Hand held shooting
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Hand held shooting
Accident waiting to happen?
These pictures are being promoted on a cameraman website populated by the young and impressionable.
Is it a desirable and safe way to operate?
Home made harnesses, no life vests, lateral C of G, safe egress is it a matter of legality or pilot judgement?
There are three manufacturers with hand holdable gyro rigs that stabilise roll tilt and pan, about to come on the market that will do a good job on wide shots. Hand held shooting will become more popular.
Seat belt? Camera slipping off shoulder? Changing battery? Both rear seats occupied?
Life vest? the designer of the steadycam says not to use a steadycam in a helicopter, as does the distributor and those giving master classes.
https://vimeo.com/60023121
This type of "rig" would be replaced by one of the hand holdable gyro rigs, probably suspended by bungies.
Mickjoebill
These pictures are being promoted on a cameraman website populated by the young and impressionable.
Is it a desirable and safe way to operate?
Home made harnesses, no life vests, lateral C of G, safe egress is it a matter of legality or pilot judgement?
There are three manufacturers with hand holdable gyro rigs that stabilise roll tilt and pan, about to come on the market that will do a good job on wide shots. Hand held shooting will become more popular.
Seat belt? Camera slipping off shoulder? Changing battery? Both rear seats occupied?
Life vest? the designer of the steadycam says not to use a steadycam in a helicopter, as does the distributor and those giving master classes.
https://vimeo.com/60023121
This type of "rig" would be replaced by one of the hand holdable gyro rigs, probably suspended by bungies.
Mickjoebill
Last edited by mickjoebill; 6th May 2013 at 08:04.
