Pulling focus around

Sttratos said:
I just wonder why Zacuto or somebody else can't come up with a viewfinder attachment that swivels up and down and rotates like a shoulder camera viewfinder. That would already help. This is basically what the EX3 viewfinder is, a LCD with an attachment. Normal optical viewfinders on still cameras have had 90 degrees viewfinder attachments for decades now. Not exactly the same but shows it's needed.

Just something like this, but that would fold out to become straight for shoulder shooting and would attached over the LCD: http://cgi.ebay.com/Angle-Viewfinde...in_0?hash=item518c04c55a&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
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I think Cinevate are developing something of this nature.
 
Illya Friedman said:
On REJOUER there was a shot at 180mm at T2 with an actor running towards camera at full speed, and the 1st AC was able to pull focus tack sharp from begining to end.
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Thats some pretty hot sh*t right there – kudos.

For me I think its very likely the 7D will be a flipper not a keeper but won't decide till I have it.
Don't want to be spending on accessories that are not needed later. Articulated screens, better HDMI are bound to be on later models.
Just gotta use the LCD 'zoom' in before my take and pick a smaller aperture for more manageable dof.
 
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Contact Kit Hannah and get ready to purchase his 720 5.6" LCD. It'll be pretty future proof if all specs and quality hold up, this is regardless if output is 480p now. Sooner or later, it'll be 720. Kit's price-to-performance Ratio is very promising.

I'll probably get one, but I've gotten used to using the SD out to a 2.5" Ikan LCD. In the end, I think I would rather have a 3 or 4" SD LCD but I can pull just fine on a 2.5" + MKii combination.

I only suspect it to be that much easier going back to what I'm accustomed to seeing (APS-C). The primary idea is to just break out of the LCD on the back side of the camera and get something on an arm that you can put in front of your face no matter where your head is positioned.
 
Sttratos said:
Why?
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Because the 5D is a full frame sensor with less depth of field making it harder to get spot on focus. Not impossible but more difficult. The Gh1 and 7D have smaller cine like sensors.

Marshall makes the only worthy monitor option with a 7" LCD with peaking and false color. You'd have no problem getting focus with that monitor but its 7". I'm hoping someone comes out with a small monitor with peaking with a slim battery.

And lets hope cinevate gets their thing out soon.

Also Sept 29 Canon is unveiling something big. This might have the features we want but it will cost if its the 1D MKIV..

http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/september29.jpg
 
The 5D is perfectly capable of having an equivalent DOF to the GH1. You just use f/5.6 instead of f/2.8 or something (I'm not sure of the specifics.)
 
mico said:
Also Sept 29 Canon is unveiling something big. This might have the features we want but it will cost if its the 1D MKIV..

http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/september29.jpg
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I would have my doubts that their announcement will be anything video related - it would see unwise to announce the 7D, fill up preorders for a release at the beginning of October - only to announce on Sept 29th that a model with better video capabilities is coming out.

Then again, I don't run Canon - so who knows.
 
Not if the Canon product is a Red competitor that costs 3X as much as the 7D. It could be the best camera ever created, but I still don't have that kind of dough and would keep my 7D order.
 
I was thinking this too but the alleged MKIV might cost 2x to 3x more than the 7D and I'm getting the feeling that pro photojournalists now expect the video option.
 
right angle for Z-Finder

right angle for Z-Finder

Some have asked why we cannot make a right angle for the Z-Finder for low angle shots. The problem with that it would require a prism which I'm afraid would be more than the cost of the Z-Finder. Plus, I think soon all of cameras will have either flippable screens or at least a screen that will flip up perpendicular to the camera body then when the Z-Finder is attched you will be able to do those low shots. As it stand now, it's much like when I used to use 16mm film cameras in the early 1980's. I remember one shot in which I had the crew dig a hole in the ground which the DP went into to get his eye in the viewfinder ;-0
Steve
 
zacuto said:
Some have asked why we cannot make a right angle for the Z-Finder for low angle shots. The problem with that it would require a prism which I'm afraid would be more than the cost of the Z-Finder. Plus, I think soon all of cameras will have either flippable screens or at least a screen that will flip up perpendicular to the camera body then when the Z-Finder is attched you will be able to do those low shots. As it stand now, it's much like when I used to use 16mm film cameras in the early 1980's. I remember one shot in which I had the crew dig a hole in the ground which the DP went into to get his eye in the viewfinder ;-0
Steve
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Steve,
I'm not an optics engineer but maybe this is a possibility. Have you looked into making a add on mount attachment for the cameras 3" lcd that could incorporate the Canon Right angle Finder C. It was designed to look through the smaller eyepiece but maybe one optic placed in this add on mount might be able to minimize or direct the lcd image area so that the Canon Angle finder can let the image come through just like if it were on the eyepiece for which it was originally intended.

Seems you have the mounting thing down because this add on mount would use the same thing as the z finder. The cost of this add on mount wouldn't seem to be prohibitive then.

If this is something doable I humbly expect a limited free Zacuto shopping pass for the sale life of this mount :)
 
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