Trick out your HV20 for $3500 (Canon A1 price)

How much?

How much?

Dennis, how much is that rail system and inverter mount going to cost? And how much more would a follow focus be with it. Too cool.
 
Just over $1000 US would fix you up with an inverted HV20 setup. If you were planning to use it on any other larger HD or SD camera, adding the 72mm HD achromat and our 72mm spacer would guarantee complete camera coverage. The rails will support inverted mounts for larger cameras, but you'd need to add in some of our stainless supports and universal rails blocks.
 
Kholi said:
Subtract Monitor from the equation-- You can mount the HV20 upside down and get a right-side-up image.
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But, if I'm not mistaken, mounting the camera upside down still results in an upside-down image to the shooter, since you've corrected the image you're recording, which means it's right-side-up on the LCD—which is upside-down!

I recall this puzzle being agonized over on another thread...

-Stu
 
Well, you have to know I'll be looking for that LCD flip microswitch on the HV20. The upside down setup is really just to save time in post, and for monitoring with hardware that's not so easy to flip upside down...like the Dell 24" LCD's

Pro, I still have egg on my face from the last flip LCD thread..and you're quite correct..flipping the camera does not fix the LCD issue.
 
If you film with the camera upside down, your recorded image is upside down.

The Brevis feeds the camera an upside-down image.

If you record an upside-down image upside-down, it's right-side up in the recording and on the LCD.
 
DOH! Your LCD is upside down, so yes, duh, oops... the recording will be right-side-up but the LCD would be upside down... sorry!

I just use the Letus Flip, and don't have to put up with any of this "flip" stuff, so I didn't think it through properly. Can't wait to see the Brevis "flip" module!
 
Barry, I'll admit to being caught on that flip issue myself last year :)

K, it's modular..meaning that anything that can accept a 72mm thread will work with it. With other adapters, there may be some tweaking to do as we can't predict what optics would be present. It has been a challenge as our first prototype (FS mirror based) was scrapped early due to alignment and dust concerns. That would have been inexpensive, but the optical engineer I'm working with on that project convinced us to go a in a different direction. Even a very tiny error in alignment has a rather unpleasant effect on HD footage. After seeing the Brevis strapped to a truck in a Mexican desert..and this weekend to the outside of a semi-trailer (ask Paul Nordin about it :) we decided long ago to a modular approach to flip. It also means current Brevis users will not be left with a non-flip dead end and can choose the setup that works best for their work flow, and light efficiency requirement.

We actually have a second project in the works that if succesfull would incorporate a flip within the existing Brevis form factor. The largest issue right now with this second project is fairly tight controls over export of the technology. We're prototyping this solution right now.
 
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