
Glidetastic!
7 months ago
For the past few weeks I've been practicing with my Glidecam 4000 Pro and the Canon 5D Mark II. I'm really trying to master smooth and consistent movement while maintaining dynamic composition. Here is a few shots put together, basically to show off my new skills. There is still work to be done and I'm a far way off from mastering it - especially since I don't plan to purchase the body pod or any extras to help with stabilization.
Exposure and focusing weren't a main concern with these shots, just practicing movement and control.
All of this was shot with a Nikon 24mm f2.8, mostly at f11, but some near the end was f4. I have also be playing with a 15mm, 50mm and even 85mm....and getting some interesting results. I'll post up more when I get a bit better with the longer focal lengths.
The camera is mounted onto the Glidecam base plate with the Cine-City Pro Quick Release Plate which makes taking the camera on a off easy, and also speeds up balancing with new lenses etc.
(There is some ghosting here as I couldn't be bothered rendering a pixel motion interpolated 24p version)
Exposure and focusing weren't a main concern with these shots, just practicing movement and control.
All of this was shot with a Nikon 24mm f2.8, mostly at f11, but some near the end was f4. I have also be playing with a 15mm, 50mm and even 85mm....and getting some interesting results. I'll post up more when I get a bit better with the longer focal lengths.
The camera is mounted onto the Glidecam base plate with the Cine-City Pro Quick Release Plate which makes taking the camera on a off easy, and also speeds up balancing with new lenses etc.
(There is some ghosting here as I couldn't be bothered rendering a pixel motion interpolated 24p version)
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I had another full day of gliding today and I'm trying new things....Although I had a skate my self and stacked pretty hard and now my gliding wrist is stuffed for a week or so....so a forced break is probably a good thing ;)
Merlin is designed for small cameras with very balanced COG. Anyway, we can not master it on 5D.
I use my Glidecam 2000 Pro (designed up to 2 kg) with 3 weights on both sides with a 17-40 4L lens - those little extra weights are really not heavy. So it looks like both the 2000 and 4000 models are fine for the 5D.
Thanks for the inspiration!
Cheers!
I think a big reason why I havent used it much in skating is I feel like it has a problem with fast moving action, I feel like skating has a strobe effect sometimes.
You can't beat if for the film/DOF look, and the low light!
I was wondering were your from, OZ, the states?
The spots look good.
Jason
I have the glidecam 4000 with the smooth shooter shocl system. still working on it
cheers,
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