Hv20 handle

[Smeangol]

Hoi!
Just finished my handle for the hv20 - if the Camera was a D&D Character that would mean -> handling +3 :hv20-smilie70:

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/8527/dsc00256ob8.th.jpg (http://img73.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00256ob8.jpg)


I am thinking of designing it - any suggestions? or questions?

[bluegrass]

Hoi!
Just finished my handle for the hv20 - if the Camera was a D&D Character that would mean -> handling +3 :hv20-smilie70:

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/8527/dsc00256ob8.th.jpg (http://img73.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00256ob8.jpg)


I am thinking of designing it - any suggestions? or questions?

Looks like a good frog giggin' or grabbin' light to me. Can you maybe accomodate about a spotlight just below the camcorder. Would'nt that grab - no pun intended - some interesting shots. Frog season opens up here in Missouri at midnight June 30st. I'll test it out if you get it engineered.

In that vein of thinking (I've been a gerryrigger all my life), I just picked up about a 6 or 7 hundred watt UPS. It's only a little larger than a brick. Its specs says it would hold up a tower for over an hour. I'm going to test it out as an alternative power source for field shooting when I use a mixer-preamp, a couple condensor mics, my portable DVD that I use as a monitor while shooting, and whatever other low power stuff I might need for a shoot. I'll let you know how long a fully charged UPS-brick works. A lot of this stuff, I really have no idea what the current draw really is, but I suspect looking at the size of the battery for the "twenty" it can't be that much. I may get a few stairs, as I sit in the audience with this rig.

[Smeangol]

ftp://EFP055.dyndns.org/Personen/smeangol/DSC00267.jpg
much better ...

[duzzit_madder]

Ut oh, handle fight!

I use a modified version of this DIY PVC fig-rig (http://www.homebuiltstabilizers.com/MembersRigs/Handheld/sherryburchrig/index.htm). With mine, I changed the mounting T connector to a 4-way and laid it flat. I drilled recessed holes in a block of hard wood and through the PVC 4-way and bolted them together. Then I screwed a quick change plate to the wood.

[bluegrass]

Ut oh, handle fight!

I use a modified version of this DIY PVC fig-rig (http://www.homebuiltstabilizers.com/MembersRigs/Handheld/sherryburchrig/index.htm). With mine, I changed the mounting T connector to a 4-way and laid it flat. I drilled recessed holes in a block of hard wood and through the PVC 4-way and bolted them together. Then I screwed a quick change plate to the wood.

All kidding aside, what's the deal here? Is this for a shoot while your running or something? I've only used a tripod so I don't know any different. I am an love to fish and canoe, so maybe I need something besides a tripod when I'm on the river.

[duzzit_madder]

Low shots like you see primarily in the "Men in Black" movies. There are some POV effects but I can't think of movies that feature them right now.

Handles are used because they steady the shot better than holding the camera with your right hand palm and two fingers of your left hand on the LCD.

I think "Fig Rig" is copyrighted or trademarked so I'm not allowed to call what I have that particular name but it does the same job only it's ugly and costs less than $30.

Yes I use it to shoot anything hand-held. Low angles too.

[BARYE]

can't find it right now but I've seen some bike stunt riding site that was selling a well designed handle that was secured to the bottom tripod screw -- a much better, more secure, and robust way of doing what you want