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For an upcoming shot with a ton of shoulder work, I reconfigured the EF as an underslung shoulder-cat.
Feels pretty good, low center of gravity and well balanced, though lightweight enough to run with it for a few days.
Love the below-eyeline hight, the camera is sitting on your chest, cables are out of your face and the monitor is super comfortable to see.

Elements are: Viewfactor cage, carbon rods, Tilta handle, Lanparte battery plate, TVLogic monitor (gonna add a hood), some cheap handles (swap them out for my Tilta handgrips), JL BMC366, the mic from my FS100 and a shoulder pad from ebay.

Great idea!
If You were Mr. Bloom, that would already be a brand name and a signature product. You're giving money away here.

LOL, yeah, but I don't even allow advertising on my blog, let alone having a signature product.

Mr Frank, how much the price of TV logic? what series? Thank you

Because you make a living with filming, maybe people should put that into perspective sometimes when they look up to their personal godz.

Rudy Satria wrote:Mr Frank, how much the price of TV logic? what series? Thank you

Here you go: http://www.abelcine.com/store/TV-Logic- ... VFM-056WP/

Looks awesome!
Great idea.

Frank Glencairn wrote:Here you go: http://www.abelcine.com/store/TV-Logic- ... VFM-056WP/

Cannot afford the price
any suggestion for the affordable monitor for BMCC? Thanks

Google for Ikan or Lilliput monitors

Rudy Satria wrote:Mr Frank, how much the price of TV logic? what series? Thank you

Rudy, I thought you wanted a HDMI output for a client monitor? I don't think it has HDMI out directly, but it does do SDI out. Otherwise would be a good choice for you to rent.

Rick Lang
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Hi Frank: Sweet!

I like the low center-of-gravity aspects of it. Did you experiment with positioning the battery & DC dist. box below the rails, too? I don't know if it would be helpful or not, but it might.

Question: Which lens(es) do you anticipate using most often when shooting with this rig? (IS?)

Cheers.

P.S.: Co-incidentally I just pulled one of those same Sony mics out of a drawer a few days ago (was from an old DV cam). They require phantom power, but are lightweight, small, don't sound completely awful, and so are useful for a shoulder-mount configuration. One of a few different mics I'll use on my rig.

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Thanks for posting this Frank!
Do you feel it becomes front heavy after a while in this config?
I still can't get mine balanced enough(with similar parts) and my arm starts killing after an hour. I keep it on shoulder supporting by right handle grip and hand on lens. Still heavy

Peter J. DeCrescenzo wrote:Hi Frank: Sweet!

I like the low center-of-gravity aspects of it. Did you experiment with positioning the battery & DC dist. box below the rails, too? I don't know if it would be helpful or not, but it might.


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Yeah, I flipped the battery, and now it's really snug

Sasha, you probably need extra weight in the back. It must stay level, without hands.