Jason Robinson |
July 21st, 2008 01:44 PM |
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Originally Posted by Evan Lloyd
(Post 909960)
Well after months of being blown away by the steadycam work here on DVi, I have decided to buy one. Now my question is...which one?
I have an A1 and two HV 30s and if possible I would like a rig that worked with both cameras. If not, then the A1 is the priority. I have zero experience and want to get a "user friendly" rig. Also, is there a clear advantage to the whole vest apparatus? I'm sure the shots are sweet, but it just looks like a bit much for a wedding. I may be wrong.
I would really appreciate your feedback. I am totally open minded to whatever. If I need to spend big bucks, I will. If I can get good shots with say a Glidecam 4000 or a Manfroto 585 that would be even better.
Thanks for all of your help.
Evan
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I was thinking the exact same thing to myself all this past month. I bought the Glidecam 4000 last week and shot a wedding with it this weekend. I did not trust myself with brand new equipment to put on of my two primary cameras on it, so I stuck my little Panasonic GS320 emergency cam on it. I have not logged the footage yet, but from the feel of it and from the viewfinder, I can tell you everything was far far far too dark for that cheap little camera to get much usable footage.
Part of my problem is the Glidecam 4000 is far to heavy on the bottom for use with a GS320. I strapped the weights to the underside of the camera rather than on the bottom of the glidecam where they are supposed to go! And that barely got a 1 second drop time. When I put the GL2 on it, I can get a 2-3 second drop time.
I also shot my first Save The Date Saturday, but for that I strapped one of the GL2s to it and the other was on a tripod. For that shoot I felt much much better about using the Glidecam. Hopefully that footage will turn out amazing. I'll be logging all that footage today some time.
I went with Glidecam purely for price reasons. This new equipment was not in the budget but wanted to try it any way, so I went with the cheapest device that gets professional results (that eliminates all the DIY stuff and the u-fly from India).
One thing to be aware of is that the Glidecams are stinking heavy (operated with out the $1500 vest & arm). I cannot hold it for more than 30 seconds, so none of my clips are any longer than that. This means (for me) that I need two cameras in order to make use of it (unless I swap my tripods for Bogen heads so I can make use of the quick release receivers).
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