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Blair S. Paulsen said:
FWIW, I have found proper balance far more important than total weight (within reason) for long hand held days. I'm also attracted to the ability to go quickly from sticks to shoulder for a few shots without having to re-rig. Looking forward to trying it out this week at NAB.

Cheers - #19
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From the looks of it there is about 75-80% camera weight up front still with this battery. Even more with a zoom lens. I don't really see any weight balance benefit. Fast charging- sure. But film mag shaped battery pack does not automatically balance the camera... IMO
 
Jacek Zakowicz said:
From the looks of it there is about 75-80% camera weight up front still with this battery. Even more with a zoom lens. I don't really see any weight balance benefit. Fast charging- sure. But film mag shaped battery pack does not automatically balance the camera... IMO
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Totally agree. This is what I was trying to say in my previous post. Battery shape is just gimick. Best way to shoulder balance is either sliding plate where you can move center of gravitiy of your setup (have not found one that works for me yet), or with rod mount battery plate. IMO.

1+ on superfast charging Lithium.
 
Thai Christen said:
Battery shape is just gimick. Best way to shoulder balance is either sliding plate where you can move center of gravitiy of your setup (have not found one that works for me yet), or with rod mount battery plate.
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It appears that the curve of the rear plate matches the curve of the battery, conforming to the shape of the shoulder without need for a sliding battery plate, rods, or shoulder pads. As others have said, this is basically the same comfortable shoulder mount design as an Arri 235, 416, and Moviecam SL with 400' shoulder mags. Hopefully, they have put most of the weight at the rear to help with counterbalance.

As with any of these film cameras, you'd still want to use a small lightweight prime lens like Ultraprimes or Superspeeds and minimal AKS up front to achieve balance at the shoulder point with this new battery. Once you start putting even lightweight zooms and studio rods on the aforementioned film cameras, a 400' mag with film is not going to be enough counterbalance. So maybe they will make '1000' Mag' batteries next... :)

However, I have two questions:

1. Is the v-lock latching mechanism going to be strong enough to withstand the amount of torque that camera operators normally put on film mags without falling off? On sticks, a lot of operators like to grab the back of the mag to pan the camera, and with a battery in the same shape as a film magazine, the temptation will be greater to do this. Also, when operating handheld, mags can get banged around if an operator misjudges a door frame or has to run through a crowd.

2. How do you fly with such high capacity Li-Ion batteries? Do you guys have some new safety measures built-in to circumvent current TSA regulations?
 
Satsuki Murashige said:
It appears that the curve of the rear plate matches the curve of the battery, conforming to the shape of the shoulder without need for a sliding battery plate, rods, or shoulder pads. As others have said, this is basically the same comfortable shoulder mount design as an Arri 235, 416, and Moviecam SL with 400' shoulder mags. Hopefully, they have put most of the weight at the rear to help with counterbalance.

As with any of these film cameras, you'd still want to use a small lightweight prime lens like Ultraprimes or Superspeeds and minimal AKS up front to achieve balance at the shoulder point with this new battery. Once you start putting even lightweight zooms and studio rods on the aforementioned film cameras, a 400' mag with film is not going to be enough counterbalance. So maybe they will make '1000' Mag' batteries next... :)

However, I have two questions:

1. Is the v-lock latching mechanism going to be strong enough to withstand the amount of torque that camera operators normally put on film mags without falling off? On sticks, a lot of operators like to grab the back of the mag to pan the camera, and with a battery in the same shape as a film magazine, the temptation will be greater to do this. Also, when operating handheld, mags can get banged around if an operator misjudges a door frame or has to run through a crowd.

2. How do you fly with such high capacity Li-Ion batteries? Do you guys have some new safety measures built-in to circumvent current TSA regulations?
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That implies that you have to buy the matching plate as well. What if I want to keep my own plate and use battery only? It won't work the way it was designed to, I guess.
With Dsmc1/2 cameras, center of gravity is beneath the sensor, even with very light lenses. This is where the camera/rig sits on your shoulder for perfect balance. Looking at the picture from Hyperchargebattery, it is further back. Unless they make the end on the battery superheavy I still think the balance is not right. But time will tell once it is in the hand of first users. If you want to stay flexible, I think it is better to go the "old" route with rods and sliding plates.

Concerning flight regulations, based on my experience as a frequent international traveller, the following:
According to IATA, spares Lithium/LiPo batteries CANNOT be checked-in. Carry onboard only.
No matter what technology or cells used, capacity is what matters. And I can assure you, security guards will check the tag on your battery. Don't take your chance. Some of them even know how to calculate the total Wh based on Voltage and Ampere, or Voltage and amount of Cells (if they don't see total Wh capacity on the tag). I was quite surprised.
So here are the rules as of now. It is very simple.
> 160Wh, cargo only (in my opinion, too cumbersome unless you have a lot of time ahead to plan for shipping etc.).
>100Wh and < 160Wh, max. 2 spares
< 100Wh, as many as you want as long as you keep weight within airline baggage allowance for carry onboard. Usually around 8kg. However, I already managed to take 12kg LiPo batteries on a 3 weeks job around the world with 5 countries and 3 continents. :)
 
Brian D. Goff said:
All the HyperChargeBatteries are designed round the "Classical" Film Mag look and feel - this is what it is about. The evolution of Film cameras was nearly complete and perfect. Ergonomics were just right. Then came digital cameras, crippled ergonomics and just no "style". HyperChargeBatteries make a camera, well a camera again;-)
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Brian D. Goff said:
As of now no, but an adapter. HyperCahrgeBatteries have a dual V-Mount. The standard V-Mount and a new Pro V-Mount called BigV. BigV is far more rugged than 3 Stud and provides up to 30amp power draw.
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Any chance of an AB to BigV adapter? All my gear is AB mount. Thanks! Awesome batteries!
 
So whats the status on these?

Also on the red and alexa mini accessories?
 
What happened to hyperchargebattery?
 
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