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    Small, right-angle gearboxes. ITS LIKE THEY DON'T EXIST!!!!

    So I'm planning on building a simple, rail-mounted friction follow focus, loosely based on Ikan's version. The problem is, I cannot find the Huco right angle gearbox that they use for sale ANYWHERE. I found it on Amazon and ordered it, only to hear back from them the next day to say it was sold...
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    H1 stopped recording during event, plenty of battery, plenty of space.

    So, I'm less than impressed by the H1, price is good, but everything else is pretty lacking. My latest quibble happened tonight. I started the unit recording for a panel discussion at a conference, and after the panel I retrieved the recorder, only to find the unit was off, blank screen. I...
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    Got a great deal on Bogen 3001 and Manfrotto head, but need parts.

    http://bogentripodparts.com/parts/3001.htm I need the thumb screws for all the upper and lower leg locks, six total. The website above has the entire leglock assemblies, but they are really expensive! Can I use off the shelf thumbscrews from my local hardware shop? Does anyone know the sizes...
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    Crazy off-camera iPhone-based audio recording set-up, would this work?

    Amatuer filmmaker here, shooting video on a GF-1 with no audio input, would like to get a GH-2, but for now the image quality on GF-1 is pretty nice. No audio-in means I have to record audio off camera to get decent sound. Here the crazy rig I'm thinking about trying: iPhone 3G as the "field...
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