My dreamy HVX200 rig (this is a novela)

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hopalongmedia

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It's getting to be kind of a drag around here with the Anti Panisonic folks and the Die hards duking it out.

I don't really post much just read, but I thought I'd talk a little about the dream HVX rig I assembled in my imagination while wandering the floor at NAB.

Okee...

1) HVX200 to start. With cards.

I love the variable frame rate options. I do alot of GFX and post so the DVCPRO HD as opposed to HDV is crucial. I've also got the miniDV area covered for docu-stuff. They are saying 20 min of 24p 720 on an 8 gig card. I'm psyched.

2) Anton Bauer STASIS power support system.
http://www.antonbauer.com/stasis.htm

This thing looks so cool. It clamps on your shoulder so you can practically shoot hands free. 14 volt power system. 10 hours running. Power for a light. Counter Balance from a full sized battery and mount for a pro firestore. ENG stability without an SDX pricetag.

3) P&S Technic Mini35 adapter

I think this was the company I visited with. I have their price list on my wall back in the studio. They have them for HDV cameras already I figure it would be the same or they'll have a new one out. There was one with a Nikon mount. I use a D70 for still stuff so this would be cool. I could use my Nikon lenses and do double duty. Solves the swapable lense issue nicely. (I wouldn't be able to afford a set of Zeis primes anyway.) I hear they suck light some but poeple have been able to make DVXs work pretty well.

4) P2 drive

Stick it on my belt and get good at swapping cards quickly. Can you record directy to these guys via USB? That would be even better.

What do you guys think? respectable? doable? anything I havn't thought about here. (other than sticks and the usual video rig stuff.)
I'd feel pretty well prepared heading out with this setup for a day of shooting.

I work at a TV station in the GFX department and all the photogs laugh at the smaller cameras saying they are toys, but I would probably be shooting more commercials FX shots and shorts with ocasional docu and events. I'll bet a wedding would look sweet shot with my HVX. (maybe a back up DVX for second camera. can't even deliver HD yet anyway.)

Price tag would be around $18-20G. Easily 15-20 cheaper than an SDX and way more flexible than a Sony DCR300 or something.

Thanks for reading my novel...now the chick gets hit by the train.... :beer:

David
 
I also work at a TV station in the sales department as an in-house commercial photographer, and yes I've heard photogs say the same thing. However, now that we have three commercials and two promos running that I shot on my DVX100A, they've changed their tune. Now the only questions I ever hear are "How much is that camera of yours?" or "Where can I get one?" and my personal favorite "Does that shoot on film or tape?" Back in the late 90's people used to give my colleagues hell about shooting stuff on small DV camcorders, and about the time when the PD-150 hit the scene everyone slowly backed off. Nowadays if you look at the line-up of cameras at any press conference you'll see an amalgam of sizes, shapes, formats, and colors. I think your dream rig sounds pretty cool. I myself am also going for an HVX-200. I'll probably get a nice clip on matte box, and some lens adapters and just use the batteries from my DVX100A. I think a major point that has been lost in all of the technical bickering in these forums is that the majority of what will make the images look good has more to do with who is operating the camera and less to do with the internal guts that make it work.
 
hey quick question

hey quick question

For those of you who have used the Stasis rig, does it have any kind of offset plate to get the cam over to your eye or does the support arm end up digging into the base of your neck?


Thanks
 
Look at the DVTec DV Rig Pro, instead of the Stasis. IMHO, it is more flexible to a variety of situations. It's also very, very comfortable right out of the box. The Anton Bauer rep at NAB told me that they expected customers to rig thier own padding for the Stasis, according to what was comfortable for them. That sounds like a cop-out to me. The DV Rig is not only a solid shoulder mount, it's also a surprisingly effective stabilizer. I can see it really smoothing out walking shots.

You can go to dvtec.tv or I believe varizoom now reps them in the US.
 
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