Going Mobile with 35mm Adapters

mburgh

mburgh

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My Letus EX works great on my tripod, but the rails and weight of the set-up makes the camera so front-heavy, that I'm hesitant to shoot hand-held. Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated, especially those that didn't involve an expensive Zacuto setup.

Thanks.
 
while i do prefer the expensive zacuto set up, grab a towel and use it as a pad on your shoulder.
I usually end up balancing when the adapter right over my shoulder and have an external monitor to counterbalance the camera.
one hand on the rods, the other on the follow focus.
 
Matty_g said:
while i do prefer the expensive zacuto set up, grab a towel and use it as a pad on your shoulder.
I usually end up balancing when the adapter right over my shoulder and have an external monitor to counterbalance the camera.
one hand on the rods, the other on the follow focus.
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Thanks - I'll give that a try. The viewscreen is hard to see when off the tripod. I have an external monitor that I'll try to use.
 
I'm a really tall guy so I can't hold the DVX/LEX on my shoulder. I just hold like it like a rifle and get my hand held shots. the only problem I do encounter is vibration noise if I don't hold it properly. when the budget permits, I will get a nice set up but not Zacuto. They are very nice but a little out of range for my wallet.
 
I've been shooting 80% of my feature handheld with an HVX/Brevis flip combo. I just have the cavision shoulder pad, and the handgrips with extension rods. I need to work out a better way to mount the panasonic monitor to the rails, but Ive been running that with a mini cardellini and a noga arm.

It's not lightweight, but I've been able to shoot for long hours and not have any pain in my shoulders afterwards.
 
filthrich said:
I'm a really tall guy so I can't hold the DVX/LEX on my shoulder. I just hold like it like a rifle and get my hand held shots. the only problem I do encounter is vibration noise if I don't hold it properly. when the budget permits, I will get a nice set up but not Zacuto. They are very nice but a little out of range for my wallet.
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I'm medium height, with shorter arms, so I end up holding the camera like a rifle, with no stability, and I can't really see the view screen.
 
robmneilson said:
I've been shooting 80% of my feature handheld with an HVX/Brevis flip combo. I just have the cavision shoulder pad, and the handgrips with extension rods. I need to work out a better way to mount the panasonic monitor to the rails, but Ive been running that with a mini cardellini and a noga arm.

It's not lightweight, but I've been able to shoot for long hours and not have any pain in my shoulders afterwards.
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How well can you focus with your rig?
 
i have an indie rails system which i really wouldn't recommend, but it is cheap... and i also use the monitor on the rails as a counter balance. it works well despite the weight. does anyone have a better way than the mini-cardellini + noga arm to fly the monitor off the rails?
 
mburgh said:
How well can you focus with your rig?
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Now that I have the panasonic monitor it's a breeze to focus. Prior to this doing handheld with the Ikan monitor it was nearly impossible to get critical focus. Especially when shooting in low light.

The only drawback to the panasonic monitor is that Im running it off a battery belt (which works great I can shoot for 7 hours at a clip before changing belts) BUT having the added weight slung on my other shoulder is annoying.

I also cannot stress enough the importance of having the extended handgrips mounted on the rails if you have a little cash to spend on your grips. It's really helped stabilize the HH as well as making it a little easier on my arms.
 
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