After half a year of putting off construction, a day of waiting on maintenance to expertly assemble the materials, and an afternoon of upgrading the wheels and installing bearings, the DIY Indy Mogul Tracked Dolly was completed and ready for action. Fortunately, I had a scheduled shoot the same night in which I could utilize both the dolly and Letus35 Extreme 35mm Adapter. Now for the purposes of what I was doing, focus and proper alignment with the adapter took a back seat, I simply wanted to get tracking and see how the whole apparatus preformed. I quickly discovered that the tripod needs to have a stronger centre of gravity to prevent any noticeable wobble. At any rate, it preformed the way I wanted it to. With a little more practice it should add a lot of dynamic to the videos I’m about to do. Now I just need to use it sparingly to keep my style a little more free from constraint. I colour corrected using Vegas Pro 8.0. As this is a test, I felt I accomplished a dirty film (probably more of a 16mm) look. The HV30 is terrible for a low light despite the power of the Zeiss lens (which made it more tolerable. Some days it would be better to have Panasonic HMC 40 or 150, or even an HVX. But I love what I got and the challenge of working low grade going up.
Tags: DIY tracked dolly, HMC 40 150, HV30, Indy Mogul, Letus 35 Extreme, Sony Vegas Pro
March 2, 2010 at 4:20 am |
january 31st… really? stop using the internet for christian cafe and do another blog!