Please may I have opinions on Redrock's Captain Stubling

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andrew00

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Hey,

I'm interested in buying a redrock captain stubling. I shoot a lot of handheld and want something that can stabilise my footage enough to get rid of micro shakes etc, and give me a solid handheld look. I'm not looking for tripod steady, but enough that it 'works' as a handheld shot.

I also want a low profile, so anything with a shoulder mount is out of the question. I was looking at the Zacuto tactical shooter but I feel it's too expensive.

I like the stubling because you also get the follow focus with it - in fact most of the cost is the FF. It looks like a decent option and with redrock also bringing out a shoulder brace I can add that later if I feel it's needed.

I know this is all 'in theory', so I'm hoping to test it out at the Canon expo in London next week. However, I was wondering if anyone here had one and could give some opinios please. Vimeo only seems to have one video with it tagged, Youtube none!
 
The thing that's stopped me from buying one is a lack of information on the redrock website, a lack of 3rd party reviews/videos and its inability to quickly mount to a tripod.
 
Yup that's the weird thing - it seems really good but there's literally very little info out there about it.

I know you can mount it to a tripod if you buy the cheeseplate, which is another $100 which is an annoying expense, but that aside, there's literally only 3/4 forum topics on google with people having bought it.
 
Captain Stubling was designed by Stu Maschwitz (of DV Rebel's Guide/The Orphanage fame) to assist him while using VDSLR's.

Below is a link to a video segment which shows him using the rig on a shoot. It may give you some additional insight into this rig and whether it'll meet your needs.

http://media.fxguide.com/fxguidetv/fxguidetv-ep061.mov

(Have some patience, it may take a while to load)
 
Aye I've seen that vid a few times now (you're right, it does takes AGES to load!) and the footage looks a little shaky to my eyes and a bit jello-y. Although it also looks like he's shooting with a tele, maybe the 70-200 and I'd expect that kinda of thing with shooting a tele handheld.

I myself prefer more the 18-50mm range. There was some other Japan footage in the fx video and presumably that was also shot by Stu with the Stubling and a wider lens and that seems ok, no major, or should we say unnatural shake.
 
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