wondo

nice toy... but not really new...
 
gamechanger? 
for 15000$ + remote focus / iris / zoom system $$ + wireless video $$ + remote operator + focus puller + arnold schwarzenegger to carry this around.... well...
 
all quadcopter gimbals are "inspired" by the flight head.
and their own small version is available for some years now.
 
http://www.portocam.com
 
it`s just not small enough to carry it around by hand, but it takes on decent cameras.. and comes at a price...
 
BUT, quadcopter gimbals are available from dozens of sources, the electronics became smaller etc..
i think this is a good "inspiration" for something you can build on your own for a fraction of the price!

nice toy... but not really new...
 
gamechanger? 
for 15000$ + remote focus / iris / zoom system $$ + wireless video $$ + remote operator + focus puller + arnold schwarzenegger to carry this around.... well...
 
all quadcopter gimbals are "inspired" by the flight head.
and their own small version is available for some years now.
 
http://www.portocam.com
 
it`s just not small enough to carry it around by hand, but it takes on decent cameras.. and comes at a price...
 
BUT, quadcopter gimbals are available from dozens of sources, the electronics became smaller etc..
i think this is a good "inspiration" for something you can build on your own for a fraction of the price!

well i don`t think industrial designers are involved in any "cinema grade" camera development on the market.
jim jannard`s intention on the epic was to make it look cool, but that guy never spend a day on set shooting.... and you see and feel that if you have to use his cameras..
alexa is a heavy shoebox with the display on the wrong side etc..
and sony just copied that design for the f5 + f55... but with the display on the right side this time!... the rest.. BOX
do you really sit straight behind the camera on lens hight? then the bmcc monitor is placed there especially for you...
 
you can clearly see that mainboards are square on all these camera "designs" :-)
so i don`t think that design plays a major role on the price.
 
11.5 stops bother me, the design flaws will be something you just have to live with..... as always....

calm down guys... :-)

we OFFER this cage, nobody is forced to buy it...

if you like to rip out the threads directly from your precious camera body.... go ahead.

but honestly, we knew that this would only appeal to certain people..
first of all we build stuff that WE want to shoot with and this is the design both of us liked the most.
and yes, i like my alpa a lot :-)

this rig is 100% made in germany, the handles involve a big amount of hand finishing and, trust me, we don`t have chinese slaves doing that..

there`s always a cheaper solution, product, one for every given budget, so please go ahead, i totally understand that at this price point not everybody can afford this.

top gear can, just sold the last two remaining gh2 cages to them :-)

about the MFT mount version.
this cage will be a pain in the ass if you want to shoot directly with MFT lenses! that`s for sure.
but since the camera does not support iris or powered focus on these lenses, anything but your voightländer won`t work either..
we`re aiming here at people who use lens adapters.
unlike the pl adapter that you stick directly onto your MFT camera, and that then shakes in the mount, ours will be rock steady and support even the heaviest lenses like angenieux optimos etc.. with now force pulling on the camera mount.

as always, all hints, criticism, suggestions etc.. are welcome, we`re not red and we`re pretty proud of that :-)

best,

bernd wondollek
ReWo