This is a great little arm, also became even cheaper since I bought mine, can now be found for under £20/$30. Not as sturdy as some high end magic arms, but also not as expensive. Good enough to hold your Monitor/LED light/ Audio Recorder/GoPro and even a larger camera as you can see in the video. I highly recommend this arm to other Budget Filmmakers!
This is a great little arm, also became even cheaper since I bought mine, can now be found for under £20/$30. Not as sturdy as some high end magic arms, but also not as expensive. Good enough to hold your Monitor/LED light/ Audio Recorder/GoPro and even a larger camera as you can see in the video. I highly recommend this arm to other Budget Filmmakers! Click to view this item on eBay
At the time when I reviewed it I didn’t know anything about Kessler Crane Pocket Dolly; no surprise, I buy most of my gear on eBay :-) Turns out is very similar to Pocket Dolly, but much cheaper, which what I’m always after. Great slider at a very good price. The main advantage of this dolly over many other Igus Rail based sliders\dollies is the crank and belt drive system it has. I’ve seen people on Youtube modifying their sliders with similar belt drive systems, but as mentioned before, I’m not the DIY guy, so try to buy the best I can at a reasonable price. The crank and belt drive system opens up a great potential for a motor. Unfortunately that is where DIY comes in again and I’ve been struggling to add a motor myself. I bought one of these and haven’t really got around to attaching it, too much work. I’ve seen one of these being used on a similar dolly, but I wanted more control over speed so picked up the more complicated one (probably should have gone for a simple option). Unfortunately neither of them would provide enough power for using it in real time video mode, they would only be powerful enough for time-lapse videos. That is one of the reasons I’ve decided not to bother with the Telescope Motor, although I’m not saying it is a bad option to have, especially if you are into time-lapse photography. It is certainly the cheapest option for motorizing your slider. I still haven’t found a more powerful motor that would allow me to control the speed and that wouldn’t be too complicated to fit. If anyone has any good advise on this matter, please share it. P.S. I’ve seen all the Youtube videos of DIY geniuses making great motorized dollies, unfortunately I’m not one of them, so need a more straight forward solution, like Kessler Crane’s elektraDRIVE motor’s but much cheaper to fit into my Budget Filmmaker bracket :) Click to view this item on eBay Full Review of my Trusmt DSLR cage above. Made this review almost 2 moths ago and still stand by my words; this a really nice, solid, quality peace of kit, that I actually use quite a lot, especially when shooting with Cineroid EVF, (which unfortunately is not so good, review coming). One of the things I didn't mention in the review is the base plate on this cage. You probably know how annoying it is to change base plates when you switch rigs, let's say from a shoulder rig to a Steadicam or jib, everything tends to have different base plates and you end up having to swap them all the time. Good thing about the Trusmt base plate is that it has 3/8' and 1/4' holes at the bottom of it, allowing you can connect the base plate directly to another base plate or straight to another rig making the whole swap much quicker, at least one base plate always stays in place :) When done with your different setup you can quickly pop your DSLR back into the cage, love it. Another thing I didn't talk about in the main review is the design of this cage. It really is very well designed with Canon 5D, 7D in mind (don't know how well other DSLRs will fit). There are openings on the top for access to top dials, buttons and display, side openings for card access and HDMI/Mic sockets; my favorite is the bottom access point for easy battery swap. It is such a time saver, comparing to the workflow on my Gini rig, where I have to slide the whole base plate out, disturbing the whole setup, especially the follow focus. So whenever I use the cage, it is pretty much all pleasure, except for occasional difficulty adjusting the top dials and buttons; while the openings are there, it is still pretty much covered on the top, so obviously access is not as straight forward as it is on bare camera. Saying that, the top plate can be taken off or moved back and forth on the top/side 15mm rods that can also be extended. That just the part of the flexibility offered by the care, not only the top plate can be removed, the side walls can be also take off, leaving you with a chunky base and your extension plate for your 15mm rods, which might be just what you need in certain situations, e.g. when you need your setup to be lighter. Hope this helps. Any questions, feel free to ask. Click to view this item on eBay This is where it all started, my first ever review, that I originally made 7 months ago. Great follow focus, still use it and love it, but there doesn't seem to be one available on eBay at the moment, if someone is interested in getting one, let me know, I'll send the shop an email to find out if it will be coming back on sale. |
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