Jean-Nicolas Dorion

I think I'm going to try this super 16mm camera on a master series for a short movie. Did anybody try this small and light Aaton camera? I'm a bit concerned about it's noise too... If someone have information or experience with that camera, it would be kind of you to post it! Thanks.

Hi Kris, A week after your last post... Still loving it? Is there any flaws on that new system? Thanks about your review. Does anybody else has something to share about that rig?

Hi Matt, Actually, the two first shots were really hard to achieve. I was sitting on a brand new wheeled chair, on a super flat floor, with the vest on. Fast drop time (around 2 sec max). It took about 10 takes to nail it. The picture quality is really bad on my space, that's why it looks soft. It's going to be better on my web site... I'm glad you made it through the storm. At least you've got good weather for the weekend! Poutine is better in Quebec City though! See you around.

Thanks Lars, I second what you said about the second scene. I'll come up with new footage (as soon as I'll get it) to replace the beginning of that scene and the awful headroom shot. I'm glad that you like my work. It's hard to get the best out of a V8... I was stun when I've tryied out a master series for a heavier shoot. I'm planning on getting the Ultra2 system with Bartech and Transvideo... Big investment though for my poor Canadian pocket. Thanks again!

Brand new reel after comments... http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...eoid=1763204002 The first two shots were done with an improvised rickhsaw... (wheeled chair with the vest) The next sequence was on foot at same distance but with different focal length. Then ''ghetto flip'' low mode. Ariane Moffatt live DVD on stage. http://www.arianemoffatt.com/ (look for Hasard video) Back to the hospital for a tracking shot. Then a sweet short I co-directed. A Martin Deschamps videoclip. http://www.lgbmedievale.com/videographie/marie_high.html (small bugs) Then Les Achoppements a short I directed. Shoot in a one mile tunel under Quebec city. Last shot's gonna be removed but was cool to do at 16x on the lens. Now what do you think? Exept the fact that there is no title with my name! (again a small two hours blitz) I like comments... Good or bad!

Hi Alec, Thanks for all your feed back. I really like your work. I'll get rid of the wipes for sure... I only spent like an hour or so on the reel... Experimenting. As for my material, it's mostly coming from already edited movies but I'll get the rushs soon so that I could make the shots last a bit longer. Getting rid of the split screen as well... I'm gonna get footage from a recent martial art movie I've been on and my camera car stuff. Our "name faces" here are not realy known in US. There will be couple of those "Canadian stars"! :D Any shots you like in particular? That's it for now. P.S. You've got a lot of those wide walking/talking shots on your demo reel... But they're rock steady. ;) Nice!

Thanks Tim and the moderators, I just found out I was already a member under a different user name (I never used) since 2 years! Can you get rid of my old account? It was Johnnycola. Thank's again! :huh:

By the way... It was all done with the Glidecam V8. I wish I'll get a better rig soon!

Hello all, I decided yesterday to work on a demo reel I could put online. It's certainly not finished and the doors are wide open for any comments. I'm already thinking about getting rid of the phone shots but I like the lock on at the end... I still have to find loads of shots from a :blink: protected DVD I directed/dp'd/steadicamed with incredible car to car shots. (Murcielago vs Kawazaki 600, F430 and much more! Man... What a summer!) Keep looking for updates! I hope the link will work... http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...eoid=1758675226 Thanks!

Congradulation Kris! It's a nice rig you got there. What do you think about it? Can you give me an idea of how much you've paid for that baby? The price list isn't posted on Tiffen's web site... Cheers!

Lol I'm just working here full time as a receptionist. The image dept. only works by contracts. But still... I have a foot in the place and speak daily with the big ones! ;)

Thanks for your reply Charles(Papert). I realy like a lot of your shots. I'm even honored to get feedback from a guy like you. I'm still stuck with my first rig... Trying to get the best out of it! I'm planning to buy an MK-V. To answer to your questions, the battery is attached to the monitor and my rca cable is light and flexible enough. ;) (Thanks for the link) I know I'm not reinventing anything, I did my homeworks and read a lot about Steadicam history. It's certainly not an ideal setup but I managed to master it. As you said, a little extra effort for the brain when pointing backwards fixed up by lot of practice... As for the two camera setup, it's not my usual setup as well. A director asked me if I could use both of my cameras on a particular shoot. The bottom one tilted up wide and the top one in close-up... He wanted to use both shoots in sync. "squirrely" you said! But he was happy with the shoots witch is the important thing. I'm also used to the ''ghetto'' low mode techniques. The difference between the GL and XLs is a bit noticeble but work pretty well with some tuning. Thanks for your input!

Hi Charles That's a nice web site you've got by the way... Thanks! And as for my monitor setup, I don't use it often. I don't realy like going Don Juan (even if I've beeing told that I'm good at it) and prefer walking backwards when I can. But when w/b is to dangerous or tricky, I switch to that method. The monitor is about the same position it would've been on the sled but is closer and stays there wherever you point the camera. It takes a little while to get used to it but works really well when you do. Your right about interference issues... but since I use this technique only for specific applications... I thought it was a goog input for the forum. I think it could help out people who have problems with Don Juan.

Now that's a problem. On the picture it wasn't pluged in. I usualy use a realy light rca cable and have no other solution then leaving it hang between the camera and the monitor. It's certainly not my usual setup, but like I told before, when you absolutly have to DJ... I just walk foward, my monitor beeing right in front of me. My neck is soo gratefull! As well as the resulting shots...

Just add a Varizoom follow zoom/focus (I just ordered one) on the gimbal handle and its a nice small DV package... By the way, I can also tilt the bottom camera. :D

Here are the pictures I just took... Any comments?

Hi Charles As you said: Seeing will make you understand better my idea. I'll send picts as soon as I can. I assure you it's a clean and effective setup. And a nice backup for those who hate DJ (since it's not even on the post it can be installed in seconds) It's fixed ON the base of the gimbal so the monitor is like 2'' in front and just above my hand, not interfearing with the post. Check out the picts when I'll send them... John

Hello to all! This is my first post on the forum and I hope not the last. I've been flying a modified Glidecam V8 for 5 years now and wanted to share one of the best modification I made to it. Two years ago i've busted my original monitor and replaced it with a Varizoom one. In the package was a swivel shoe mount that gave me an idea. Instead mounting my new monitor on the bottom of the sled, I've mounted it to the base of my gimbal where it connects to the arm. The monitor is now right in front of me, just over my hand! DJ is a real joke. Since there is no more monitor on the sled its easier to set in dynamic balance with dv camcorders and allows me to mount a second camera on the base for quick low mode since setting up with Glidecam is pain in the... What do you guys think about that? (Sorry for my english by the way, I'm a french Canadian) Jean-Nicolas (John if you prefer)