EPIC AFRICA

[Michael Dalton]

I think epic was made for Africa... or was Africa made for Epic?

Some quick frame grabs of my past week in the Serengeti. Epic was flawless. Mostly shooting canon zooms. I shot a lot of the crossing @ 96fps. Was amazing.

Still need power management... charging was an issue, missed a great croc kill because I was out of juice.

 

[Mark Phelan]

Fantastic shots. Which Canon lenses were you using?

 

[Sulekh Suman]

fabulous shots!

 

[luigivaltulini]

wowowowowowowowowo I LOVEEE Africa ...
Nice shot Michael
You are in National PArk?

Luigi

 

[Brice Ansel]

Look and sound like a lot of fun.
Beautifull frames Michael.

Best
B.

 

[Mike P.]

Oh sweet lord jebus... those are great! That elephant shot! Are you kidding me? Amazing. Can you post a .r3d?

 

[Matt White]

I too spent some time in Africa earlier in the year with my epic. Amazing imagery for sure! Definitely have to keep in mind power usage though. A guy can only carry so many batteries. Gorgeous work man!

 

[Bob Gundu]

Fantastic work Michael. I may just join you next time

 

[Michael Dalton]

Just quickly.

I shot with a bunch of lens. Mainly 70-200 with a 2x, 16-35, and occasionally a 24-70. I also have a 85mm rokinon which is super sharp. Charging is always an issue here. Mainly just using a inverter in the car. I'm heading up to the somalia border in Kenya to do a mass capture with Helicopters, so as they say here Bob Karibu Sana (your most welcome). No power, and only a very lightweight set up allowed as I have to bring full camping gear. I'm a crew of one here, but with friends.

I'll post some r3d in a couple of weeks, and would love to cut a quick sequence of the slow motion crossing. I found the camera great to use, simple to jump back and forth.

I have closer elephant shots. Brought my dad here for his first trip and he had to change his shorts a few times.

 

[dustin lindgren]

With the Epic being so light weight you should be able to carry lots of batteries.

 

[Michael Dalton]

when your one guy, it gets to be a lot with four lens and all the other gear. I have three v-mounts and 6 revolt. I still have to get through airports etc. I may leave some batteries here as I will be here often over the next year. I think I have a nice set up for this type of shooting. One factor is, I don't need more batteries because my capabilities of charging is not great. Here is not bad, I'm fearful of shooting volcanos in the middle of no where, where I get power once a week or two.

 

[jbeale]

Are there solar panel battery chargers small enough to carry, or is that impractical?

 

[Michael Dalton]

nothing. Not for charging batteries. I'm looking at a small generator for the Kenya trip. Inverters work well if your car bound. Generators are good for camps. All other options are unpredictable.

 

[Timur Civan]

I think epic was made for Africa... or was Africa made for Epic?

Some quick frame grabs of my past week in the Serengeti. Epic was flawless. Mostly shooting canon zooms. I shot a lot of the crossing @ 96fps. Was amazing.

Still need power management... charging was an issue, missed a great croc kill because I was out of juice.

Get GMP 230whr batteries. Last almost 5 hours each. I have two and regularly get through a standard day with only 2. Havent even used my 96's yet.

EDIT: oh of course.... airports..... Can you ship big batteries?

Also, The Epic must be revolutionizing wildlife photography and Nature-cinema.

If only Planet earth had chosen RED instead of Varicams... Imagine how crisp the shots would have been?

 

[Ron Elliot]

Great Stuff, I'm heading to Africa in Sept. How many cards are you going through and what size hard drive do you have? and what compression are you shooting in? Really great stuff

 

[Victor MOREIRA]

Welcome to the motherland Michael