Home made rig for HVX200

[boyadjy]

Hello all

I know it won't impress anyone here because i saw so many nice DIY stuff here but i would like to share this idea for those who do not want to spend much on a rig like dv rig pro and all that kind of equipment.

My wife bought year ago an AB exerciser and as everyone know, when you buy such thing, you use it twice then you put it somewhere home and never use it again rogar-BigGrin(DBG)

it looks like this :



I turned it into this :





it is almost perfectly balanced, but even if i want to add weight on the back you can see i put a big "screw" (??) to put extra bodybuilding weight rogar-BigGrin(DBG)

i have added a fishing accessory (pole sytem or something...sorry for my bad english)

i just need to ad an extra fishing accessory that will enable me to have my hands free, i'll post picture soon

Ab exerciser : 10 euros
1st fishing accessory : 9 euros
2nd fishing (not on pics) : 9 euros

1 euros = 1,23 usd

other stuff (for the screen) is from my light magic arm (manfrotto)

 

[casey warren]

looks nice, post some footage from it, or footage of it in action.

 

[boyadjy]

looks nice, post some footage from it, or footage of it in action.

i'll do it soon

 

[Kevin Lee]

What a fantastic idea. Looks great. I'd like to see it in action, how it sits on your shoulder.

 

[donkathon]

Neaat. Looks good, bovadjv.

 

[Cynic821]

nevermind, i see that grey thing attatched to it, what is that?

 

[The Machinist]

Is that "grey thing" a power source for your M2 adapter?

If so I'd like to know where to get one.

 

[boyadjy]

thanks everyone, hope this might help someone save 700 $ for a rig (which i suppose is better but not that much )

the grey thing is a universal portable battery to power the M2 adaptater, see the link here : http://www.global-batteries.com/product_info.php/cPath/10/products_id/1334

i'll post shooting from my setup soon !

 

[boyadjy]

What a fantastic idea. Looks great. I'd like to see it in action, how it sits on your shoulder.

it sits really really well on my shoulder ! and i can add extra weight on the back if i add a mattebox + follow focus and find it to heavy

to me it is really well balanced

 

[boyadjy]

hi everyone, here is a short demo, that i have done few minutes ago

http://www.boyadjian-films.com/fredrig.mp4

basic shooting, nothing adjusted, not even M2 lens

SD shooting with M2 and 50mm nikon and boyadjy's special rig !

ps : that thing moving that you see on the right side of the image is my fingers as i was pulling focus while shooting and im not used to such a setup (those lenses are so small compared to original focusing gear of DVX or HVX camcorder !!

 

[robot909]

You're lucky, most American women don't even know where the kitchen is... looks great!

 

[boyadjy]

You're lucky, most American women don't even know where the kitchen is... looks great!

thanks

she'll be happy to hear that rogar-BigGrin(DBG)

 

[monkeyking]

Great work. very smooth operation. Were you riding f/stop as well as focus?

 

[boyadjy]

thanks monkeyking

:embarasse
i'm not sure about what f/stop means : is that "aperture" you are talking about ?
if yes, i just put f1,8 on 50 mm on nikon lens, hvx was wide open

i hope i have answered your question

 

[thef0x]

You're lucky, most American women don't even know where the kitchen is... looks great!

you're an ignorant **** ass

 

[ChrisForbes]

you're an ignorant poo poo ass

What other kind of asses are there besides poo poo asses?rogar-BigGrin(DBG)

 

[Logan LeBlanc]

does the s word become ****?

 

[faultygoblin]

Bravo,
that looks very easy to expand upon and add extra mounts etc,
might go troll around some of the local thrift shops tomorrow and see if I can findsomething along those lines.
As for the fishing accesories what did you use? I wasn't able to discern from a quick look.
Nice job, some detail shots of the the mounted body and the clip would be great.