Comments on: Camera Stabilization

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:26:40 +0000

Hi James. That is not a microphone mounted on the top. It’s a cinetape ultrasonic distance finder.
http://www.cinemaelec.com/products/cinetapemeasure.php

By: james d

james d — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:00:44 +0000

can someone please tell me what mic that is mounted to the top?

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:55:58 +0000

K.C. Capek, yes that is a Hurlbut Visuals Top Rod assembly. We make them custom.

By: K.C. Capek

K.C. Capek — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:05:29 +0000

Hey Shane, in the photo of the studio hand held rig what is and where can I get the top mounted rod assembly that looks like it is mounted on the hot shoe of the camera. We have a difficult shoot coming up in Costa Rica and I would really love to have that for motors, etc. Thanks for any info.
K.C.

By: John Novotny

John Novotny — Tue, 10 May 2011 06:08:15 +0000

I’m thinking of picking up a hand held Kenyon Gyro for some landscape chopper shots. Looks like a Kenyon in the pics. Do you have any experience with these?

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By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:20:37 +0000

Chris Saul, The HV baseplate was built around the whole Panavision lens support. We engineered it together. Out system supports the lens at the camera mount, not with some crappy support that goes out on the rods that all the other manufacturers’ are making. We made a channel in a piece of aluminum that is attached to the PV mount and you slide the Panavision manual follow focus into. Just like how the Panavision film camera works.

By: Chris Saul

Chris Saul — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:05:33 +0000

Hi Shane,
I recently got my hands on a PV mount for the 5D and I learned about Really right stuff camera L brackets but I wanted to know how I can attach the follow focus and also if you know a company that builds lens support brackets when using the bigger lenses? Thanks!

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:39:07 +0000

Adam Raushcer, thank you so much for your kind words.

By: Adam Rauscher

Adam Rauscher — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:43:18 +0000

Wow. It’s great to see this stuff in action. I’ve been very slowly warming to DSLR cameras and all your pictures of rigs shows the real appeal of them. Thanks!

By: Shane

Shane — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:51:50 +0000

Julie, have you tried the cage that Viewfactor has come out with. I used that to mount some car rigs. If it is a bumpy road there is nothing you can do. That is part of the process. Even when I am doing gyro stablized set-ups on my movies I search for days to find the right road that not only is visually stunning but smooth. I hope that helps.

By: Shane

Shane — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:19:31 +0000

Benjamin Miller, the Twixtor plug in is not a push and play plug in. You have to dust bust the twixtor, different configurations change the frame blending to best assist the specific shot. Well we do not have to worry about it anymore, right.

By: Shane

Shane — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:11:33 +0000

John neff, I like the shoulder mount from Red Rock Micro. It is the one that is in every one of my kits, it balances well and gives you weight so that the compact light camera does not shake around. Slam a Z-finder on that baby and a follow focus and you are in business.

By: Shane

Shane — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:57:03 +0000

Andy Mac, Thank you so much for all your comments and support. Someone has to try to make a difference, the waste is so extreme in our business. On the HV baseplate we are not going to sell that at this point. we want to get our rentals out there, it is one of the things that sets our rig apart from others. Peace

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:01:35 +0000

Hi Shane- Thanks for putting all this DSLR info out there. I wonder if you’ve done any kind of low budget car mounts with a DSLR. I tried some home-made rigs with C-stand arms, ratchet straps, etc– but I still get a lot of bumps– beyond what you would get with a heavier camera. Is this a situation where a gyro would make sense? Working on a film with no money, no permits, no lights- and trying to do a few night driving shots that are smooth! Thanks!

By: Shane

Shane — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:18:23 +0000

ken glassing, yes I taped the the mirror. Your vibration must be so severe that it is triggering the mirror and shutting off your live view which then stops it recording. It is only a small little magnet that holds it up. I would use some tape and hold it in its up position.

By: Andy Mac

Andy Mac — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:48:07 +0000

Hi Shane – loving the blog, and really appreciate the ethos behind your adoption of the DSLR format – nice one mate for standing up against waste and needless bigness! ;-]

Any news on the HV base Plate? I’ll be very interesting in buying one when they’re available.

Cheers,

Andy

By: ken glassing

ken glassing — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:30:58 +0000

Shane…
Regarding stabilization and vibration…I did a motorcycle mount on my tv show today and the 7d camera would shut off during capture. I’m assuming it was the vibration that shut it off…do you have more experience with this kind of bug with any of the rigs you made for your film?
Any thoughts or remedies?
Thanks!
Ken Glassing
DP csi:Miami

By: John neff

John neff — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:58:47 +0000

Hello Shane,
I heard your interview on the RedUser podcast and really enjoyed it. I have had my 5D for a month and just picked up the 24 70L. Now I am a stock shooter and am a very small fish in the filming pond” I’m not sure I would even be a guppy” I was wondering what you would recommend as an all around stabilizer mount for the most angles. I have seen mounts you hold out in front of you or a shoulder mount Zacto makes some as well as RedRock but I am not sure one is better than the other. I shoot a lot of people themes and you can see my work via my website. One other question. Have you ever used the Kesler Pocket Dolly and if so what do you think about it. Thanks again for this blog and all the you give back!

By: Benjamin Miller

Benjamin Miller — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:47:38 +0000

Thanks Shane! I heard about the parabeams recently and have been looking at them as well.If I get the budget, I think I would like the lite panels the best. I can group them, or split them up as needed. I think they have some new ones with variable color temp. I just need to sell all my profoto stuff that I never use. I have actually used the modeling lights on my profotos (all 120 whopping watts) just to be able to have some continuous lighting. I know profoto makes some continuous lighting heads… do you have any experience with these? I think they are tungsten balanced. May be able to make use of the softboxes I already have for stills. Otherwise, I’m dumping the strobes and getting some new ‘kit’

Just as a heads up… If you haven’t already seen, the boys at Prolost are complaining about your Twixtoring… not Stu per-se, but a lot of comments said they thought it was a mistake.

by the way. I didn’t realize my typos in the last comment…. QUIET… not QUITE… i said it twice too :)

Thanks again!!!