Wednesday Rigging: Canon 60D Video Setup

January 23, 2013

in Custom Rigs,Gear

Today’s Wednesday Rigging is from Ben Hoffman. If you would like to see your rig featured, read the guidelines here then send me a picture of your rig!

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Gear List:
Canon 60d with battery gip on a Hondo Garage Barely Baseplate.  Hondo Garage Fifty Dolor follow focus with big lens upgrade. Carry Speed swi-view LCDVF. Zoom H4n on hot-shoe via a extender (came with the cheep Target video light). Azden 990 shotgun mic and cheep video light from target on a flash bracket mounted onto rods via a single block. Friction arm with a pistol grip mounted from rods via another single block. All on top of the cowboy studio shoulder mount.
Rig Description:
I have the top handle for low shots, the H4n is over the lens because it is stereo! I don’t know why people would want to hear a interview in there left ear when the speaker is centered. The flash bracket offers another handle and mounting options. I have a hand strap on the camera because there is a great built in handle there on the camera! The battery grip is god. It lets you shoot for longer, it brings the camera higher, it offers more weight, it offers a place to mount a hand strap without a dumb plastic thing that screws into the 1/4in mount, and it’s great for stills and handheld video!
- Ben Hoffman
Thanks Ben! What are your thoughts on Ben’s rig? I had not heard of Hondo Garage gear, so thats a new one for me.

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  • BrotherBloat

    Nice rig! Although T4i is 650D, not 60D, as described. My 600D rig is starting to look pretty much like this!

    My comment on the CS shoulder mount – I got mine after watching your review and I do like it for the hands-free ability. However, I find that it’s heavily affected by breathing, as it digs in on the lower part of one’s rib-cage, which moves a lot. Do you (or Ben) find that a problem too?

  • http://dslrvideoshooter.com calebpike

    Ah! Good save man. Fixed it.
    You know what, I don’t remember that being a problem for me personally… I would be curious to see if people have that problem in general.

  • BrotherBloat

    thanks for the reply! Actually, come to think of it, I am pretty tall (6ft2in) and have a pretty big chest (the rig arms are wide open), so it could be that… when I had my tiny friend operate it, I didn’t notice too much swaying at all… :)

  • chris steel

    I have the chest pad set up for a resting position and lift the rig during takes so my breathing doesn’t affect the shots but I still have the option to rest it down when needs be. having rails and handles helps a lot (must buy my own set soon)

  • Ben hoffman

    I was thinking of mounting weights to the back to even out the rig. I’m not sure yet how to go about it but its a thought. Also, I find that Wolfcrow’s guide to rig any camera explains a lot about ergonomics.

  • Zac

    Why do you have an external mic and the Zoom? Is it for dual audio? Could you run the audio out from the Zoom to the audio in of the camera? You could use an attenuating cable and if you want to monitor your audio, use a splitter out of the Zoom, one to the camera and the other to your headphones. Just a thought.

  • http://twitter.com/ccwatts2 chris watts

    could you use something like the RJ follow focus with the barely rig set up?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=501987466 Michael Cornett

    If you have long enough rods, use the vertical cheese/accessory plates that you can find out of Hong Kong on eBay, which I helped design. They slip right on the back of the railblock, and clamp right into the rods. I use an opteka weight on mine.

  • Ben hoffman

    The shotgun and the zoom is a bit of an over kill but for what I do syncing is not a problem so I just figure why not deal with both a stereo and a focused shotgun sound.