Posts Tagged ‘mount’

Triathlon Finish Line – Remote Cameras Galore…

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Last weekend saw me shooting a triathlon festival in Forster NSW. My client was after a large amount of shots, but had a limited budget. Time for the remotes!!!!
The idea was to have 2 shooters and 4 cameras. Each shooter (Me or Murray) would shoot a main shot and have a differing images shot at the same time.

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Murray and his Remote

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Murray’s shots

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Me and my Remote

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My shots

We’re getting there. There is quite and art to getting the remote camera’s framing, focus and metering perfect, when you set the cameras at 5:30am. I’m pretty happy with these and I know they’ll keep getting better.

Car Boom Mount Shots for Dave…

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

After a month or so of perfecting my car rig, I’ve tested it on my mate Dave……well his car anyway.

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I’m pretty happy with the results. The location was not ideal, so I need to find some better spots with perfect surfaces, no traffic, good backgrounds, no security guards, a clean road……shouldn’t be that hard?!??!? The EXIF on the images is intact so you can get some secrets from there, but the rig itself is going to stay a mystery. Needless to say, you have to Photoshop it out.
The 1DsMK2 did well, but shooting at f22 you get to see every bit of sensor dust. I spend about an hour cleaning it so I am amazed just how much there was. Of course it’ve cleaned it from the shots, but believe me, there was loads there.
I have a bit to work on to make this rig easier for regular usage. There is some “bounce” in the rig if it can’t be fastened REALLY tightly at the front. Generally I’m really happy with the result.

First Car Mount Test – Not a bad start…

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

I’ve always wanted to mount a camera on the side of my car and see how it looks. Gave it a shot today and it was not too bad.
Check the video for the set-up.
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Settings :
1Ds Mark 1 – The sacrifice camera
15mm f2.8 Fish Eye
2 x Magic Arms
Manfrotto 241 suction cup mount.
Super clamps, safety cables, Multimaxs etc….


Things to change for next time :
Lower and wider angle. Need to see wheel blur
Slower shutter speed to get better motion blur

Here are some of the final results.

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