My Shoulder Rig

Kevin Lee

Kevin Lee

Veteran
I have been putting time into building this in the past few days. Its for my XH A1 But should work for most cameras. I used some parts from one of those doorway pullup bars. (The curved tubes and the square plastic piece that the monitor is sitting on.) I made it so I can take basically everything apart without tools and put in the camera bag. Going to film some football tonight from the sidelines. Hope it works. :P

One feature I think will help is the monopod I have clipped to the rig. I can pull that off, and pop it over that little copper pluming pipe you see on the front of the rig. I can put the weight of the rig on that mono pod if necessary, and when I need to move, slip the monopod back into the compact position and clip it back on. I don't have a DSLR nor do I have extra lenses, so I have no idea how versatile the length or rigidity of the tubes are. But its a start in the right direction. I just needed something I can run for a few hours without killing my back.

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I'll probably pop another handle on the left and make some other changes after tonight.
 
Thanks man,

So I was filming football on thursday night, and I think I was a little too close on a break away run. Didn't realize the ref was running down the sidelines right at me. Anyway he hit my rig full speed, surprised me and turned me 90 degrees. So I thought for sure it was done for. The monitor paused the screen so I thought my camera was broken too. Camera was still running fine, and the rig held up, nothing wrong with it at all!! :) Just turned the monitor off and back on, and I was back in business.
 
so now the question is when are you gonna start selling them i'd be your first buyer, dm me if you wanna sell
 
not only it looks good...it functions really well, too. And very lucky you were on the rig, Kdawg...Because I think if it was on handheld, your XHA1 should be flung on the ground when the ref hits you. Nice work.
 
cherchieh said:
not only it looks good...it functions really well, too. And very lucky you were on the rig, Kdawg...Because I think if it was on handheld, your XHA1 should be flung on the ground when the ref hits you. Nice work.
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Very true cherchieh. And thanks for the good word.
 
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