I'd like to ask a favor: a photo of your setup. I just bought an AF100 and have explored and searched this forum. I'm about to spend a lot of money on glass so I can't afford to make costly mistakes when tricking out the rig and would like to learn from your experience. Most of my work as a freelance DP is FAST moving docs, corporate and non-fiction TV. I need a rig that can quickly go from sticks to shoulder to jib to hovering at stomach level, plus change lenses quickly. So I was hoping you could post (or email me) some shots of your "fast shooting" rig and which model components you have? I have explored this forum and most of the rig shots are too extreme and unwieldy for my kind of shooting. I often film children for education videos and don't want to draw their attention to the rig itself, or the authorities when I'm out and about. I wish there was a thread of just rig pics with model names.
Dear Erik Naso, Nate Haustein & Richard Nelson: It appears we have the same kind of clients and shooting style, and you guys have bought and then sold many parts so you could customize the most efficient doc shooting rig and that's what I need to do so if I could see photos that'd be great. Some of my work is as a one-man-band so I may have a shotgun onboard and a BEC receiver box for the radio mic(s). I'd love a rig that has a rod going to the tummy or belt buckle, so both hands are available to work the lens rather than hold the support.
In the next week or so I need the shoulder component, rods, focus wheel, receiver box, perhaps EVF (do most AF100 shooters use one in bright daylight?), perhaps a matte box if there's money left. Being a former film guy I'd like to get a wooden Aaton handgrip. Maybe a AB Gold Mount on the back for ballast. Lastly, I hope it is all so modular that if I rent a F3 or C300 I can use this new rig for those models also.
I'm putting most of the budget in the glass so I don't think I can afford the most expensive/best components until the AF100 starts bring home some bacon.
Thanks!
Dear Erik Naso, Nate Haustein & Richard Nelson: It appears we have the same kind of clients and shooting style, and you guys have bought and then sold many parts so you could customize the most efficient doc shooting rig and that's what I need to do so if I could see photos that'd be great. Some of my work is as a one-man-band so I may have a shotgun onboard and a BEC receiver box for the radio mic(s). I'd love a rig that has a rod going to the tummy or belt buckle, so both hands are available to work the lens rather than hold the support.
In the next week or so I need the shoulder component, rods, focus wheel, receiver box, perhaps EVF (do most AF100 shooters use one in bright daylight?), perhaps a matte box if there's money left. Being a former film guy I'd like to get a wooden Aaton handgrip. Maybe a AB Gold Mount on the back for ballast. Lastly, I hope it is all so modular that if I rent a F3 or C300 I can use this new rig for those models also.
I'm putting most of the budget in the glass so I don't think I can afford the most expensive/best components until the AF100 starts bring home some bacon.
Thanks!
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