Shawn Nelson
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I like this! let me think 
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Here's a crazy little idea. I'm pretty tall, and sometimes I find that I'm contorting myself in awful ways to get eye-level (or lower) shots on shorter actors. So, imagine if you mounted a string of 3 or 4 O-Grips to the top of a camera. Rather than resting the camera on your shoulder, you could easily angle the O-Grips so that they would reach up to your shoulder, over it, and have one down the back. Imagine a shoulder stock with a drop down to the top of the camera.
You'd still have to carry a good portion of the camera's weight, but the shots would probably be much more stable than trying to just tuck the camera under your arm.
Might not be the winning idea, but sure as hell makes me want to try it!
You'd still have to carry a good portion of the camera's weight, but the shots would probably be much more stable than trying to just tuck the camera under your arm.
Might not be the winning idea, but sure as hell makes me want to try it!
Dave Weber
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OK, I'll try.
How about stringing a few (5 or 6 or 7) together around a mounting plate sort of like a "fig rig" for lots of movement handheld.
How about stringing a few (5 or 6 or 7) together around a mounting plate sort of like a "fig rig" for lots of movement handheld.
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One thing I'm worrying a little bit with Epic is that the body is so small that we don't have enough mounting points to attach everything to the camera (lockit box, cinetape, audio receiver, terradek, etc.). It would be great if there there was an attachment for the O'Grips that contained tons of threaded points for attachments. Due the O'Grips flexibility it would be easy to position things where they are most convenient, not just where we can attach them.
Art Chong
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Maybe it's because it's kind of late, but all I can think of using the O grips for is handles..... handles on top, below, to the sides... I mean, who can't use handles in all sorts of places? I usually have at 3 handles on my rig at all times, a top one and either two in front or one in front and one in the back.
The fact that they're strong enough to be used as camera mounts are really cool, though. I guess you could mount one onto a C-stand and use it to aim a camera if it can support up to 44 lbs. Get way-high shots where you wouldn't normally be able to without lots of heavy equipment. Heck, use it to mount and angle lights into nooks and crannies around set and whatever. It's like a super-duty magic arm or something.
Oh, and yes, O-Grip-Chucks totally rock.
The fact that they're strong enough to be used as camera mounts are really cool, though. I guess you could mount one onto a C-stand and use it to aim a camera if it can support up to 44 lbs. Get way-high shots where you wouldn't normally be able to without lots of heavy equipment. Heck, use it to mount and angle lights into nooks and crannies around set and whatever. It's like a super-duty magic arm or something.
Oh, and yes, O-Grip-Chucks totally rock.
Steve Sherrick
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No worries Sam, there are going to be many ways available to make this happen. And O'Grips could be one of the tools called upon for attaching gear. Many things are in the works. The beauty of Epic is it will be a Transformer of a camera. From small powerhouse to feature film sized config with all the bells and whistles.
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why not link 1 onto a 19/15mm speedyclamp to create a quick solution to the lack of swingaway option on the red mattebox. 
Use 2 or three others with small g-clamps to hold a frenchflag and/or side flags.
Use 2 or three others with small g-clamps to hold a frenchflag and/or side flags.
My second contribution:
Take Two and Swing them so that they act as a parallax finder on top of the camera (left and right frame markers to your "eye" from operating position for a given focal length like this:
Taken from the old-school Graflex press photography world, I call this the O'Grips Sportsfinder
Take Two and Swing them so that they act as a parallax finder on top of the camera (left and right frame markers to your "eye" from operating position for a given focal length like this:
Taken from the old-school Graflex press photography world, I call this the O'Grips Sportsfinder
Jim Elias
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Nowhere near. Still plenty of time...
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Use them to support and fine-tune the position of the counter-balance battery on a steady-cam rig.
Yaque Silva-Doyle
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Put witness marks on the Ogrips and the joint so you could use them to pan in time laps.
Put small skate board wheels or large bearings on the ends so they could be used as a sort of micro skater/spider dolly. you could also than use the witness marks for manually moved time laps dolly. Just some thoughts.
