Glidetrack & Tokina 11-16mm / First Day Testing

[jamesh]

My Glidetrack Hybrid & Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 lens both arrived today so i got all excited and took them out for a spin with the 550d. Was a bit disappointed that my old s**tty Bilora tripod head had the wrong size screw thread to mount to the Glidetrack carriage so I borrowed an old Manfrotto tripod from Josh. We spent a couple hours playing around on his building site and although the weather was a bit dull, I still managed to get some semi-decent images shooting wide open. Forgive the shaky sliding as the tripod is crappy but I did manage to get used to it in the end to produce some smoother shots. The gear looks promising so should help me with a few upcoming jobs.

I've also just installed Magic Lantern onto the 550d so now i get the audio levels and zebras displayed which can be a help as well as a hinderance.

Grading done in Adobe Premiere & Magic Bullet looks with some 3-way colour correction.

 

[Phil_UK]

I wish I could afford any of these 2 items. Just bought my Imac and I am skint now. What an amazing "TEST".

This is awesome. I want to shoot hotel promos, so I am looking for a tokina 11-16mm preferbly cheap

 

[dust'n the callipygous]

Here's one I shot a few weeks ago with that same setup. I've been using the glidetrack for a while. It's okay for what it does, but the resistance gets pretty inconsistent after a while. I spray Pam on mine every once in a while to smooth it back out. I'll probably get a bearing slider next.