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Len Imbery · January 9th, 2006, 09:42 PM

Hi, I just watched the documentary "Grizzly Man" where the subject used a Canon GL2 to film himself as he camped out amongst the bears...
I couldn't help wondering how he charged his batterys??????
Is there some sort of solar charger that might do it? I don't think he had a generator, and if he did it would have taken a lot of gas to keep it going....
Anyone know?
Len

Tony Hall · January 10th, 2006, 08:22 AM

I think I remember thinking that while watching the movie. He probably just had about 20 or 30 batteries that he brought with him. That would easily last him the time he was there. That's what I would do anyway.

Andrew Khalil · January 10th, 2006, 11:38 AM

actually, there is a solar powered charger available - the link was posted here a short while ago.
Try doing a search and it should bring up the link if you're interested.

Andrew Todd · January 11th, 2006, 10:47 PM

i thought the camera looked like a vx... maybe im wrong

Meryem Ersoz · January 16th, 2006, 03:53 PM

i'm pretty sure it was not a GL2, although i'm not sure exactly what it was, either. i'm guessing vx as well. it made nice video, though, i wonder if herzog treated it at all or not....

Kevin Hodes · January 17th, 2006, 01:47 AM

Hmmm, apparently Herzog claims Treadwell shot with a single-chip camera:

QUOTE:
R: Technically. Was it digital?

WH: No, everything I shot on celluloid. I’m still a man of celluloid. Treadwell’s footage was shot on a small digital camera, one chip.

http://www.volunteersmag.com/issue01/herzog.html

Meryem Ersoz · January 17th, 2006, 10:29 AM

TT obviously had more than one camera, otherwise he could not have taken the shots of himself holding his camera. but the one he is holding in the footage of himself is surely a 3-chipper of some sort, it's form factor gives it away, and if i didn't have to return the rental video, i'd take a closer look.

Kevin Hodes · January 18th, 2006, 01:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meryem Ersoz

TT obviously had more than one camera, otherwise he could not have taken the shots of himself holding his camera. but the one he is holding in the footage of himself is surely a 3-chipper of some sort, it's form factor gives it away, and if i didn't have to return the rental video, i'd take a closer look.

The camera Treadwell is holding is without a doubt a 3-chip. To me, it looks like every tripod-mounted shot of Treadwell's in the film is shot with a 3-chipper. If the 2nd cam was single-chip, the only time he used it was during hand-held shots where he was running with the camera.

Jim OMalley · January 23rd, 2006, 11:57 AM

According to the book "The Grizzly Maze" by Nick Jans, Treadwell's "professional grade" camera equipment was donated by Konica Minolta -- and Treadwell did use a gasoline generator to charge his video batteries, at least until the Park Service slapped him with a fine for doing that.

Meryem Ersoz · January 23rd, 2006, 12:49 PM

TT had a traveling slideshow of still photographs which he toured around the world. i saw him at telluride mountainfilm a couple of years ago, and he was showing slides, not video. so i suppose he was using minolta equipment to shoot stills, but it still doesn't give us any more hints about the types of video cameras he was using. strangely, he was very charismatic and convincing live, although this does not translate well to film/video, where i found him a bit insufferable.

interesting bit about the gas generator, though. another one of those odd timothy treadwell moments...hard to sell yourself as just one-a the bears when you're firing up one of those things.....

Jim OMalley · January 23rd, 2006, 03:03 PM

I forgot to mention in my earlier post that Nick Jans also refers to Treadwell using a Sony video camera. No mention of model number, though. Judging from the footage that appears in "Grizzly Man," it must have been a 3-chip camera.

Kurth Bousman · January 23rd, 2006, 04:45 PM

It was vx2000/2100 in the film . He probably had a single chip as a second.Kurth

Bill Grant · February 4th, 2006, 11:26 PM

I just watched this... unbeliveable by the way, but I saw a VX1000 that he was holding in the water, a GL2 as he was running down the hill, and a VX2000 that his girlfriend was holding in her lap when Herzog listened to the last tape (also a GL2 on the table in that scene). I have been shopping for cameras for about 3 solid months. I know these cameras back and forth, and this is what I saw...

That guy was a real nut!

Bill

John E Harris · July 24th, 2006, 05:00 PM

Watched the movie around 20 mins ago. Def a VX. No canons in sight.

Matthew Harris · September 27th, 2008, 07:08 PM

the one still photo of him that you see often with him kneeling and a bear is a ways off in the background...in that pic he is holding a sony vx1000...you can see the little window area on the side where the tape compartment is...which is not on a vx2000...on the vx2000 that is where the flip out lcd would be...