Put small skate board wheels or large bearings on the ends so they could be used as a sort of micro skater/spider dolly. you could also than use the witness marks for manually moved time laps dolly. Just some thoughts.
Shawn Nelson
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Alright, thought of some a few nights ago and here they are! I'll work at getting some pictures to illustrate.
1. Helmet camera articulating arm. Skateboarding, BMX and snowboarding videos are becoming very popular. I think that two OGrips mounted together and secured half way between the forehead and top of the head would articulate a dslr (connecting either on the bottom or to the hotshoe) PERFECTLY right in front of the face. Then, and here's why the Ogrips are so much better for this then just a noga arm or whatnot. First, it'd be ROCK solid, second, you could easily with one hand twist and get it in the perfect configuration. These types of videos really add so much. I'd love to try this with a GH2.
2. Bike mount. Take two ogrips connect to each other and attach them to a cardillini you would get an AWESOME bike camera. From here, using the ogrips articulation, you can easily get "bike shots" such as the tires spinning, you can rotate to look up at the rider, down to see the pavement going by. Or, you pan away from the camera and you get an awesome indie friendly city dolly.
3. "Obie" light/"Ring light" mount. Using the ogrips in standard on-camera configuration with the cross bar, you put an LED on the end of each arm (such as a Litepanel) then articulate each one so they are parallel to the sides of the lenses but just out of frame. Or if using the cool Obox (btw, you need a contest for this too, you can put an ogrip on there and then do the same thing. This would give you a really cool beauty light that is not easily accomplished using anything else but the Ogrips!
1. Helmet camera articulating arm. Skateboarding, BMX and snowboarding videos are becoming very popular. I think that two OGrips mounted together and secured half way between the forehead and top of the head would articulate a dslr (connecting either on the bottom or to the hotshoe) PERFECTLY right in front of the face. Then, and here's why the Ogrips are so much better for this then just a noga arm or whatnot. First, it'd be ROCK solid, second, you could easily with one hand twist and get it in the perfect configuration. These types of videos really add so much. I'd love to try this with a GH2.
2. Bike mount. Take two ogrips connect to each other and attach them to a cardillini you would get an AWESOME bike camera. From here, using the ogrips articulation, you can easily get "bike shots" such as the tires spinning, you can rotate to look up at the rider, down to see the pavement going by. Or, you pan away from the camera and you get an awesome indie friendly city dolly.
3. "Obie" light/"Ring light" mount. Using the ogrips in standard on-camera configuration with the cross bar, you put an LED on the end of each arm (such as a Litepanel) then articulate each one so they are parallel to the sides of the lenses but just out of frame. Or if using the cool Obox (btw, you need a contest for this too
, you can put an ogrip on there and then do the same thing. This would give you a really cool beauty light that is not easily accomplished using anything else but the Ogrips!
Jim Elias
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Or if using the cool Obox (btw, you need a contest for this too
As an aside to that, the strength of the O-Box sunshade is leading to a bit of confusion as people are wondering what you need grips on the MB for when the shade won't break...
(some) answers are:
- because you don't want your pinkies in frame, do you? Now that life tends towards real-time, such things almost always get caught in time for a new take, but who wants to be forced into a new take?
- grabbing any sunshade is not particularly comfortable for long periods.
Anyway, I digress as this thread is about using O-Grips for stuff other than handgrips, but since the question has come up recently, there you are.
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Alright, thought of some a few nights ago and here they are! I'll work at getting some pictures to illustrate.
1. Helmet camera articulating arm. Skateboarding, BMX and snowboarding videos are becoming very popular. I think that two OGrips mounted together and secured half way between the forehead and top of the head would articulate a dslr (connecting either on the bottom or to the hotshoe) PERFECTLY right in front of the face. Then, and here's why the Ogrips are so much better for this then just a noga arm or whatnot. First, it'd be ROCK solid, second, you could easily with one hand twist and get it in the perfect configuration. These types of videos really add so much. I'd love to try this with a GH2.
