Your plans for stabilizition on the 7D?

Hello. Maybe I didnt get it right, but are you talking about stabilizers for the DSLRs or shoulder mounts for easy shoulder or hand held shooting?
Cause there is a big difference in between these two.
When I talk stabilizing shots I take the word stabilization with full meaning and not just steadier shots from your hand holding .
So if you talk about shoulder base, yes its steadier than your hand using them but not in any way a stabilizer.
Thats why I dont even use the word stabilizer for my rigs even if they work pretty well.
Its not for DSLRS though overkill for these cams.
Maybe I do something for them in the near future.
Thanks
 
They are talking shoulder mount in the main

ps your rig looks interesting similar to mine in that you keep it loose at the shoulder

S
 
a shoulder mount is a form of a stabilizer. Don't get yourself confused now :) Stabilizer is not a steadicam, it's a form of stabilizer.

Video is uploading now.
photos coming soon.
 
In the industry business we refer to camera stabilizers when we talk about any kind of steadicam related or gyro related assisted rigs, all of them apart of rigs that are just cameras with mounted gyros under are gimbalized,
Shoulder mounts are shoulder mounts, tripods are tripods cranes are cranes,otherwise you can say that a crane is a stabilizer, a tripod is a stabilizer, and just about anything that you can have more stable shots than the ones you do by pure hand held.
Just to clear this out, and because i saw people mentioning glidecams and stuff my advice was towards that direction.
Dont get confused.
Best regards
Constantine
 
100mm it is.. Gimme another night to upload.

just did the test and realized using a 105 within the confines of my house is pretty stupid... Way too telephoto to get most of anything in a proper frame.

But meh, will post regardless to show that there are no problems pulling focus from the shoulder rig.
 
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uploading now.

but just fyi, i don't see the point in doing this test with a 105 mm lens on the 7D. I would never ues anything more than a 50 mm lens on a shoulder rig if i were moving around tracking the subject.

Standing still sure, but thats it. This test would probably be most relevant to see if racking on a shoulder rig causes any bumps and disturbances in the footage with a 50 or 85 mm lens. 105 is a little over kill.
 
ill try, the problem is the camera i would use to take a photo of my rig is on the rig!
 
Glidecam 2000. Finally a light enough camera, even my weak arms can hold it up without a body brace.

And this is only with a couple hours of practice, still need a lot more!

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very good work there man. A little bit of swaying, but i don't see any up and down bumping, which means you are on good track!

Again, not to be pessimistic about using the 7D on a glidecam/steadicam, it's just you are limited to shots that :

1) subject to camera distance remains the same
2) subject/target is infinity focus or hyper-focal distance.

I mean, it's definitely doable, it just means blocking your shots according to your limits.

Here is a shot i did for a school project a little while ago for example:

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I AGREE
 
PaPa said:
very good work there man. A little bit of swaying, but i don't see any up and down bumping, which means you are on good track!

Again, not to be pessimistic about using the 7D on a glidecam/steadicam, it's just you are limited to shots that :

1) subject to camera distance remains the same
2) subject/target is infinity focus or hyper-focal distance.
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Thanks!

You're right, you are limited to what you can do with a glidecam. But for less than $300 and a very lightweight and compact unit, I accept those limitations. It's just like working with an HDSLR, know the limitations and work around them.
 
Has anyone used DVTEC's MultiRig with their dSLR? I have one for my DVX100b + Letus35 and am trying to figure out if it would work well with my GH1 that is coming hopefully this weekend.
 
PaPa said:
uploading now.

but just fyi, i don't see the point in doing this test with a 105 mm lens on the 7D. I would never ues anything more than a 50 mm lens on a shoulder rig if i were moving around tracking the subject.

Standing still sure, but thats it. This test would probably be most relevant to see if racking on a shoulder rig causes any bumps and disturbances in the footage with a 50 or 85 mm lens. 105 is a little over kill.
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LOL Why are you complaining? It looks pretty steady/acceptable to me, man. 100mm - 135mm Handheld tracking is definitely NOT overkill and common enough to warrant practice. I've gotten up to 180mm safely with the 7D and can rack and track just fine.

Whatever rig you're using you've got it down, looks like to me. Good job.

Handheld is useless if you can't go beyond 85mm, to me. Might as well be on a tripod or something else. =D But that's just me.

Post pics of your rig already.
 
PaPa said:
lol, alrighty.
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Once you get to a point where you can do that sort of on the fly focusing, walking and tracking with a 100mm you're good to go handheld. It's pretty sweet to see that your image isn't jittering all over the place, as well.

I need to get my small LCD or another one on board asap.. trying to crane my neck to see the 7D LCD is a pain when pulling focus.

Pics, though, of your rig. Quickly!
 
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