Ben_B
Veteran
[EDIT! I WAS SENT SOME OF THE WRONG PARTS. NEW REVIEW TO FOLLOW WHEN THEY'RE REPLACED!]
I got my indifocus DSLRsm today and I am somewhat disappointed. The rods are nice, and the clamps attach nice and tightly. Unfortunately the system is pretty poorly designed. I really couldn't get a comfortable position. The new shoulderpad is on some flimsy metal and flops around, and isn't very comfortable at all. All mount points that aren't on the rods (which are done with traditional clamps shaped like the rods) are done with a screw system that is design to gouge the attachment points...already the bars the handles go on, and that the shoulder mount goes on, are covered in deep, unsightly gouges. Furthermore the tolerances on the camera mount height adjust are not great, and it tends to want to wobble from side to side. Lastly, the shoulder mount, aside from being heavy (due to a counter weight which does nothing), flimsy, and designed for a shoulder shape not possessed by any human that I have yet encountered, makes the entire rig bounce around when you walk, and is far too heavy and flimsy to allow the rig to be mounted on a tripod without removing everything.
All in all a not-balanced, cheaply constructed, easily damaged, uncomfortable, poorly designed rig. I regret spending the money.
I hope with more testing I will get used to it...but I will be calling Indifocus tomorrow, hopfully I can get the crappy shoulder piece here exchanged with the one from their indirails pro XVsm kit, which is more traditional and clamps onto the rods in a normal, non-gougey way. Using the rails with no shoulder piece and just the front handles (which despite the fact they are hard to adjust, requiring an alan wrench...which to be fair was included, and are dependent on gouging the bars that they adjust along) was actually quite comfortable despite the lack of shoulder pad, and I think that the system will benefit from a more traditional shoulder pad.
I've heard the indifocus guy is quite reasonable, so I will let you know how that goes.
I was really shocked that the shoulder piece was as poorly designed as it was...as for build quality on the rest, it's useable even if cosmetically challenged, and I suppose you get what you pay for...I'll see if I can get that shoulder piece exchanged though.
To say a few nice things about the rig: the rods are lightweight and attractive. They included a quick release mount on the top. The handles are adjustable to a nice comfortable length, rather than being cramped up top in the other indifocus mount or even in redrock micro gear...they reminded me of zacuto in terms of design concept but not in terms of build quality or execution.
That's about it.
I got my indifocus DSLRsm today and I am somewhat disappointed. The rods are nice, and the clamps attach nice and tightly. Unfortunately the system is pretty poorly designed. I really couldn't get a comfortable position. The new shoulderpad is on some flimsy metal and flops around, and isn't very comfortable at all. All mount points that aren't on the rods (which are done with traditional clamps shaped like the rods) are done with a screw system that is design to gouge the attachment points...already the bars the handles go on, and that the shoulder mount goes on, are covered in deep, unsightly gouges. Furthermore the tolerances on the camera mount height adjust are not great, and it tends to want to wobble from side to side. Lastly, the shoulder mount, aside from being heavy (due to a counter weight which does nothing), flimsy, and designed for a shoulder shape not possessed by any human that I have yet encountered, makes the entire rig bounce around when you walk, and is far too heavy and flimsy to allow the rig to be mounted on a tripod without removing everything.
All in all a not-balanced, cheaply constructed, easily damaged, uncomfortable, poorly designed rig. I regret spending the money.
I hope with more testing I will get used to it...but I will be calling Indifocus tomorrow, hopfully I can get the crappy shoulder piece here exchanged with the one from their indirails pro XVsm kit, which is more traditional and clamps onto the rods in a normal, non-gougey way. Using the rails with no shoulder piece and just the front handles (which despite the fact they are hard to adjust, requiring an alan wrench...which to be fair was included, and are dependent on gouging the bars that they adjust along) was actually quite comfortable despite the lack of shoulder pad, and I think that the system will benefit from a more traditional shoulder pad.
I've heard the indifocus guy is quite reasonable, so I will let you know how that goes.
I was really shocked that the shoulder piece was as poorly designed as it was...as for build quality on the rest, it's useable even if cosmetically challenged, and I suppose you get what you pay for...I'll see if I can get that shoulder piece exchanged though.
To say a few nice things about the rig: the rods are lightweight and attractive. They included a quick release mount on the top. The handles are adjustable to a nice comfortable length, rather than being cramped up top in the other indifocus mount or even in redrock micro gear...they reminded me of zacuto in terms of design concept but not in terms of build quality or execution.
That's about it.
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) etc. In general I like it...I just really feel the shoulder piece goes beyond cheap build quality to being simply poorly conceived. I have a feeling the other shoulder piece would handle things better. Will be calling tomorrow, heard indi guy is quite reasonable..we'll see if I can exchange that piece.
