Inexpensive gadgets and accessories you can't do without.

[Kwan Khan]

One other lighting related one. Photoflex Litepanels. They deploy quick, can diffuse or bounce, and are lightweight. You can occasionally find these on sale for a under a couple hundred bucks, used even less. I don't have a grip truck, so these make a hell of a lot of sense:

I bought this bundle (similar to your') when it was on sell like $400.
http://gear.digitaljuice.com/products/products.asp?pid=2420

 

[Jeff Barklage]

Great thread!

 

[Nick Morrison]

Phil that cart looks just like what I've been looking for!!!

 

[Max M.]

Zippered padded bags from porta brace. Comes in different sizes. Pretty handy!

http://cvp.com/index.php?t=product/portabrace_pb-b93

also domke protective wraps are really handy packing stuff

 

[Chris Elkerton]

Great thread!

I originally bought this Clamp to rig a DSLR to some truss for a Timelapse. I now find myself throwing it in my bag nearly every time I go out. It has a 1/4" Male and 3 x 1/4 female threads on the top. You can also get 3/8" male inserts for it. It's really useful for clamping lights, cameras, monitors or whatever you can think of to what ever you can think of. It fits a scaf bar perfectly but it will clamp to all sorts of stuff. If you put a little ball head on the end the possibilities are endless.
It says it will support 15KG, not sure about that, but it is very solid.

I paid about £10 for it used on eBay. Closest thing I could find to it was this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Metal...356?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3388acd5a4

Mine is branded Manfrotto where as this looks generic. Not sure if its the same but it looks very similar.

 

[Mikko Suomalainen]

Chris, It's called super clamp

 

[Billy Jim]

.....Also a couple hundred bucks if you can find one on sale, the Induro DR Hi-Hat. I don't bother carrying around my other hats and boards now since I bought this thing. I saw these on sale over the holiday for $150.

May I know where you saw for $150, please?

 

[Chris Elkerton]

Chris, It's called super clamp

Ah right, thanks Mikko! Just Google'd Manfrotto Super Clamp and up it popped.

 

[Marcos Montenegro]

it's more like $279 for a 100mm kit.

May I know where you saw for $150, please?

 

[Ken Willinger]

One thing always handy on set is a water bottle. On a recent job I needed a light modifier fast:



Also wanted to break up some light. This milk crate worked swell:

 

[Ben Scott]

Haha love it!

 

[Joachim Hoge]

Black wrap and some rubber bands I forgot the name of. They have small wood bars at each end so you can quickly secure things by locking it. Saves a lot of gaffer tape and don't leave marks

 

[Bob Gundu]

Black wrap and some rubber bands I forgot the name of. They have small wood bars at each end so you can quickly secure things by locking it. Saves a lot of gaffer tape and don't leave marks

They're called Bongo Ties. Yes very handy!

http://www.bongoties.com

 

[Jeff Whitehurst]

$13, I can't do without it. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/194968-REG/Hakuba_KGP_02.html
$25 more for the extra bling http://www.red.com/store/products/red-dragon-snapback-cap

 

[Joachim Hoge]

They're called Bongo Ties. Yes very handy!

http://www.bongoties.com

Thanks Bob. I was running low on the supply a fellow cameraman gave me on a shoot and I was trying to find them online with no luck

 

[Phil Holland]

May I know where you saw for $150, please?

During the holidays I saw a couple places in LA doing in store deals (Samys). Black Friday-ish sort of thing. Rarely happens, I was a bit shocked to see it that low. Either way, this little thing has been a gem to add to my kit.

 

[Tom Van]

That looks legit! How did you do that?

$13, I can't do without it. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/194968-REG/Hakuba_KGP_02.html
$25 more for the extra bling http://www.red.com/store/products/red-dragon-snapback-cap

 

[Zeke Burgess]

Ah right, thanks Mikko! Just Google'd Manfrotto Super Clamp and up it popped.

They have an all metal version and one that has some plastic bits that are prone to stripping if you tighten it down too much.

 

[Peter Mosiman]

I don't own any camera gear, or really any lighting for that matter. But in my bag I always have multiple cuts/sizes of bleached muslin (bounce or diffusion), Full/Lt/Quarter Grid cloth(bounce or diffusion), and Black Grid Cloth (negative fill). I started carrying them with me every day a little over 9 months ago and I can't remember a shoot in that time, especially small ones, where I haven't pulled at least one piece of cloth out. They are extremely lightweight and can fold into very small sizes. I carry more cuts than I thought I could...I can fit probably 10-12 total in my bag without it overflowing. I even have a 4'x12' Lt Grid in there. Use that sucker all the time.

 

[Jeff Whitehurst]

That looks legit! How did you do that?

Yeah, I love it. Basically take the Epic coin off a hat, glue it on the hand strap, then press it flat under a sandbag for a few hours while it dries. I used Shoe Goo and it's held great for 2 years now.
I adjust the strap so it rests on my knuckles and I can reach every button on the handle. Because my hand is always in the exact same position, I can now operate the controls without even looking down.