The Random Brainstorm Footage (thinking about a fourth draft of the script, just walked outside with the iPhone and shot nothing important or interesting while coming up with ideas. It's an exercise I use for myself) -- http://www.vimeo.com/5368276
I still have the MKii, mostly because I'm trying to find something I like about it other than the image. AKA trying to make it work for me so that I can justify keeping it in the arsenal.
Finally broke down and ceded to the obvious: I need weight. So...
* Zacuto Lunchbox - http://store.zacuto.com/lunchbox.html
* Zacuto Zgrips v3 (So bad ass) - http://store.zacuto.com/Zgrips-V3.html
* Redrock Shoulder Mount Bracket - http://www.redrockmicro.com/microShoulderMount/index.html (Second Photo, just that piece nothing else)
* Redrock Handles - http://www.redrockmicro.com/microShoulderMount/index.html (fourth photo, just two of those handles)
15mm Iris Rods @ 15" or So equals this ugly 13-14lb contraption:
Sorry to any Redrock or Zacuto purists about the Frankenstein job. Neither had everything I wanted but together they made a great team. The thing to note here is that it can (and was) used as a shoulder mount AND as a cradle. The idea being that the most of the weight was on my shoulder so it felt great, and when it was just in my hands I could hold the Redrock grips like gun handles, put the weight on my forearm and dissipate the little shakes of my wrists. I prefer cradling because I'm tall, so this suits my shooting style perfectly. It's actually pretty fun minus not having a way to really see the monitor.
There's nothing too interesting here, again just put it together and went to see what I could do. There's only one area where the 28-70 was used and it's the wide shot of the motorcycle. The rest is 180mm or 135mm.
Next time there'll be something actually worth watching. Just wanted to post up a minor personal breakthrough with VDSLR's for myself that I could have solved forever ago.
I still have the MKii, mostly because I'm trying to find something I like about it other than the image. AKA trying to make it work for me so that I can justify keeping it in the arsenal.
Finally broke down and ceded to the obvious: I need weight. So...
* Zacuto Lunchbox - http://store.zacuto.com/lunchbox.html
* Zacuto Zgrips v3 (So bad ass) - http://store.zacuto.com/Zgrips-V3.html
* Redrock Shoulder Mount Bracket - http://www.redrockmicro.com/microShoulderMount/index.html (Second Photo, just that piece nothing else)
* Redrock Handles - http://www.redrockmicro.com/microShoulderMount/index.html (fourth photo, just two of those handles)
15mm Iris Rods @ 15" or So equals this ugly 13-14lb contraption:
Sorry to any Redrock or Zacuto purists about the Frankenstein job. Neither had everything I wanted but together they made a great team. The thing to note here is that it can (and was) used as a shoulder mount AND as a cradle. The idea being that the most of the weight was on my shoulder so it felt great, and when it was just in my hands I could hold the Redrock grips like gun handles, put the weight on my forearm and dissipate the little shakes of my wrists. I prefer cradling because I'm tall, so this suits my shooting style perfectly. It's actually pretty fun minus not having a way to really see the monitor.
There's nothing too interesting here, again just put it together and went to see what I could do. There's only one area where the 28-70 was used and it's the wide shot of the motorcycle. The rest is 180mm or 135mm.
Next time there'll be something actually worth watching. Just wanted to post up a minor personal breakthrough with VDSLR's for myself that I could have solved forever ago.
rogar-BigGrin(DBG)