Madhava Krishna Meduri
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Thanks a lot for all your time and effective guidance. I can't appreciate enough!
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I am very new to the Steadicam Pilot AA. I have a Canon 7D and Canon XF300. If I were to cover an event for 3-4 hours, I know XF300 will be a heavy-weight. If I were to go with the 7D, will I be looking professional with my client? I found many people using a merlin or similar for a DSLR. Please suggest.
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I am trying to follow this discussion as my problem is similar and I am totally new to the Steadicam Pilot AA.
I found some senior suggesting to use the Quick release plate. But I am confused, do you have an exact model number to search and buy from Amazon?
With the current small screw (Not sure what it is called otherwise) that I use with a tripod setup, the camera (7D) still is not tightly fixed as the screw is still leaving space between the plate and the body.
Appreciate if someone can clarify further.
Which camera is better for a newbie
in Steadi-Newbies
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You guys have actually found me out and my skills well! I liked it.
I am new to the Pilot. Yes! I am decently experienced (3 years) with both my XF300 and 7D. But when I was trying to balance the XF300, I thought I cannot handle it for the entire 3-4 hours with the weight it has. Here is my shoot scenario.
I am all by myself on the shoot. I have 2 cameras (Canon 7D and Canon XF300) , 2 tripods, a Steadicam pilot (AA model) and other stands for audio capture on location. The event is a Indian classical dance with only one person on the dais throughout to focus. First I though I can fix a tripod with XF300 with entire dais covered and move with the 7D flying with me.
Anyway since 7D is not good for a continuous shoot (I have a 256 GB card and a 128 GB and 3-4 of 32GB), I thought it needs manual intervention. On lenses, I have Canon prime 50mm/f1.8, Canon Kit 18-135mm f3.5-f5.6, Canon 100mm-400mm (L series telephoto). I am planning to use the Canon prime since the performance would be with limited fixed light. Example is here:
My client (In fact a friendly family) has no knowledge on the technical reasons or techniques I follow. Just they are resting on my own capacity. I had recorded several times in the past without a steadicam. Now I am either blessed with or cursed for this confusion. Though this is not a paid event, but since the performance is once in a life time for the performer, I do not want to take any chance.
Please take your valuable time and some trouble, to visualize and guide.
Thanks a ton in advance.