ESTEBEVERDE
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Yep. That's the one.
Crazy.
Zacuto is ridiculously beautiful and equally ridiculously expensive!
Crazy.
Zacuto is ridiculously beautiful and equally ridiculously expensive!
Cheap stabilization rigs - pics!
- Thread starter Matthew Bennett
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I'm sure the Zacuto is too expensive for my budget. I also don't quite see how a single person would both handle the camera and do follow focus with the rig as its got 2 grips.... maybe they have some sort of attachment to manipulate a whip from one of the grips?
I do have one of these eBay shoulder rigs, maybe I should try to add a grip to it or something. I didn't even consider it because the ergonomics of the D90 are so different from my HV20 (which took a lot of fenderwashers and such to get to halfway balance)
I'm thinking I'll try the Glidecam 2000 though, its cheap and seems to hold its value well on eBay if it doesn't work out.
I do have one of these eBay shoulder rigs, maybe I should try to add a grip to it or something. I didn't even consider it because the ergonomics of the D90 are so different from my HV20 (which took a lot of fenderwashers and such to get to halfway balance)
I'm thinking I'll try the Glidecam 2000 though, its cheap and seems to hold its value well on eBay if it doesn't work out.
Joseph Stunzi
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You hold one of the grips and focus with the other one. The D90 is so light that you don't need a two hand grip on the rig!
Thebes, what we're bringing up is several options for stabilization in different shots. If you get into the Glidecam 2000, you may not want to use that for every shot. Sometimes a little bit of camera shake is necessary (like for a war flick).
eBay shoulder rigs are creative, but don't give you the modular customizability of the a true 15mm rails system.
I liked the Zacuto micro-baseplate cause it enables you to use a nicer mattebox with your camera! It also enables you to balance it on your shoulder in ENG broadcast style. I guess do whatever works for you.
Thebes, what we're bringing up is several options for stabilization in different shots. If you get into the Glidecam 2000, you may not want to use that for every shot. Sometimes a little bit of camera shake is necessary (like for a war flick).
eBay shoulder rigs are creative, but don't give you the modular customizability of the a true 15mm rails system.
I liked the Zacuto micro-baseplate cause it enables you to use a nicer mattebox with your camera! It also enables you to balance it on your shoulder in ENG broadcast style. I guess do whatever works for you.
I had a great steady rig in my closet this whole time and i didnt know it. I totally forgot i had this thing......the Fotosnaiper!
The screw mount is on the middle of the telephotolens so when you mount a camera on it you can easily look at the back of the LCD.
Now i just need a D90. :huh:
The screw mount is on the middle of the telephotolens so when you mount a camera on it you can easily look at the back of the LCD.
Now i just need a D90. :huh:
Matthew Bennett
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Whoahhh, that's great! It takes the stealth nature of a d90 and turns it 180 degrees, making it into a device SURE to cause public hysteria!!
What's the TRIGGER for? Does it release shutter?
Argh, that reminds I still have to make a cheap mount and post it on the top of this thread!
What's the TRIGGER for? Does it release shutter?
Argh, that reminds I still have to make a cheap mount and post it on the top of this thread!
Hehe, yeah it's not excactly stealth, but it works. I guess when i get my D90 ill know if it raises eyebrows. I live in a pretty laid back country so i doubt ill get any trouble, unless im standing in front of some embassy. :huh:
And yeah the trigger works. You have to cock the shutter on the camera, then you can release it with the trigger. The camera is specially adapted for this unit.
And yeah the trigger works. You have to cock the shutter on the camera, then you can release it with the trigger. The camera is specially adapted for this unit.
timmytimetravel
Well-known member
Hmmm. Will try the figrig again when my 50-300mm turns up, put a redrock ff on it, and see if I can pull with a whip 
In answer to the quality on the lcd thing, same as always, a nice hd lcd which takes/dvi in and is good in sunlight and runs off long idx batteries and lions is great. Just cost as much as the camera body
I like the look of the zacuto idea. I have some rails and handles and batteries around from dof adapter rigging and a shoulder pad thing. Think I could do up a zacutoish setup out of spare bits. Might try next few days.
In answer to the quality on the lcd thing, same as always, a nice hd lcd which takes/dvi in and is good in sunlight and runs off long idx batteries and lions is great. Just cost as much as the camera body
I like the look of the zacuto idea. I have some rails and handles and batteries around from dof adapter rigging and a shoulder pad thing. Think I could do up a zacutoish setup out of spare bits. Might try next few days.
timmytimetravel
Well-known member
I had a great steady rig in my closet this whole time and i didnt know it. I totally forgot i had this thing......the Fotosnaiper!
The screw mount is on the middle of the telephotolens so when you mount a camera on it you can easily look at the back of the LCD.
Now i just need a D90. :huh:
Oh. And love it!
Wasn't there someone who was using a camera to inject phantom images into tourists photography remotely using infrared or flash or something? Thought I read that on gizmodo or engadget once...
The Fotosnaiper would have really completed that rig!