with the Stubling and a wider lens and that seems ok, no major, or should we say unnatural shake.