Handheld Shots with DIY Macro Rig - Fig Rig - Panasonic GH1

mrmccormack

mrmccormack

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I have built several DIY rigs to help hold my new GH1 camera.

The best one so far is shown below. I bought the Macro rails rig for about $20 on ebay. The large rubber pads are from a sander for a drill. Grips are rather expensive $39) handle bar grips from our local bike shop.


Here is some test footage I put together (YouTube and .mov link below). Note that ZOOM is NOT used, and the footage you see is right out of the camera (no color correction, nothing). I use a WhiteBal card to do white balance. (18% gray). I'm still learning how to use the GH1.

Comments, suggestions are welcome...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4NShcy2qJ4
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253 Mb .mov file at:
http://74.52.200.210/~mrm/gh1/
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Rob
 
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Hey Rob,

Thanks for putting up the test! I would suggest that the shots you chose for the test are probably shots you would choose to use a regular tripod for, so maybe you can do a different test that might be more appropriate for the DIY FigRig in the future... I think the shots are pretty steady, but the nature of the shots (little movement), make any small movements more pronounced, so you might be better off testing the FigRig with a shot that has inherently more camera movement? For example, following your dog walking down the hall or something. That way, the small camera movements that you make are less noticeable.

Just a thought! Keep up the testing!
 
Many thanks e-steve. Great advice... I will do more testing and post videos.

Here is a better picture of macro rig:
MacroRail224779232_o.jpg



It was more expensive than I originally posted.
Macro Focusing Slide Rail For All SLR DSLR Macro Lens
170401510924 - Price: US $69.98


http://stores.ebay.com/Fotocola
 
What is the benefit of the macro rig? I looks cool but I have no idea what it's for, specifically... :)
 
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