Epic next to a F65 at NAB

[Karim D. Ghantous]

More like Redcine just followed lightroom...

"Good artists copy, great artists steal". Now, show me the difference between copying and stealing and we'll have that argument closed!

Say, if Sony can make the coolest DSLR-killers* on the planet with the NEX series (I have one) then how come their movie camera is so big and heavy?

*More or less.

[Sean Sweeney]

I'm currently working on a project that's the first shooting with the F65 in a 3D configuration and boyo is it heavy. We initially started with Epic 3D and then switched to F65 3D for the second block.

It's definitely resulted in the most immense data loads of my career, but for the camera department things have been relatively smooth. The cameras are large, but this being the kind of show where the camera is on a PeeWee or a remote head crane the entire time, there aren't too many issues due to the weight. Certain things, like the wonderful 3D steadicam we were able to do with the Epic 3D had to be cut this time around though.

That said, you should see the contraption our key grip had to devise to move the beast...it's something! Pics below:

Here's the rig during tests:



Here's the rig mounted on a libra head:



And here's our key grip's fantastic two-man carry-handle system he devised to move the rig around: