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Seen above is a really basic DSLR rig. Two rods, follow focus, front handle, rear shoulder pad, and top handle. Most rigs you find on the market will have just basic rails and clamps so you can build different shapes depending on your needs. Looking at a standard rig from any manufacturer like Zacuto, Cinevate, [...]

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Another new roller bearing video camera slider takes place on the market. This one is coming from F&V, which is the same company to release the popular Z96 LED Video light. Full roller bearings, folding legs, rubberized feet, and comes with travel bag.

Looks like a solid build, but with Konova’s recent Crank Pulley and [...]

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DSLR Video Sliders are great, but you’re limited to a short run and narrow rails. When you need something that can track for longer movements, then you’re getting into track dolly territory. Track dollies are especially handy if you’re working on uneven ground (cement, light gravel, short grass). Lay down a 1″ PVC pipe or [...]

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Opteka has made available a new version of their dual handled CXS stabilizer – the CXS-2 Shoulder Support. The handles swing apart for spacing, but under the stage seems to have support for 15mm rods (to mount accessories like an FF). The shoulder pad fits more like a target shooter, but is upgradeable to support [...]

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The Lensse DSLRPro Stabilizer has been around for possibly a few months now, and it is the latest version camera stabilizer in their product line. Here’s some footage with a Canon T2i. Lensse uses a custom low friction brass gimbal in their stabilizers, and it doesn’t have quite the range of motion as a Steadicam [...]

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Konova threw up a few Timelapse teasers of their Motorized upgrade kit a few days ago. With a motorized attachment, you will definitely get more consistent movement time and time again as opposed to operating by hand. One con of course is the added noise from said motor.
With all the questions coming around, I thought [...]

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I just had a back and forth comment conversation about adapting Nikon Manual lenses, and here’s a video from Caleb Pike of DSLRVIDEOSHOOTER.com that might help break down some of those questions. As far as adapting random lenses to smaller sensor cameras, Nikon’s manual aperture ring makes them one of the favorites. The fact that [...]

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Can you believe? I think it was about 7-8 months ago when I posted an article about some of Sony’s new cameras to be released. One of them was the Sony NEX-7 and it’s finally just available on Amazon for the first time (at regular MSRP). Right now there’s only one seller who has a [...]

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Not long ago I posted an article about how Mark added a friction arm to the side of a Manfrotto Fluid, and here YouTube member XCFloresX shows you how he’s added it to a Fancier 717 Fluid Head Tripod. You can see how useful it would be to have something like this available on [...]

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Ray writes in and shares an interesting link to some very cheap Panasonic 14mm Lenses. [Thanks Ray] These lenses are found for over $300 dollars on Amazon (seen here) and B&H (seen here), but at the listing it sells for just $164. Seller has excellent ratings and checking the feedback shows the seller has sold [...]

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I’ve been successfully using the Asus WiCast device powered up with my Tekkeon battery packs for a DIY Wireless HD Video stream from my DSLR to a remote LCD monitor (as seen in video here). Those Asus units have been discontinued for quite some time. These rebranded 5GHZ Wireless Streaming HDMI devices have been around, [...]

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[Update] Kit doesn’t come with Autopoles. Thanks guys.
Your typical background support comes with two tall stands and a horizontal support bar. Most of us have a set, but there are a few things that can be annoying. For one, the legs on the stand seem to take up extra space. Secondly, when you need to [...]

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If you didn’t catch it already, Olivia has some sample footage from the Sony NEX-7 on Varavon’s latest mini Slidecam Lite video slider. I have yet to put my own montage together as soon as I can find something interesting to shoot with it.

Varavon Slidecam Lite Video Camera Sliders
Sony had some major problems [...]

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An unboxing video from YouTube member Michael19801234 of the latest Opteka SteadyVid Pro Video Stabilizer. The adjustable arch is a design used in some stabilizers to change the weight ratio – more or less bottom heavy. The lower the weight from the Gimbal, the more weight it should be able to support. Judging by the [...]

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For those that don’t want to sync audio in post you may attempt to plug a microphone (like a Rode VideoMic, LAV mic, or Wireless Mic Receiver) directly to the camera’s 3.5mm mic input, and then adjust levels from within the camera (unless you’re stuck with AGC). One problem is that the camera’s internal preamp [...]

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Looking for a high quality small Interchangeable Lens Camera? Normally going for $630 (as seen here) here’s an insane deal on the DMC-GF3x for just $349 + Free shipping (click here to find that deal).

Panasonic DMC-GF3x w 14-42mm Deal Blast
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