Ever Wonder If Your Equipment Is Inadequate?
Jan 24, 2017 11:24:06 #
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Jan 24, 2017 12:26:31 #
Voss wrote:
No matter what that rig does, it just looks like too much work to haul around, unless you're getting paid to do it. Hadn't seen anything like it before. Is your gear lighter, hobby-level, or does it also need a back strap and overhead piping?
I have essentially the same equipment, but not for the same use. I don't shoot video. The monitor that I have is mounted to a macro workbench, and if I need a mobile unit I use a much smaller one. The configuration shown in the picture appears to be poorly thought out if it actually is attached to the camera at the hot shoe. Look at typical pro video systems to see how it should be done. That one looks very fragile to me.
It isn't all that heavy. But it does have a lot of leverage on a very weak point.
Jan 24, 2017 13:29:55 #
Apaflo wrote:
I have essentially the same equipment, but not for... (show quote)
It looks a little too complex at my stage of development. But I suspect it's very versatile.
Jan 24, 2017 13:57:00 #
Voss wrote:
Well, now you know. 
I wonder; with a rig that obvious, is it easier or harder to get candid shots?
Jan 24, 2017 14:37:50 #
Apaflo wrote:
... But it does have a lot of leverage on a very weak point.
The weakest point has not been mentioned - the point of view. She's only going to get some nice video of individuals' backsides.
The camera belongs where it can actually see something, not at the bottom of all of that superfluous gear.
It makes you wonder whether she is there to see or to be seen.
Jan 24, 2017 15:15:34 #
Photoninny wrote:
I wonder; with a rig that obvious, is it easier or harder to get candid shots?
I would think everyone within 100 feet would be watching you. They seem to spot you even with just a smaller camera.
Jan 24, 2017 16:09:17 #
Voss wrote:
I would think everyone within 100 feet would be watching you. They seem to spot you even with just a smaller camera.
I see no indication at all of attempting to get a candid video. Ever watch a professional cinematographer with a real video camera? They are all at least as large and as heavy! She just rigged up a DSLR to emulate a video camera in functionality. Not a bad shot at it either, with the exception of that business of physically attaching anything to the hot shoe. One thing that I do think is particularly neat is the use of the large size monitor with a viewing hood. I don't have a nice hood like that, only a three sided one, which isn't even needed for my work; but it wouldn't come even close to being as good as that one for what she is doing.
Another couple of characteristics that I like are the positioning of the camera, both for focusing and for the perspective it gives of a scene. Most video rigs are higher up, and it is necessarily less smooth to adjust focusing (which is very important for creativity). But that position makes it easier on the arms too. And the angle of view is more similar to what is normally seen with a Twin Lens Reflex (or some of the Medium Formt SLR's like a Hasselblad). Note that a good part of the charm seen in Vivian Maier's photography comes from the lower position of the camera.
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