Steve Heaton Lunch Reception Shot on Canon T2i

Steve Heaton Lunch Reception on Canon T2i from Lars Lindstrom on Vimeo.

DLSR Homemade Rig

So I went to Home Depot a couple of weeks ago and bought some materials for this idea I had of making my own DSLR rig. I knew of course that it wouldn't look nearly as cool as the fancy Zacuto material, but it all goes back to that little thing you and i refer to as cash in hand... I don't have $3000 to spend on a fancy Zacuto rig. But I do have $9.35 to spend on PVC and hardware that would piece together my DLSR rig! It's a three stop shop. hardware, electrical, and plumbing, then you're done! I think i'm going to post a video of how to make it later so that you can see everything step by step... but the fact that i only have like 6 people following this blog makes me hesitate to spend much time on it... especially when half of you are only here for pity, and the other half already know how i made my rig because i've shown it to you like a hundred times already. thats besides the point, here we go
As you can see, i put a piece of heavy duty velcro on one of the arms to attach my audio rig to. other than that, she's a bit ugly, but man is she steady!

Wedding Video Using T2i at 60 FPS

Wedding Video on T2i from Lars Lindstrom on Vimeo.

T2i vs RED

I recently purchased a Canon T2i and a 50mm 1.8 lens for about $900 and I can already tell that this is going to change the way we film things from now on. The T2i has the same image sensor size as the infamous RED cinema camera causing it to pick up incredible amounts of detail in color and in depth of field. The main features that differ the HD SLR from the Red camera is the Raw recording capabilities and the pixel count (4k vs 1k). But perhaps the biggest difference between the T2i and the RED is the price... $900 vs the $17500 for the RED body and another $20000 for the 5 RED lenses... not to mention the thousands more for the necessary accessories needed to mount your camera. In other words $1000 vs $40000... I can sacrifice raw for that kind of a difference... What about you? Lets hear what you think