Adrian Frearson
May 19th, 2010, 05:24 AM
Not sure that this is the right section for this, but here goes.
I've been trying to find a solution to using a handheld rig with my GH1, which I can hike with and travel lightly, but still bring along my tripod. I know a few people have tried the sling the tripod on shoulder technique, but I think I've come up with a better solution ( well for me at least ).
I've called this rig the Ripley, which if you try this set up, then you'd guess why. Basically I'm using the centre column of the tripod with a 501 head on and then just tilting down the pan bar to shoulder mount it. To handhold, I added a bike handle to the base of the column and then using a bungee cord, put this over my shoulder or attach it to my backpack harness. It allows me to wear the camera and makes handholding when shooting from the hip, less straining.
I've started to do a write up on it on my site Chill Factor films - BLOG (http://chillfactorfilms.com/blog/) and will hopefully post some video of it in use in the next few days, if anyone is interested.
Here are two videos ( one is extremely rough! ) of the rig in use. The stock car footage was mostly long lenses, but I was able to shoot both from the hip and the shoulder.
Tripod rig handheld stock car test on Vimeo
Tripod/Bungee handheld rig on Vimeo
I've been trying to find a solution to using a handheld rig with my GH1, which I can hike with and travel lightly, but still bring along my tripod. I know a few people have tried the sling the tripod on shoulder technique, but I think I've come up with a better solution ( well for me at least ).
I've called this rig the Ripley, which if you try this set up, then you'd guess why. Basically I'm using the centre column of the tripod with a 501 head on and then just tilting down the pan bar to shoulder mount it. To handhold, I added a bike handle to the base of the column and then using a bungee cord, put this over my shoulder or attach it to my backpack harness. It allows me to wear the camera and makes handholding when shooting from the hip, less straining.
I've started to do a write up on it on my site Chill Factor films - BLOG (http://chillfactorfilms.com/blog/) and will hopefully post some video of it in use in the next few days, if anyone is interested.
Here are two videos ( one is extremely rough! ) of the rig in use. The stock car footage was mostly long lenses, but I was able to shoot both from the hip and the shoulder.
Tripod rig handheld stock car test on Vimeo
Tripod/Bungee handheld rig on Vimeo