C100: c100 on glidecam hd4000

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Shawnvfx

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So has anyone using this setup?

what shutter speed you usually shoot at ? 120?

I have the 14mm, should be enough, but My clients seems to want wider

Im thinking rent a 8-15 and test that out

but its a fisheye. dont know if its still fisheye on C100

and Im thinking if I fix the fisheye effect in AE, its gonna crop lots of the edges and maybe end up looking just like a 14mm

no idea. maybe I should buy a mark iii for glidecam
 
Best would probably be to get a 5DIII for Glidecam, it's not like you need focus. A Fisheye looks like a 14mm on APS-C. What about the Tokina 11-16mm?
 
Don't use the fisheye. Rent either the Tokina 11-16mm or the Sigma 10-20mm from lensrentals. I get great results with either or those and using the blackbird stabilizer
 
Why do you (and your clients) want such wide angles? Perhaps if you're doing landscapes or buildings. For people shots on the Glidecam, I like to use the 35mm; it gives much less distortion than any wide angle does so looks more pleasing. Wide angles lenses are for wide shots, so should be generally avoided for use in medium and close shots, which you often want in people shots. I'll also use longer focal lengths on the Glidecam on occasion, such as the 50, 85, and 100. Tight shots on the Glidecam (or Steadicam) can have a really cool look to them.

The C100 is a good weight for the Glidecam; with the 5D you have to add weight to the top of the Glidecam to get better balancing as the 5D alone is too light I find. Another thing to consider is that while you can get a wider image from the 5D (Tokina 11 on C100 is 11 x 1.53 = 16.83 vs 5D with 14mm), the C100 holds much more detail in wide shots than the 5D does, as the 5D is better with retaining detail in close shots.

Shutter speed would be the same as always, I would assume; double your frame rate.


Here is a video test I did with the Glidecam + C100. Lenses used were the Canon 35mm f/1.4L, Tokina 11-16 f/2.8, and Canon 24-105 f/4L.



I wrote more about using the Glidecam and the C100 over on the other forum which I don't feel the need to repeat all of. http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/canon-cinema-eos-camera-systems/516653-c100-glidecam.html
 
Sorry for the confusion guys that isn't my video I just thought it was helpful. Totally agree with you as simple as it is it's a fun little vid
 
Eric Coughlin said:
Why do you (and your clients) want such wide angles? Perhaps if you're doing landscapes or buildings. For people shots on the Glidecam, I like to use the 35mm; it gives much less distortion than any wide angle does so looks more pleasing. Wide angles lenses are for wide shots, so should be generally avoided for use in medium and close shots, which you often want in people shots. I'll also use longer focal lengths on the Glidecam on occasion, such as the 50, 85, and 100. Tight shots on the Glidecam (or Steadicam) can have a really cool look to them.

The C100 is a good weight for the Glidecam; with the 5D you have to add weight to the top of the Glidecam to get better balancing as the 5D alone is too light I find. Another thing to consider is that while you can get a wider image from the 5D (Tokina 11 on C100 is 11 x 1.53 = 16.83 vs 5D with 14mm), the C100 holds much more detail in wide shots than the 5D does, as the 5D is better with retaining detail in close shots.

Shutter speed would be the same as always, I would assume; double your frame rate.


Here is a video test I did with the Glidecam + C100. Lenses used were the Canon 35mm f/1.4L, Tokina 11-16 f/2.8, and Canon 24-105 f/4L.



I wrote more about using the Glidecam and the C100 over on the other forum which I don't feel the need to repeat all of. http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/canon-cinema-eos-camera-systems/516653-c100-glidecam.html
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When filming Minority Report Steven Spielberg and Kaminski never shot tighter than 17mm. There is no real rules, just guides that most will break anyways. You just need to know how to break em.
 
Well yeah, I agree with that. Spielberg didn't chose to shoot wide angle because shooting tighter would have been too tough for their Steadicam operator; it was a creative choice. I think that when it comes to using wide angles on Glidecams, though, people often don't do so because it's a creative choice, but because it is easier to do. So what I was/am saying was to not get stuck on only using wide angles (unless it's a creative choice, as you say) because of it's ease of use, and to use the focal lengths appropriate to what you are filming.

I just remember when I first got my Glidecam I had read everyone saying to only use wide angles (even Stillmotion was using only the 14mm on their Steadicam) and at the time I only owned one lens, the 35mm, which I assumed would be too tight for Glidecam usage, so I bought a Tokina 11-16, but later found I could use a large variety of focal lengths on the Glidecam and thus get better results out of the added versatility.

Joe Simon also uses a lot of different focal lengths on the Glidecam. This is a video he did with the C300 on the Glidecam with the 14mm, 35mm, 50mm and 85mm.


 
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i wish i could try that with my C300. i wonder how heavy it is ? if say true i think i just will not be able to hold it...... i am not very strong guy!
 
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