Canon 5D Mark II Rigs

[nobodyislooking]

I thought I'd share the 5D Rigs I'm using at the moment for film making.

They're cheap little rigs to put together and take out, and while they're far from finished in terms of stabilisation and lighting, I thought I'd post a couple of pics and see if people had advice for more additions or features:


Canon 5D Mark II - Hand Held by theunknownmetal, on Flickr


Canon 5D Mark II - Stabaliser Rig by theunknownmetal, on Flickr

Any comments?

 

[chilipie]

Looks great! But you need to sort out your white balance on those photos

Couple of questions: what brand is the matte box/where did you get it from? How do you focus with that lens and a matte box (the focus ring's right on the end, right?)? How on earth do you manage to use the screen with that stabiliser in the way?

 

[sonnyboo]

What do you use for follow focus?

 

[nobodyislooking]

Looks great! But you need to sort out your white balance on those photos

Couple of questions: what brand is the matte box/where did you get it from? How do you focus with that lens and a matte box (the focus ring's right on the end, right?)? How on earth do you manage to use the screen with that stabiliser in the way?

What do you use for follow focus?

To both questions:
1) I got the mattebox from a UK website (www.inidikit.com) but their sales team has taken it down while they wait for new ones to come in.

2) I am in the process of getting a 17-40mm L IS lens for use with a follow-focus and rail system from the same website, however, for now I only have my little 50mm Mk2 lens. It is difficult, but I can still partially focus with the mattebox on. However, if I am doing a dynamic shot, I will have to remove the mattebox for altering focus between fore/back.

3) For the hand stabailiser, I have a 7" Lilliput HD Video Monitor I use for my feed on a side flash bracket. I got that from www.videogear.co.uk.

The other thing missing is the 126-LED hot-shoe mounted light, I have a flash straigh bracket extender for that.