Feedback on new 5.6 lcd

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matthewd5

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well i started off a week ago with a varizoom lcd...

i don't want to offend anyone who has one and really likes it, but in my opinion it was a piece of crap.

the picture was awful and it came with about half a dozen dongles to connect it to the battery and to the charger and to the lcd etc.

so i returned that and rememberd that someone had posted something about a small lcd that ran off panasonic batteries, so i posted a message and like 5 minutes later someone told me that was the nebtek.

well the nebtek came today and it is exactly what i had hoped for.

obviously it run on panasonic battteries, huge + there because it means no wires to get to the battery, no extra charger and of course i already have plenty of those batteries so its one less thing to worry about/pack.

it costs $499 which is like $150 more than the varizoom but just having less cables/batteries is worth the difference to me right there.

the screen is brighter than i will ever probably need and the screen is very sharp. i haven't looked up the specs but it seems sharper than the dvx lcd. maybe thats just because it is so much bigger?

but anyway now i have a much better way of seeing what my camera is seeing when its flying on the crane or when i use it on my new 3 wheeled baby sport stroller!

matthew
 
Re: Feedback on new 5.6 lcd

Sounds Great - Do you have a model # and a web site I could check out. How do you attach the DVX to your three wheeler? I was thinking about a stroller with a sandbag and Small tripod in the seat.
 
Re: Feedback on new 5.6 lcd


here is the link to the manufacturer, if you buy it from them it is the list price, but if you get it from a dealer it is $499

http://www.nebtek.com/proddetail.php?prod=101NEB50LI

i got mine from www.zgc.com (ask for chris)

i was thinking of some way to use the camera in a way that didn't require putting down dolly tracks and maybe something that let you go faster or make unplanned moves, so i thought about those 3 wheel strollers you typically see with women who run. i guess they call them sport strollers.

so i found a women on ebay who had sold a LOT of them and asked her if she had any scratch/dent deals and told her what i wanted it for, and she had one that was missing the fancy fabric on top.

the aluminum tubing that holds it together is roughly 5/8" so i used a matthews grip head to clamp down on one of the side tubes and put a bogen ball head from my car mount kit.

then i realized i needed a screen up close to me so i could make sure i kept whatever i would be filming in frame.

i haven't taken it outside yet as its been really cold and i didn't have the screen i wanted until today!

so i'll probably take it to a place with large indoor hallways and play with it.

i'll post pictures by the end of the weekend showing the whole rig.

matthew
 
Re: Feedback on new 5.6 lcd

Sounds Really Cool,
Try putting a 25 pound sandbag in there some where.
It will make it ride smoother
Thanks for the link to the lcd info
 
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once i get it going i'm going to experiment with weight.

the fabric seat isn't there but there is a litlte footrest on the bottom and plenty of side alum. tubing for the frame that i could attach to.

here is the big question, it had 3 small wheels, maybe 12 inches, whats better higher air pressure or lower air pressure?

matthew
 
Re: Feedback on new 5.6 lcd

I would think the air pressure would depend on the surface you are on. Lower pressure for rough, higher pressure for smooth. I would also imagine you would mostly want to stay at lower pressures as to reduce vibrations.
 
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