Very good idea! Congratulation!
arri magic arm is use franckly..
and handle is easy operate

When i read the article the second paragraph said “and they are being pushed to minimise vibration.”

That is not a footnote in the comments section.

Arrived here from the link in your mailer (Great article Simon), but to buy all the bits from WEX is £268.68 (with MN143 not MN244 Magic Arm as you don’t stock it).

Seems a lot more expensive than the suppliers the article recommends, why not do a rig bundle offer?

Paul

I am also not expressing the views or opinions of Manfrotto UK or Gruppo Manfrotto or any of their agents or distributors.

As I have said, if it works for you great, as it obviously does.
Just pleased you use & recommend quality kit, such as Manfrotto.

Definitely a different school of thought here. Like I said, I’ve I was shooting video whilst moving at speed, things would be very different.

Besides, there is simply nothing to affix to the safety wire to as the camera is at least 6 feet from the car and a typical car isn’t 6ft tall.

TV or film is very different – You’d need to be moving at speed to get the same effect. With rig photography you are just pushing the car along and using long shutter speeds.

Which again you’ll find most would use the Magic Arm Mn143.

Variable Friction can under sustained vibration can loosen & move. Whereas the Magic Arm is “locked” in place with a spring loaded elbow.

Again personal choice.I would use the Varauble Friction Arm on static camera positions.

Only going on what I see used on most Film & TV sets. Differnt schools of thought & experience?

Personal choice, but you won’t find a TV or Film cameraman/lighting using a rig without a Safety Bond.

If you attach the bond to the car and the rig fails, the camera would swing down and slam against the car. My camera is insured and I’d much rather it hit the deck than a clients car.

And nine times out of ten I have hold of the camera strap as I walk along next to the car – this is done at a slow walking pace remember.

Safety Bond(s) – a wire strop approx. 1 metre in length that you secure one end of loop to your camera, the other to the vehicle.

Then if for some reason the rig becomes detached from the car the expensive camera is not strewn all over the road.

You wouldn’t get a Pro photog or Cameraman using this set-up without @ least 1 Safety Bond!

From Ex Manfrotto, TV & Film Lighting Sales Manager, now a professional photographer.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

I got the parts from Teamwork Photo and Karlu

You said it cost you just over £100. Where dit you buy the parts?? My local photography store quoted me £350.-

grt,

Dimer