

- MOUNTING BESCOR MP 101 ON A CAMERA BOOM HOW TO
- MOUNTING BESCOR MP 101 ON A CAMERA BOOM MP4
- MOUNTING BESCOR MP 101 ON A CAMERA BOOM PRO
- MOUNTING BESCOR MP 101 ON A CAMERA BOOM PROFESSIONAL
MOUNTING BESCOR MP 101 ON A CAMERA BOOM PRO
The Grizzly Pro is a remote control system that connects to the LANC or Panasonic-type remote port found on most camcorders.

Meanwhile, he runs tapes in each of the cameras as a backup. The output of the switcher and audio mixer then goes to a master videotape recorder. That lets him occasionally add effects such as picture-in-picture (PIP). Instead of using the Grizzly Pro’s switcher option, Schmidt uses a Focus Enhancements MX Pro video mixer. Setup time is about three hours, because he runs cables from the three cameras to his Grizzly Pro remote control console. Schmidt positions the cameras on Bogen camera brackets, and then mounts them seven feet or higher to beams, door frames, poles, or balcony railings. The system that Schmidt currently uses is called the Grizzly Pro r-Three-an ensemble built by Grizzly Systems LLC upon modified Bescor pan-tilt units, a remote control unit shaped like a videogame controller, and a single, lightweight cable instead of coaxial. “How many times does the officiant say ‘You can’t stand there,’ even if you don’t move your camera?” With his elevated remote cameras, Schmidt says, “I get front views of both the bride and the groom that many times no one else can get, and how many meals do the remote control units eat?” “I will never go back to doing a wedding as a human being again,” states Schmidt. He has been shooting event videos for over 25 years and has experimented with various remote systems as well as with crews of camera operators. Schmidt is a stalwart remote-control, multi-cam man. How did he do it? Using remote-controlled cameras and live switching.

Originally published in Event DV MagazineĪt his WEVA Expo seminar on multicamera shooting, Minneapolis videographer Ron Schmidt claimed an unofficial (and possibly uncontested) world record: 45 seconds to deliver a three-camera wedding video.
MOUNTING BESCOR MP 101 ON A CAMERA BOOM MP4
MOUNTING BESCOR MP 101 ON A CAMERA BOOM PROFESSIONAL
MOUNTING BESCOR MP 101 ON A CAMERA BOOM HOW TO
I just don't know how to get pan/tilt commands into the camera in the first place. Because that would enable just running two SDI cables to every camera and controlling everything from the ATEM Switcher software.ĭo either of you have ATEM switchers? I'd be happy to do some investigative work decoding the RS422 commands coming out of the Micro Studio Camera. Personally, I'd be even more excited about an Arduino shield that could extract the Blackmagic camera control messages and control a camera like the Canon ME-200S. The downside to this approach is that it requires running an extra cable to every camera in a multi-camera setup.ĭaniel, how are you running the Arduino shield as a de-embedder/receiver? My understanding was that the shield could only do embedding/transmitting.

I even have an Arduino sketch that reads from a cheap Pelco-D controller and sends lens control commands over SDI to the Micro Studio Camera and pan/tilt commands over the Bescor 7-pin MIDI-like cable. Denny, I've been experimenting with using the Bescor MP-101 for pan/tilt, which has more than enough power to move the micro studio camera.
