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Viewfactor's CONTINEO Powered Cage for Canon DSLRs

06.29.10 @ 9:50AM Tags : cage, cinematography, dslr, viewfactor

Are you happy with your DSLR support system? I’m not — for a number of reasons — but chief among them is the issue of front-heaviness. As much as possible I’d like my 5D to behave like a 35mm (motion picture) film camera, which would mean moving some of the weight of the camera (and the lens, and the matte box, etc.) off the arms and onto the shoulder. Viewfactor’s CONTINEO powered cage looks like it might be a nifty way to do this, by virtue of hooking up the DSLR to a Anton Bauer brick battery — which can be positioned behind the shoulder as a counterbalance. Here’s a quick preview of the CONTINEO from Cinema5d: More »

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Tons of DSLR and filmmaking tools from Cine Gear 2010 (part 4)

06.13.10 @ 2:30PM Tags : antonbauer, cinegear, cinematography, dslr, jag35, lightiron, litegear, viewfactor, zacuto

The gear videos keep coming from last weekend’s Cine Gear Expo in Hollywood. In this post we’ll see new tools and products from Anton Bauer, Zacuto, Jag35, LiteGear, ViewFactor, and more. More »