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Shoot All Day With A Hand Held Camera!
Posted by Crews Control on Jan 13, 2012 & filed under Market Place with 0 comments.
Shoot All Day With A Hand Held Camera!

The CameraRibbon will allow freelance camera operators and professional camera crews to stabilize prosumer cameras and Canon DSLR cameras like a shoulder-mounted camera. Its simplistic design makes it easy to use and it will not add volume to your camera kit. Every location production crew should check out the Camera Ribbon.

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Panasonic Goes Wireless with the HPX-3100
Posted by Brad on Apr 29, 2011 & filed under Technical with 0 comments.

Have you ever found yourself wishing that you could communicate telepathically on set? Panasonic just unveiled a versatile wireless system that could be the answer to your prayers. The system will transmit user-selected metadata from the camera to any smart device. In theory, this would be a way for the director of photography telling the assistant camera operator, “Hey buddy, here’s what I’m doing,” without speaking. Using a WLAN connection, the Panasonic AJ-WM30 wireless module,...

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Camera Stabilization Rig
Posted by Rebekah on Mar 14, 2011 & filed under Technical with 0 comments.

What was introduced to market in 1976 and for the first time allowed the camera operator to create smooth movements while treading over uneven surfaces?  Yup, you guessed it oh brilliant scholar of motion pictures.  What is the steadicam?  Now for the bonus round what was the original name of the steadicam?  Right again, the

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