GH4 GH4 + Joby GorillaPod

[Umii]

This is probably old news but thought I'd share, I should have tried this years ago
After reading a few posts where people had been using these as a simple rig for hand held I got a GorillaPod SLR + Ball head to use as a simple rig for stabilizing hand held stuff that I can just chuck in my bag rather than dragging around fluid head monopods/tripods for the stuff I tend to shoot with my GH4.

This is first go, it works surprisingly well, just bent the legs so I had contact with my body and use the ball head to angle the camera and held the camera. It can still stay stable if I want to have one hand on the variable nd filter to tweak it gently and one properly holding the camera.

Also has the nice side effect that if I do need to put the camera down in that sort of dusty environment I can just bend the legs to make a quick tripod and keep it off the floor.

 

[visceralpsyche]

Good idea! Looks effective to me

 

[Alchroma]

So you turned the GH4 into shoulder mount vid cam?
Is this correct?

Always have one in my bag. These things always seem to fit wherever one can imagine, very adaptable.

Al

 

[Umii]

So you turned the GH4 into shoulder mount vid cam?
Is this correct?

Always have one in my bag. These things always seem to fit wherever one can imagine, very adaptable.

Al

Yeh it worked really well tried a few ways over the last couple of days but effectively makes a weight weigh shoulder mount, or holding it at chest height with the 3 legs splayed out touching you works well also.

 

[Alchroma]

Thanks :smile:

Al