The Future of Cinematography is Robotic
Posted by Mark Hedengren on
I believe that the future of cinematography is robotic. Sensors have advanced a lot in the past 10 years, but the new ones seem to be more a matter of taste not revolutionary like the ones before. But, what you do see is a lot of big advances in camera movements.
We’ve added so much gear I’m going to talk about it in categories
Motorized Sliders, Giga Pan, and MoVI Pro
We've added two motorized sliders, the Rhino and the eMotimo Spectrum for the Dana Dolly, which brings our total up to three. The eMotimo can do pan/tilt! The Giga Pan is a revolutionary piece of equipment developed by NASA to do extremely high resolution astro photography but when paired with the Rhino slider the uses are endless. We also added the MoVI Pro to our offerings which can also be mounted on our new Dolly and/or EZ FX Jib.
Dollies, Dolly Track, Jib, Pimped Dana Dolly, and Car Mounts
We’ve added a Hydraulic Crab Dolly, American Dolly Track (two full circles and loads of straight track), an EZ Jib with all the accessories so it can extend to 19 feet, three new car mounts for all sorts of car mounting options. We’ve pimped our Dana Dollies with curved track, portable track, and riser plates. We’ve dropped the price of our doorway dolly to $50 and added a PD-1 Dolly with an arm for only $75 a day. All this dolly/jib/car mount option leads to a lot of cool movements.
Lighting
We’ve added the Hive lights, which allow you ultimate control with every color in the rainbow, two 2.5K HMI lights, which are 30% brighter than an M18, and a load of Chinese Lanterns with Kino Flo bulbs.
Vintage Lenses
We’ve added Leica and Canon vintage lenses. These are the most cost effective way to get that K35 look without spending $1000 a day.
There is much more but you’ll just have you look below
Camera:
*1 - Panasonic Lumix GH5S Camera- $80
1 - Leica R4s Camera w/ Lens- $35
Lenses:
*1 - Schneider Six Lens Kit- $225
1 - Canon 50mm f/1.2 L Series Lens- $30
1 - Vivitar Diopter Filter Set 95mm- $10
Vintage Lenses:
1 - Leica 21mm- $25
1 - Leica 24mm- $25
1 - Leica 35mm- $25
1 - Leica 50mm- $25
1 - Leica 90mm- $25
1 - Leica 135mm- $25
1 - Leica Six Lens Set- $110
1 - Canon FL 19mm- $25
1 - Canon FL 28mm- $25
1 - Canon FL 35mm- $25
1 - Canon FL 55mm- $25
1 - Canon FL 85mm- $25
1 - Canon FL 135mm- $25
1 - Canon FL 200mm- $25
1 - Canon FL 7 Vintage Lens Set- $95
Accessories:
*1 - ARRI MB-20 Matte Box- $75
2 - Lensbaby Spark for canon 50mm- $10
1 - SmallHD Focus On-Camera Monitor 5”- $25
1 - SmallHD DP4 On-Camera Monitor 4.3”- $20
1 - Metabones Panasonic to Canon Lens Adapter- $30
1 - JTZ DP30 Cine Follow Focus- $25
Camera Support:
1 - Manfrotto Nitrotech N8 Video Head & Tripod- $35
1 - Wooden Camera Dual Director’s Monitor Cage v2- $30
1 - RED Digital Cinema DSMC2 Side Handle- $50
*1 - Gigapan Epic Pro Robotic Mount- $50
1- MoVI Pro $195
Lights:
*1 - Hive Lighting 3-Piece Wasp Kit- $100
60 - T-8 5000K Fluorescent Bulbs- $10
30 - Blackout Fluorescent Bulbs- $10
2 - Silver Bullet 2500W HMI- $50
10 - Chinese Lanterns (12in, 16in, 18in, 20in, 24in) - $0.50 - $1.50
20 - Kino Flo 8W Daylight LED Bulb- $1
Dollies and Sliders:
*1 - Vector Hydraulic Crab Dolly Model 2- $100
1 - PD-1 Camera Dolly- $75
1 - Rhino Motorized Slider- $75
1 - PD-Q Slider Dolly- $40
*1 - eMotimo Spectrum 4 Dana Dolly Integration Kit- $100
1 - 6” Mitchell Riser Plate for Dana Dolly- $10
Dolly Track:
1 - Portable Aluminum Pipe Kit for Dana Dolly- $15
3 - Curved Track for Dana Dolly (7’)- $12
4 - Curved Dolly Track (tight)- $10
8 - Curved Dolly Track (large)- $10
1 - Dolly Track Straight (10’)- $10
3 - Dolly Track Straight (4’)- $6
13 - Dolly Track Straight (8’)- $8
20 - Elephant Blocks (4”)- $5
20 - Elephant Blocks (2”)- $5
4 - Dolly Track Stair Blocks- $2
2 - Mitchell to 100mm Ball Adapter- $3
*Jib:
1 - EZ Jib Arm (4’)- $40
1 - EZ Jib Tripod- $18
1 - EZ Jib Pedestal- $18
1 - EZ Jib Extension- $30
1 - EZ Jib Monitor Mount with Monitor- $65
Car Mounts:
1 - Hostess Tray Car Mount- $50
1 - Tarantula Car Mount- $35
4 - 6” Pump Cup with Baby Pin- $3
Production:
12 - Traffic Cone- $4
6 - Ram Board- $20
2 - 360 Degree Tank-Top Heater- $10
1 - Crown Shades Clia Canopy- $20
10 - Motorola CP185 Radio- $10
1 - Coleman Wheeled Xtreme Cooler (50QT)- $2
Other:
1 - Alexa Mini Power Cable for DJI Ronin 2- $5
1 - RED Power Cable for DJI Ronin 2- $5
5 - Drop Down Baby Pin- $1
1 - iPad Holder- $5
1 - Breakaway Cable- $10
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