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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaIWLi2c8cE[/youtube] Imagine if after all this time with shallow depth of field and static tripod we just wanted to get stuff in focus and move the camera…

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[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/62917185[/vimeo] Check out the GH3 MoVI footage and donate to charity – $3 at Vimeo On Demand There’s more – particularly on how the wireless video monitoring and camera operators work with the MoVI – by Timur Civan here If you’ve ever wanted to pull off just about any camera move with a tiny handheld rig, that just became reality. Potentially replacing the traditional steadicam at a stroke the tiny…

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UPDATE: The research I started with this post had an end result – check it out here Size matters – read the views of a Sky News camera man at DSLR News Shooter on the GH2 and stealth factor Colin Chapman ran the Lotus F1 team in the 1970’s. When his rivals had powerful turbo engines that kept blowing up Chapman preferred to stay with lighter Ford power units which…

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New 2nd edition of the EOSHD Anamorphic Shooter’s Guide is now available, click here to read more! I haven’t seen very many documentaries, TV shows or news reportage shot with anamorphic lenses. Some of this work of course isn’t suited to a cinema aesthetic – but some projects would really benefit from it. I have assembled a quick to use anamorphic ENG rig for handheld footage.

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[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/25582227[/vimeo] The rig – buy it now The follow focus – buy it now JIN Finance, the lens adapter machinists in Shanghai, have recently started making DSLR video gear and the big surprise is how well designed it is and the standard of the materials. They are not high end but affordable and accessible for the many, and incredibly good value. Now shooters have been using the rig and follow…

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onEvcLe5RjI&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] The WOC guys and Jared Abrams are at Cine Gear 2011, and they snagged Steve Weiss of Zacuto. He’s rigged up the Panasonic GH2 in a Guerilla Filmmaking rig. Watch the video above. Looks great!

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