Underslung Run&Gun Shouldercat rig

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.

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.

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

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

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.