2. Bike mount. Take two ogrips connect to each other and attach them to a cardillini you would get an AWESOME bike camera. From here, using the ogrips articulation, you can easily get "bike shots" such as the tires spinning, you can rotate to look up at the rider, down to see the pavement going by. Or, you pan away from the camera and you get an awesome indie friendly city dolly.
3. "Obie" light/"Ring light" mount. Using the ogrips in standard on-camera configuration with the cross bar, you put an LED on the end of each arm (such as a Litepanel) then articulate each one so they are parallel to the sides of the lenses but just out of frame. Or if using the cool Obox (btw, you need a contest for this too
Wow, great ideas Shawn! I especially like the 3rd idea.
That gives me another idea(if they don't already make this). How about a "T" adaptor you can attach on the end of an O'Grip that will allow you to attach 2 O'Grips to 1 O'Grip. For example, 1 O'Grip coming off the left side of an O'Box with an "T" adaptor on the end. Now attach a second O"Grip at a 90 degree angle pointing down for a handle. Then a third O'Grip is also attached for an articulating off camera key light for interviews on docs or TV shows.
Here's a totally different idea entirely. This may sound ridiculous, but I have been experimenting with adding flares to shots with a flashlight. You can see an example here: http://vimeo.com/18636174
(That was shot on a 15-40 Angenieux and RPPs with a Fenix flashlight for flares)
Anyway, it would be cool if I could attach my flashlight somehow to an O'Grip. Then I would have the perfect articulating arm to connect to an O'Box for those times I want to quickly add a lens flare
That's all I got. Fun thread. Thanks O'Connor guys
Shawn Nelson
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New idea!
#4 - Bolt a smaller camera right to the thread in the center of the ogrip bridge, then you have a light weight was useful hand held rig. I'll post pics later.
#4 - Bolt a smaller camera right to the thread in the center of the ogrip bridge, then you have a light weight was useful hand held rig. I'll post pics later.
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dolly?
dolly?
what about making some rubber wheels that you can screw into the bottom of the arms?
you can come up with numerous configurations depending on the number of arms you're using and how you angle them to create a low-angle mini dolly. even with only three arms you can have a cool tricycle dolly to roll around.
dolly?
what about making some rubber wheels that you can screw into the bottom of the arms?
you can come up with numerous configurations depending on the number of arms you're using and how you angle them to create a low-angle mini dolly. even with only three arms you can have a cool tricycle dolly to roll around.
George Tsai
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they work well holding and aiming a hidden shotgun mic behind small objects on a wide shot
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Shawn, post the pics?
Shawn Nelson
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Wow!!!
So I recently finished a week or so of loaner use of the Ogrips and let me say it was very tough to mail them away at the end! These are simply the nicest grips I've ever seen.
Towards the contest, I have ideas submitted above. Here's a few pics. I think my best idea that Oconnor needs to run with is that the Ogrips make an awesome DSLR mounting point. That is, flip the concept on it's head. Instead of putting grips at the front of your rods, make them the origination of your rods!! Now you have every option to you (19mm, 15mm LW, 15mm studio) and you have the most rock solid handles for smaller setups. Check out these pics. It was a dream to use, simply incredible. I've designed a part that Oconnor needs to add to really send this over the top and I'll be meeting with them at NAB to discuss.
So I recently finished a week or so of loaner use of the Ogrips and let me say it was very tough to mail them away at the end! These are simply the nicest grips I've ever seen.
Towards the contest, I have ideas submitted above. Here's a few pics. I think my best idea that Oconnor needs to run with is that the Ogrips make an awesome DSLR mounting point. That is, flip the concept on it's head. Instead of putting grips at the front of your rods, make them the origination of your rods!! Now you have every option to you (19mm, 15mm LW, 15mm studio) and you have the most rock solid handles for smaller setups. Check out these pics. It was a dream to use, simply incredible. I've designed a part that Oconnor needs to add to really send this over the top and I'll be meeting with them at NAB to discuss.