January 9th, 2006, 09:42 PM	#1
Len Imbery Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada Posts: 106	Grizzly Man Doc question Hi, I just watched the documentary "Grizzly Man" where the subject used a Canon GL2 to film himself as he camped out amongst the bears... I couldn't help wondering how he charged his batterys?????? Is there some sort of solar charger that might do it? I don't think he had a generator, and if he did it would have taken a lot of gas to keep it going.... Anyone know? Len

January 10th, 2006, 08:22 AM	#2
Tony Hall Major Player Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: springfield, OH Posts: 344	I think I remember thinking that while watching the movie. He probably just had about 20 or 30 batteries that he brought with him. That would easily last him the time he was there. That's what I would do anyway. __________________ Tony "Good taste is the enemy of creativity" - Picasso Blog: http://www.tonyhall.name

January 11th, 2006, 10:47 PM	#4
Andrew Todd Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Saint John, CANADA Posts: 633	i thought the camera looked like a vx... maybe im wrong __________________ video : xl2 / letus35xl / bogen 503 photo- canon 1dmkII - bronica etrsi

February 4th, 2006, 11:26 PM	#13
Bill Grant Major Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: Columbia,SC Posts: 806	VX2000, 1000, and GL2 I just watched this... unbeliveable by the way, but I saw a VX1000 that he was holding in the water, a GL2 as he was running down the hill, and a VX2000 that his girlfriend was holding in her lap when Herzog listened to the last tape (also a GL2 on the table in that scene). I have been shopping for cameras for about 3 solid months. I know these cameras back and forth, and this is what I saw... That guy was a real nut! Bill

January 10th, 2006, 11:38 AM	#3
Andrew Khalil Major Player Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 424	actually, there is a solar powered charger available - the link was posted here a short while ago. Try doing a search and it should bring up the link if you're interested.

January 16th, 2006, 03:53 PM	#5
Meryem Ersoz Wrangler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 3,015	i'm pretty sure it was not a GL2, although i'm not sure exactly what it was, either. i'm guessing vx as well. it made nice video, though, i wonder if herzog treated it at all or not....

January 17th, 2006, 01:47 AM	#6
Kevin Hodes Regular Crew Join Date: May 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 25	Hmmm, apparently Herzog claims Treadwell shot with a single-chip camera: QUOTE: R: Technically. Was it digital? WH: No, everything I shot on celluloid. I’m still a man of celluloid. Treadwell’s footage was shot on a small digital camera, one chip. http://www.volunteersmag.com/issue01/herzog.html

January 17th, 2006, 10:29 AM	#7
Meryem Ersoz Wrangler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 3,015	TT obviously had more than one camera, otherwise he could not have taken the shots of himself holding his camera. but the one he is holding in the footage of himself is surely a 3-chipper of some sort, it's form factor gives it away, and if i didn't have to return the rental video, i'd take a closer look.

January 23rd, 2006, 11:57 AM	#9
Jim OMalley Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 81	According to the book "The Grizzly Maze" by Nick Jans, Treadwell's "professional grade" camera equipment was donated by Konica Minolta -- and Treadwell did use a gasoline generator to charge his video batteries, at least until the Park Service slapped him with a fine for doing that.

January 23rd, 2006, 12:49 PM	#10
Meryem Ersoz Wrangler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 3,015	TT had a traveling slideshow of still photographs which he toured around the world. i saw him at telluride mountainfilm a couple of years ago, and he was showing slides, not video. so i suppose he was using minolta equipment to shoot stills, but it still doesn't give us any more hints about the types of video cameras he was using. strangely, he was very charismatic and convincing live, although this does not translate well to film/video, where i found him a bit insufferable. interesting bit about the gas generator, though. another one of those odd timothy treadwell moments...hard to sell yourself as just one-a the bears when you're firing up one of those things.....

January 23rd, 2006, 03:03 PM	#11
Jim OMalley Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 81	I forgot to mention in my earlier post that Nick Jans also refers to Treadwell using a Sony video camera. No mention of model number, though. Judging from the footage that appears in "Grizzly Man," it must have been a 3-chip camera.

January 23rd, 2006, 04:45 PM	#12
Kurth Bousman Major Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: san miguel allende , gto , mexico Posts: 644	It was vx2000/2100 in the film . He probably had a single chip as a second.Kurth

July 24th, 2006, 05:00 PM	#14
John E Harris New Boot Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Norwich, UK Posts: 12	Watched the movie around 20 mins ago. Def a VX. No canons in sight.

September 27th, 2008, 07:08 PM	#15
Matthew Harris Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 80	the one still photo of him that you see often with him kneeling and a bear is a ways off in the background...in that pic he is holding a sony vx1000...you can see the little window area on the side where the tape compartment is...which is not on a vx2000...on the vx2000 that is where the flip out lcd would be...