The Atlas Camera Support System Users
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09.30.10
Without your product any hand held shooting was severely restricted by my left arm injury, and now I feel comfortable and confident with my camera on my Fig Rig – supported by your Atlas Camera Support. I have used the Fig Rig as the platform for hand held shooting for years, but always struggled to support the weight of all my gear after shooting for some time due to a left arm injury incurred through a mountaineering accident I was always reticent to do an interview hand held, as after a while I found it difficult to maintain a steady hand. Your Atlas Camera support has given me the confidence to film hand held, while enabling me to do manual adjustments on focus and aperture with my Sony EX1, and be more creative with changing of angles and position. Following the action in a smooth motion was always a strength of the Fig Rig, and now with the addition of the Atlas Camera Support it has taken me to another level of confidence and endurance.
I recently filmed the 2010 Australian Moto-Trials Championship in Australia, and had to film and follow the action over difficult and treacherous terrain for hours on end. I have posted an interview that I did with the 12 times Australian Sidecar Champions, with footage from the sidecars traversing obstacles, while I followed the action. You can view the clip HERE or navigate to http://www.ripplemultimedia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=178&Itemid=74 |
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03.16.10
I recently returned from shooting a documentary in Uganda, and having the Atlas on-hand was an incredible help. Distributing the weight of the camera, audio recorder, and mics down my back and into my hips freed my hands to change exposure, swap lenses, keep focus, and so on. It was a very run-and gun shoot, anytime the subjects were in motion so were we, and more often than not we were moving with all of our equipment. With the Atlas I was able to continue shooting while carrying all of my lenses, my film SLR, hard drive, and other gear in a backpack, which I just slung right over the Atlas harness. This shooting style would have been very difficult without the Atlas, because I would have been so bogged down by the weight of it all that I wouldn’t have been able to maintain a steady hand and have the range of motion needed to operate the camera properly. Both as a stylistic decision, and because of the nature of the situation, I even ended up using the Atlas during lengthy interviews. By the end of the shooting day, I was totally beat, but I had hours of smooth floating-camera footage that I never would have been able to do hand-held due to the heavy weight and length of shooting time, or with a tripod due to its rigidity and lack of portability. I'll definitely be embarking on many more shoots with the Atlas by my side.
- Katherine Fairfax Wright - Filmmaker |
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03.09.10
"We used the Atlas Camera Support system on a multi-day shoot with a Panasonic HVX 200 attached to a Fig Rig. The combination of the two gave us absolute control over every shot we desired. It was a life-saver as these were 10+ hour days. The lightweight rods and vest worked in perfect harmony with the camera and Fig Rig. We will never leave home without this setup for any future assignments."
- Todd Cotton |
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10.30.09
"With the atlas, I can hold the camera for ages without it feeling heavy. It feels good whipping the camera around with the zero g feel."
- Lloyd Murphy |
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04.22.09
"I couldn't have achieved the balance between spontaneous hand-held operating and smoothness without the Atlas."
- Ben Wolf
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02.06.09
"The Atlas support helped me go handheld for over six hours of shooting and more importantly it allowed me to focus without worrying too much about the 20 pounds of camera."
- Manuel Reta - DP
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