Premium Members Michael Hauer Posted October 17, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Anyone know of a solution for this? Abel showed a top plate with the handle and viewfinder taken off at NAB but it voids the warranty and isn't available yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Rogerhaugen Posted October 17, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Hi! I think this camera would be best up side down. Otherwise I have a plate from Berkeysystem you could bulid something out from. (http://www.berkeysystem.com/featured-headline/sony-f3-cheeseplate/) Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Mark Schlicher Posted October 17, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 As you probably know already, the handle clamp for video cameras sold by Tiffen doesn't work. The camera's handle grip is too rubbery so the camera wobbles. I second the notion of just running the camera upside down...it works fine, I've done it. The Baer-bel lowmode cage looks good, though. The F3 does have four 1/4-20 holes on the handle but I would be hesitant to use them without knowing whether they actually are anchored to something solid inside the handle, and I doubt that they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Rogerhaugen Posted October 18, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 Do not use the holes on the handle! It doesn´t last! I would´t even use it for a monitorarm.Thats why I bought the Berkey system plate. Its great! Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members James Davis Posted October 19, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Just run it upside down, operated like that on 2 jobs with the F3 now and no issues, that's what I usually do with Red as well. It's so easy to flip it in post these days on 90% of jobs they aren't bothered about you doing that, especially as it saves more time on the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Michael Hauer Posted October 19, 2011 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 That's what I figured thanks for the replies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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