Category: PRO TIPS

Steadicam Pilot – broken bearing

I opened my Steadicam case today to find some rather strange looking metal pieces laying loose in the bag. I’d not noticed any issues before but these parts had obviously come from somewhere so I decided to give everything a good check over. It didn’t take me long to notice...

EX1 mic holder replacements

Read any of the popular Sony EX1 and EX3 forums and you’re bound to notice that a lot of people break the mic holders on their EX cameras. I’m not entirely sure if the weak holders on these cameras are a feature to stop the camera getting damaged or a...

Steadicam Pilot BP-U conversion

When I purchased my Steadicam Pilot it came with the AA battery option which allows you to run the sled mounted monitor using 10 standard AA batteries in a removable pack on the sled. I found that dealing with AA batteries was too much hassle, they are very fiddly to...

Exporting for the web

I’m often asked what settings I use when I’m exporting my video for the web. Until recently I used different settings for YouTube than Exposure Room and Vimeo, but now that YouTube are also delivering HD content I use the same settings for all three of the sites. The following...

File transfers & backups

My workflow for transferring the footage from my EX1 or DSLR’s to my editing machine is fairly straightforward, here’s a quick rundown of the way I handle it. I use a drobo called “videoStore” to store the source / raw footage from any shoot I do, these are not as...

EX1 picture profile

Here is the picture profile I use with my EX1. I have this programmed into positions 1 & 2 on my camera. Both profiles are identical except the first has detail off and the second has it turned on. Matrix=High SAT Phase=-5 R-G= 75 R-B=0 G-R=-18 G-B=-32 B-R=-27 B-G= 13...