Recent content by Skyhook

Nice work Graham, especially the giraffe and plane shots!

Ronin on Skyjib 8 Is there any more news on this? We have a heavy lift Skyjib 8, which i'd like to use with the Ronin. Not sure what the lifting capacity is on the S1000, but I'd imagine it is a fair amount less than our Skyjib 8 with AXI 4120-20 motors. I'm aware the Ronin comes in at...

Thanks for the suggestion Rocketrt. However it looks like carr.com is USA, and I'm looking for somewhere UK-based. Anyone else?

Hi all, I've got one of the fore/aft sliding camera rails for my CS 3-axis gimbal. I previously bought a load of decent spare 1/4" camera screws for the previous incarnation of the camera base plate, but the sliding plate uses a 1/4" bolt with a countersunk head, see pic. Has anyone seen...

Our latest reel, from various shoots. Would be great to hear anyone's thoughts. Cheers

This was our first proper test shot a few weeks ago, and just to make things extra-difficult, done in the snow! Several issues were still not resolved in time for the flight. Firstly we could not get a decent signal from the Stinger Pro AV link, so I ended up flying blind. It's pretty hard to...

Hello all, We have a Hoverfly Gimbal controlling a AV200 gimbal on a Skyjib 8, having a very frustrating time trying to get it set up. Yesterday we set it up perfectly - everything was zeroed - and we saved our Config file in the 'files' tab. Now today, just before going out to do a...

Thanks for the info Mombasa. However I'm not using the cheapo-HDMI converter, I have one of the Freefly converters, so I don't think the problem can be with that. Doing more testing tomorrow, but due to the need to have at least some kind of video link, I have bought a cheapo B&W mini camera...

AV issues 3 months overdue, today I have finally received my Skyjib! (from a company which I will never be using again.) I've been trying to get the AV link to work, and having some issues. I have the camera attached to HDMI with HD->SD converter and then to the Stinger pro. There is a...

Hi, I wondered how many GH2 users here are using mainly m43 lenses on their GH2s, instead of an adapter with 35mm lenses? This is a m43 lens I'm considering...

Anything I can do to not have to use a separate camera, I will do. Though I will definitely want to shoot some things at 50p, so I guess extra camera is the only way. What monitor camera are you using Mombasa? And what output does it have / how are you transmitting it to monitor? I have...

Good info, thanks Mombasa. Regarding 24 / 25 and being able to use the HDMI output to monitor from the ground, could it be an option to record at 24p, then use 5DtoRGB to convert to 25fps. I'm pretty sure this is possible, as I have converted some 24p footage to 25p before without issue. This...

Hi guys, especially Mombasa and yeehaanow, sorry for my long radio silence after all your advice on this hacking lark. I've had a ridiculous sequence of delays with my MR build, so I've had to bust myself with other areas of life. That and the faffing to get Parallels to work on my mac -...

Thank you both for your suggestions. You saved a life! I'll let you know how it goes. Quick question - which is the hack for getting a high frame rate? From what i've read it is Flow Motion at 50p. Are there any that go higher than this in PAL? I have the 64GB Extreme Pro 95 MB/s. cheers

This hack business is seriously doing my nut in. I will soon be found squatting in a corner rocking, tapping my ears and dribbling. Just getting to the point where I can actually LOAD a hack seems an insurmountable task. Can someone Please point me in the right direction? I use a Mac -...