{"id":12037,"date":"2011-04-11T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/?p=12037"},"modified":"2016-05-12T17:06:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T21:06:56","slug":"newsonyf3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/2011\/newsonyf3\/","title":{"rendered":"Building A Camera – Go To Team’s New Rig For The New Sony F3"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On The High Hat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Go To Team has been shooting with the new Sony F3 for several months now and it\u2019s brought some awesome images to the Fox Sports broadcasts.\u00a0 The camera and Go To Team\u2019s new set of Arri Ultra Primes have really opened up the creative door for Los Angeles based Skip Clark.\u00a0 But there\u2019s an unsung hero in all of this \u2013 the camera rig that puts all that gear together.\u00a0 Because the Sony F3 is such a small camera, just like the Panasonic AF-100 and the Canon 7D, hoisting it up for shooting can be difficult without the right tools.\u00a0 Skip put together parts from a few different manufacturers to get the rig just right.<\/p>\n

Starting at the base of the rig, there\u2019s the Zacuto universal baseplate and rods.\u00a0 From here everything else attaches and is adjustable for fit, comfort, and accessories.\u00a0 The camera attaches to the baseplate and can be adjusted up and down as well as left and right so that the lens fits into the mattebox.\u00a0 And while we\u2019re there, Skip is using Chrosziel\u2019s new Academy Mattebox.\u00a0 With three filter trays and its small size it was the perfect mattebox for the rig.\u00a0 Fitted with the lens is Arri\u2019s new MFF follow-focus system.\u00a0 And under the lens, supporting the weight at the front of the rig is O\u2019Connor\u2019s new O-Grip system.\u00a0 Skip is using one O-Grip on the left and two on the right.\u00a0 The grips attach to O\u2019Connor\u2019s rail guide and once they\u2019re tight they can easily support the weight of the entire rig; they are incredibly strong.\u00a0 Moving to the back of the rig, there\u2019s all the counterweight: batteries and some video conversion adaptors.\u00a0 All of this gear is mounted to the rig using Zacuto\u2019s Red Plate accessory.\u00a0 There\u2019s a place to screw in the IDX battery plate and a wireless plate for the video conversion gear.\u00a0 The video conversion gear is something that\u2019s a little unique and was probably the one part of the rig that was a bit of a surprise.\u00a0 The Sony F3 can only output to the HDMI or<\/em> the HDSDI, not both.\u00a0 And since Skip is using the HDMI output for the viewfinder, which we\u2019ll come back to, there has to be some way to get an output for the client monitor.\u00a0 The Black Magic HDMI to HDSDI convertor paired with SmallHD\u2019s HDMI splitter provides the solution.\u00a0 And all that\u2019s left is the viewfinder.\u00a0 Until Zacuto\u2019s new EVF comes out, Skip is using the Cineroid viewfinder attached to the camera using a Zacuto arm.<\/p>\n

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The Black Magic Box Attached At The Rear<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Skip\u2019s been traveling on the NASCAR circuit for a month or so and it\u2019s been the perfect opportunity to get the whole system vetted for ENG and studio at the same time.\u00a0 Skip and his camera assistant JP Biciunas, based in Charlotte, NC, will spend part of their day in the garage following drivers and then head inside for interviews.\u00a0 With all that Skip has combined into one compact rig, that transition is just like using a full body camera like the Panasonic Varicam or Sony F-900.<\/p>\n

Be sure to catch the Fox Sports NASCAR On Fox pre-race show to see the F3 in action!<\/p>\n

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Shooting On The Tripod<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Shooting From The Shoulder With The Arri 180mm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Go To Team has been shooting with the new Sony F3 for several months now and it\u2019s brought some awesome images to the Fox Sports broadcasts.\u00a0 The camera and Go To Team\u2019s new set of Arri Ultra Primes have really opened up the creative door for Los Angeles based Skip Clark.\u00a0 But there\u2019s an unsung […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":26960,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[279],"tags":[1246,1569,1570,1134,1542,236,163,113,1571,952,33,1572,239,976,1573,81,1574,241,1575],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12037"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}