Edelkrone. The Swiss Army Knife Of Shoulder Rigs.

By: Jared Abrams

I picked this up over at Planet 5D. This looks like one kick ass rig. If it actually works. There is not a lot of info on the edelkrone web site. The only thing they have is this video at the moment. I suspect that we will run into them at NAB 2011. Stay tuned for more cool gear.

Planet5D Interview With Zacuto’s Steve Weiss. 04/04/11.

By: Jared Abrams

Mitch over at Planet 5D has been upping his game with these web cam interviews. Today he will have Steve Weiss from Zacuto as a guest. I’m guessing that Steve will have the new Zacuto EVF with him during the interview. This has been a very long wait and I suspect that the EVF will be worth it when it’s ready. To get a first look at it , tune in to the interview tonight. Here are the details.

Click here to check it out.

“planet5D live with Steve Weiss from Zacuto

Monday April 4th – 3pm EDT/2pm CDT/12pm PDT – 7pm GMT (which will be 8pm in London in case you care)”

 

Win A Letus Hawk Carbon Fiber Viewfinder.

By: Jared Abrams

Planet5D is giving away a really cool carbon fiber Letus Hawk Viewfinder for HDSLR cameras. Here is a rip from the site.

“Entry will be simple – simply post on our enhanced planet5D forum and you’re entered! And, as an added bonus, each time you post, you’ll get another shot at winning! All posts in the month of April (based on the time stamp on the planet5D forum server) count. We’ll pick the winner on May 1st and the Letus will ship the product directly to the winner!”

Vinny Minton Rocks A Canon 5D And Glidecam For "House"

By: Jared Abrams

Here is a killer BTS video of Vinny Minton rocking a Canon 5D on a Glidecam 2000 rig. He is a pro, so please don’t try this at home. It’s cool to hear that the Canon 5D cut seamlessly with the Arri Alexa footage. Here is a rip from the post.

The scene – I was there to track a girl skateboarding around a skate park. The when she finishes her run she gives her brother (who is in a wheel chair) a stroll up and down the ramps, when she suddenly lets go of the wheelchair and she ends up collapsing.

For the most part I shot everything with the glidecam 2000hd and a 16-35mm and used the cinevate core for some low angles of just the skateboard and feet. The advantage of shooting this particular scene with the 5d mark II is that it’s pretty much impossible to do it with their Arri film cameras they were using. The lightweight and size of the 5d allows mounting and flying the camera pretty much anywhere, although I was told that a few crewmembers had doubt. They thought there was no way the footage was going to come out well, because I was skating fast up and down the ramps. They thought footage was going to have the jello effect, although when combined with the glidecam, it’s just an incredible combo and pretty much takes away that issue when done correctly…

One thing I was really curious about was how the 5d would cut with their Arri cam but once I saw the episode I was amazed on how seamless the cameras cut together.

Source: Planet5D