XDCAM EX1 on the road blog

[Robert Young]

Steve
"Letus Ultimate Summer Day" was excellent.
What kind of hardware did you use for the "dolly" shots???

[Steve Cahill]

The Indieslider was used for the dolly type shots. I will be doing a blog about this. I customized mine a bit by lower the center of gravity.

Here it is for ordering @ http://www.indifocus.com/products_indisliderpro.htm

[Raymond Schlogel]

Be interested in hearing how you customized your indisliderpro Steve. Did you just make a shorter mount for the head?

- Ray

[Robert Young]

Awesome device!
It's amazing you can get such distinctive shots with only 36" of leeway.

[Paul Cronin]

Great summer clips Steve of a very nice New England Town.

Cool find on the indislider. Can you set it up a little off level and have it run on its own?

Thanks for your help with the Fisheye it is working perfect.

[Phil Bloom]

http://www.philipbloom.co.uk/Philip_...3_seconds.html

new short about cliff diving. My favourite!!

[Dean Harrington]

Originally Posted by Phil Bloom

http://www.philipbloom.co.uk/Philip_...3_seconds.html

new short about cliff diving. My favourite!!

Beautiful shots! Hope to have you in Tokyo again at some point. EX3 to start distribution in Japan mid-August, so, I should have a full set-up with 35mm adaptor and convergent design nanno/Flash sometime at the end of September, early October!

[David C. Williams]

Originally Posted by Dean Harrington

Beautiful shots! Hope to have you in Tokyo again at some point. EX3 to start distribution in Japan mid-August, so, I should have a full set-up with 35mm adaptor and convergent design nanno/Flash sometime at the end of September, early October!

Hi Dean. How much does the EX3 go for in Japan? I'm travelling there from Australia later this year, so just curious on the pricing there and whether I should purchase there or not, thanks.

[Dean Harrington]

Originally Posted by David C. Williams

Hi Dean. How much does the EX3 go for in Japan? I'm travelling there from Australia later this year, so just curious on the pricing there and whether I should purchase there or not, thanks.

854,000 yen via the internet
http://www.system5.jp/ec/html/item/0...item35505.html

828,000 yen via net
http://kakaku.com/itemlist/I2020202030N101/

828,000 yen via Fujiya-Avic in Nakano
http://www.fujiya-avic.co.jp/proshop/xdcamex.html

I do not know if this includes any cards? I'm also not sure how the warranty works? I usually buy local for service reasons. I've bought lots of gear from fujiya-avic in the past.

[David C. Williams]

Originally Posted by Dean Harrington

854,000 yen via the internet
http://www.system5.jp/ec/html/item/0...item35505.html

828,000 yen via net
http://kakaku.com/itemlist/I2020202030N101/

828,000 yen via Fujiya-Avic in Nakano
http://www.fujiya-avic.co.jp/proshop/xdcamex.html

I do not know if this includes any cards? I'm also not sure how the warranty works? I usually buy local for service reasons. I've bought lots of gear from fujiya-avic in the past.

Nice, thanks for that. Now I have to decide whether saving almost $4000AU is worth the potential warranty and import duty hassles :D

[Alexander Kubalsky]

David, I bought my EX1 in Tokyo, posted the box back and had EX1 as carry on back to Melbourne. No problem.
Dean, I was in at Fujiya Avic the other day. The have an EX3 in the showroom but wont have actual stock until september.

[Dean Harrington]

Originally Posted by Alexander Kubalsky

David, I bought my EX1 in Tokyo, posted the box back and had EX1 as carry on back to Melbourne. No problem.
Dean, I was in at Fujiya Avic the other day. The have an EX3 in the showroom but wont have actual stock until september.

I guess it's stock out first to Europe and the US then ... Japan.

[David C. Williams]

Originally Posted by Alexander Kubalsky

David, I bought my EX1 in Tokyo, posted the box back and had EX1 as carry on back to Melbourne. No problem.

Thanks for the info. I'd probably put the box in the nearest bin :) I was thinking about knocking up a fake invoice just in case. I've been hassled before with carry on video gear that was actually brought and paid for in Melbourne. Next question is do I have the patients to wait till the end of September when I go....

[Markus Bo]

@Phil: nice pics and a really nice story. Give us some more details!
How many cams?
What did you do in post?

Thanks
Markus

[Phil Bloom]

one camera. loads of info on my blog! graded obviously.

just finishing off my little Siberia film now...

maybe get an EX3 this week too...

Selling because of this one of my EX1s. Boxed as new ex1, 2 8gb cards, all latest firmware, manfrotto 501 tripod. £3500. will give you run through for a few hours too...be quick before it is gone.