I’ve been doing my usual research, seeing what my favourite sellers have available and came across the new Trusmt DSLR Kit.
Trusmt is one of my favorite budget brands. They produce some great value for money film-making equipment, a lot of really innovative stuff, including their own newly released EVF, so the company is really worth watching, especially that prices seem to be coming down even further.
Trusmt is one of my favorite budget brands. They produce some great value for money film-making equipment, a lot of really innovative stuff, including their own newly released EVF, so the company is really worth watching, especially that prices seem to be coming down even further.
So back to the DSLR kit, the word “luxury” used in eBay listing name sums the kit pretty well. This is a really high-end looking kit comprised of all the best individual Trusmt filmmaking equipment with some additional stuff that connects it all together.
What really caught my eye is how well this thing is designed/put together. I like how the shoulder pad can be moved back and forth without affecting any other rods and that it can be tucked in just above the lovely, large quick release plate, allowing it to stay on while camera is on tripod. With my current setup, I always have to take the shoulder pad of to be able to use the camera on tripod, it just sticks out too much at the back. Trusmt setup potentially eliminates the need to take off handles and shoulder pad every time you move between hand-held and tripod. Great time-saver and time is money.
What really caught my eye is how well this thing is designed/put together. I like how the shoulder pad can be moved back and forth without affecting any other rods and that it can be tucked in just above the lovely, large quick release plate, allowing it to stay on while camera is on tripod. With my current setup, I always have to take the shoulder pad of to be able to use the camera on tripod, it just sticks out too much at the back. Trusmt setup potentially eliminates the need to take off handles and shoulder pad every time you move between hand-held and tripod. Great time-saver and time is money.
The large V3 plate (usually used on larger/broadcast cameras) is a great way to spread out the weight and balance the camera against the weight at the back of the setup, so if the camera is too front heavy, the whole base plate can be moved back on the tripod to bring the weight back to the centre of tripod. A DSLR itself is a light camera, but when you rig it up with rods, follow focus, matte box, it can get really front heavy, which is very annoying to use on tripod, unless I hold the tripod handle or lock it down. I really like the potential the V3 can give. It is probably the nicest quick release plate currently available on eBay and while the price seem to be a bit steep, but as mentioned above, these base plate are primarily designed for high-end professional cameras and have more complicated/advanced design., so it can be expected to be quite a bit more expensive than the basic, DSLR base plates.
You you’re a DSLR user, like myself, I would recommend V3 Base Plate & Shoulder Pad with Extra Rods, with 5D/DSLR mount on the top. Virtually the same price, much more stuff for the money. Want to get want of them myself, so might review it soon.
Saying that, if you just started with your DSLR filmmaking and haven’t bought anything fro it yet, buying the whole DSLR kit might actually work out quite a bit cheaper, considering that you get everything mentioned above, plus, Trusmt Follow Focus, Swing-away Matte Box, Cool Handles, Power Supply and loads of other bits which individually would cost a fortune to buy even from Trusmt, I’m not even gonna go into how much would such setup cost from likes of Zacuto or Redrock, way out of budget filmmaking bracket.
Saying that, if you just started with your DSLR filmmaking and haven’t bought anything fro it yet, buying the whole DSLR kit might actually work out quite a bit cheaper, considering that you get everything mentioned above, plus, Trusmt Follow Focus, Swing-away Matte Box, Cool Handles, Power Supply and loads of other bits which individually would cost a fortune to buy even from Trusmt, I’m not even gonna go into how much would such setup cost from likes of Zacuto or Redrock, way out of budget filmmaking bracket.
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