Graeme Hay
February 15th, 2010, 12:16 AM
As some of you may know (from the posts I make on this forum) I'm getting into filmography as a hobby; a step from my current photography hobby. And I'm looking into equipment so that I can go out and buy the perfect package for my needs.
Due to my photography hobby I will be going with a DSLR camera (a big Nikon D300s or higher, so around 1kg in weight), which means I need to get a system to support it while filming. Now most of my filming will be two camps - non-sporting event videography & filmmaking. And I will be using older pro-glass which has two main features on needs to consider for support - heavy (up to 5lbs just for the lens) and no VR (or IS, etc).
Now I'm looking for a few items:
1. Tripod Head
I have several manfrotto professional photo-tripods and ball-heads and grip heads for photo-shoots, but what kind of head should I get for use in video? I would mainly use this for panning shots where I want to move on one axis (initially I was thinking of using an old telescope mount).
2. Stabilizer
I would like to get a stabilization system something that can handle the DSLR & Lenses and be small form factor, quick and easy to use, and inexpensive (but not cheap, unless cheap works really well).
3. Dolly
I'm thinking of adding wheels to the bottom of the tripod, but I'm not sure that would be the right way of doing it. Again I want it to work well, but be easy to use without having to lay down massive prep work.
Due to my photography hobby I will be going with a DSLR camera (a big Nikon D300s or higher, so around 1kg in weight), which means I need to get a system to support it while filming. Now most of my filming will be two camps - non-sporting event videography & filmmaking. And I will be using older pro-glass which has two main features on needs to consider for support - heavy (up to 5lbs just for the lens) and no VR (or IS, etc).
Now I'm looking for a few items:
1. Tripod Head
I have several manfrotto professional photo-tripods and ball-heads and grip heads for photo-shoots, but what kind of head should I get for use in video? I would mainly use this for panning shots where I want to move on one axis (initially I was thinking of using an old telescope mount).
2. Stabilizer
I would like to get a stabilization system something that can handle the DSLR & Lenses and be small form factor, quick and easy to use, and inexpensive (but not cheap, unless cheap works really well).
3. Dolly
I'm thinking of adding wheels to the bottom of the tripod, but I'm not sure that would be the right way of doing it. Again I want it to work well, but be easy to use without having to lay down massive prep work.