I got the itch again to create some new camera rigs. Although the last prototypes served me well I thought that it was time to upgrade and after acquiring a small hobby mill I had the tool to tweak up the design.
Here are the rigs that I put together, one for me and for photographer/videographer Eamon Mac Mahon.
DIY run and gun rig
Each DIY Rig is complete with a follow focus.
Here are a couple of images from a retouching project for award winning photographer Eamon Mac Mahon. These photos along with others will be published in the magazine “Poor But Sexy” which can be ordered here.
Before shot
After
Before
After, cars removed.
DIY HD DSLR rig with counter weight and shoulder pad.
So after banging my head against the wall working on a few different variations on a shoulder mount I ended up going with the most simple, cheapest, easiest solution. That probably makes sense.
velcro shoulder pad
The shoulder pad is made from heavy twill and has a firm foam insert. I used this dense white foam that they use to pack electronics (not the squeaky kind which would be bad for the audio). The whole thing is held in place snugly with velcro in between the shoulder bar bridge block and a the supporting screw before the counter weight screw.
Counter weighted shoulder mount
I used a post to mount the weight so that I could clamp anything in between the weight bolt. Right now I’m using a couple of .5 kilo weights. They seem to help a bit but I think that I’ll weigh everything and figure out what the counter weight should be.
I’m also going to add a hand tightened bolt instead of the Allen key bolt so that it can be swapped up easily without a tool.