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This is fun to announce. I have something very special coming that will show at nab. It will be expensive and worth it. It will last your career. With help from Sony and a brilliant Electrical Engineer we have coded a microprocessor brain that can control the FS100 LANC functions with a joystick style switch on the grip. That means "EXPANDED FOCUS" "INFO DISPLAY" "TRIGGER" and a whole lot more. It will be upgradable via firmware and I expect also user configurable on a mac. You will be able to remove the brain and insert a new one when changing cameras in the future- or something like that. I don't want to over promise but this is what I'm hearing from the wizards.
Expensive for a reason. It will have 4 rosettes for dual axis adustment. Dual lemo sockets- one for trigger and a dedicated AUX out- to control what you want - maybe strike an LED light or fire a carefully timed pyro effect. because it has sockets - you can decide what the termination will be as cameras change. The switches themselves have taken weeks to find and have firm positive "finger" to prevent misfires. There is a place to rest the trigger finger while rolling. (Your humble shooter/designer at work!) The walnut work is pretty nice too. It's pretty hefty and will fit both 15mm rods and rosettes.
I plan to offer 3 models to hit differing needs. 500 for no electro, 800 for no electro with dual rosettes, 1250 for full electro, and rosettes. About the pricing- a set of 4 rosettes is almost $200. We buy the wire from a custom manufacturer not belden. The trigger switch (gold, 500K activation rating) is $25 in bulk (a useable one is 1.67). the lemo connectors are $100. the brain is cheap to make but very expensive to design. I would offer a simpler electro version for much less but with this Sony camera using LANC a routine must be coded for any function at all. these are not FS100 specific. at nab these will fire Alexa and RED as well. Alexa and RED version actually do not need a brain for on/off so I can make a less expensive version for them! Hey don't blame me! I may be able to offer an electro version w/o rosettes that is less expensive. I know what price means because I'm an end user too. With this product though, I'm making a decision to make the best handle in the world and it's simply going to cost what it costs. That said I'm trying to also make affordable tools- so a central goal is to make an affordable version. but on this project "best tool" comes first.
We'll be making a removable leather punched cover for hot days when you need non slip feel. and just as an aside this does borrow a couple things from the Aaton grip but it's a new design. it looks different, is highly contoured and I think you're going to like it. pictures and more coming soon. very much like to hear thoughts.
Expensive for a reason. It will have 4 rosettes for dual axis adustment. Dual lemo sockets- one for trigger and a dedicated AUX out- to control what you want - maybe strike an LED light or fire a carefully timed pyro effect. because it has sockets - you can decide what the termination will be as cameras change. The switches themselves have taken weeks to find and have firm positive "finger" to prevent misfires. There is a place to rest the trigger finger while rolling. (Your humble shooter/designer at work!) The walnut work is pretty nice too. It's pretty hefty and will fit both 15mm rods and rosettes.
I plan to offer 3 models to hit differing needs. 500 for no electro, 800 for no electro with dual rosettes, 1250 for full electro, and rosettes. About the pricing- a set of 4 rosettes is almost $200. We buy the wire from a custom manufacturer not belden. The trigger switch (gold, 500K activation rating) is $25 in bulk (a useable one is 1.67). the lemo connectors are $100. the brain is cheap to make but very expensive to design. I would offer a simpler electro version for much less but with this Sony camera using LANC a routine must be coded for any function at all. these are not FS100 specific. at nab these will fire Alexa and RED as well. Alexa and RED version actually do not need a brain for on/off so I can make a less expensive version for them! Hey don't blame me! I may be able to offer an electro version w/o rosettes that is less expensive. I know what price means because I'm an end user too. With this product though, I'm making a decision to make the best handle in the world and it's simply going to cost what it costs. That said I'm trying to also make affordable tools- so a central goal is to make an affordable version. but on this project "best tool" comes first.
We'll be making a removable leather punched cover for hot days when you need non slip feel. and just as an aside this does borrow a couple things from the Aaton grip but it's a new design. it looks different, is highly contoured and I think you're going to like it. pictures and more coming soon. very much like to hear thoughts.
