morgan_moore
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Ill post some notes later
Enjoy
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Enjoy
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Sam Morgan Moore - Reel
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Richard J. Johnson
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I enjoyed that.
morgan_moore
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thanks
morgan_moore
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Rig held out of car window
Blackbird Stabilzer from the back of my Van
Mini Rig
This was circling my farm so I grabbe the EX1 which is always ready to roll
Rig and SmallHD in lowmode
Steadicam Merlin
Nikon D90 on homemade 'board cam'
Rig with LCDVF
Nikon 55 macro
Rig on shoulder no finder
Rig on ground
Rig and 14mm nikkor on 5d
Blackbird Stabilzer from the back of my Van
Mini Rig
This was circling my farm so I grabbe the EX1 which is always ready to roll
Rig and SmallHD in lowmode
Steadicam Merlin
Nikon D90 on homemade 'board cam'
Rig with LCDVF
Nikon 55 macro
Rig on shoulder no finder
Rig on ground
Rig and 14mm nikkor on 5d
Richard J. Johnson
Joystick Member
on the merlin, were you using the arm and vest or just the sled?
Man, I had that 55 Nikon and sold it like a dumbass. I miss that lens. I bought it used for $30 bucks.
Man, I had that 55 Nikon and sold it like a dumbass. I miss that lens. I bought it used for $30 bucks.
morgan_moore
Major Contributor
My 55 is 1978 I guess - saw one the other day for 150uk nearly bought it as a spare
On the merlin I was wearing the vest on that occasion - its the only time I have ever worn it (in anger ie on a shoot)
Vesting up does not suit my RnG superspeed style of shooting
Practicing at home I still dont like the vest and merlin combo
I dont think the merlin even loaded is heavy enough to drive the vest properly
I get better results with the merlin and no vest
I have a Plilot too which is the appropriate sled for the vest IMO you can load it enough to drive the arm properly which with a DSLR will mean upping the load with rails and a battery or something - The pilot arm IMO runs best at Full Capacity (which is not possible with a merlin)
Ive buckled the Pilot vest.. http://hbsboard.com/index.php/topic,3637.15.html
My Pilot is pretty much unused because it doesnt fit into my small light fast methodology
my most used stabiliser is the blackbird but Ive pimped it no end to add inertia and give it extra rigidity - it looks like a dogs breakfast now to the annoyance of Rich at CMR who wanted my footage for his reel until he found out Im flying a badboy upgrade that is so heavy 30s is the max shot !
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On the merlin I was wearing the vest on that occasion - its the only time I have ever worn it (in anger ie on a shoot)
Vesting up does not suit my RnG superspeed style of shooting
Practicing at home I still dont like the vest and merlin combo
I dont think the merlin even loaded is heavy enough to drive the vest properly
I get better results with the merlin and no vest
I have a Plilot too which is the appropriate sled for the vest IMO you can load it enough to drive the arm properly which with a DSLR will mean upping the load with rails and a battery or something - The pilot arm IMO runs best at Full Capacity (which is not possible with a merlin)
Ive buckled the Pilot vest.. http://hbsboard.com/index.php/topic,3637.15.html
My Pilot is pretty much unused because it doesnt fit into my small light fast methodology
my most used stabiliser is the blackbird but Ive pimped it no end to add inertia and give it extra rigidity - it looks like a dogs breakfast now to the annoyance of Rich at CMR who wanted my footage for his reel until he found out Im flying a badboy upgrade that is so heavy 30s is the max shot !
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Richard J. Johnson
Joystick Member
I was thinking about getting the Merlin Vest and Arm and modding to fit my glidecam HD4000. I tried out the Merlin but I had not luck with it all. I still need to practice with my "Steadicam" shots. I still suck big time with getting at getting it perfectly smooth.
I'm with you on RnG. that's how I do it as well. But sometimes I really wish I had that vest support especially because I do a lot of long one take shots.
I'm with you on RnG. that's how I do it as well. But sometimes I really wish I had that vest support especially because I do a lot of long one take shots.
morgan_moore
Major Contributor
I cant see what shot is ever going to be interesting for more than 30seconds in the cut - depends what you are shooting of course - I dont do weddings - not that Im implying that you do !
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