Just don't get it near Christian Bale

I'm just thinking, does anyone seen rigs from Japan? we are all know from U.S., China, Taiwan, Germany, Korea but what about Japan. Do they make their own rigs?

few more info also available at:
http://www.ryanewalters.com/Videos/TTC/thetowncrier.html

But I agree with "davhar" to make your feature film or a commercial, you defiantly don't need to buy all that, it is best to rent, and you need to be able to pay your crew members actors or models as well. Now days things change very fast, like computers, it is best rent, in that way, you always can use the latest products on the market and still be in a game.

In some places the distance to a rental outlet counts too with the price of gasoline on the rise…

Whow, do they include the global shutter in the $ 7000 price, because looking at those camera moves etc I just imagine the skew and jello that would be generated. I even ask myself if the the action shots from the army was done on the 5d, the dof is insane, I mean everything is in focus.

The level of consumerism in the dslr world is extraordinary. It is just a gear thing, now it is rigged, with on one side the manufactures and now we have the... celebrities, selling their name for some company. The problem of the free info is that it is driven buy advertising, so we are trading our liberties for that. In the end the bloggers are becoming a cancer to our society because you just can't rely on them as they will always sell/influence you to their highest bidder because that is their only revenue.

What they don't tell you is that you won't be able to achieve 10% of what they are doing, because the gear they are advertising contribute only 10% of what they are showing. In fact 90% of what you are seeing is due to the production value (lighting, sets, actors, costume, models, etc). In fact you can do 90% of the look by investing in that and some normal gear. Apart from the studio set up with the ingenious EVF system, the rest can be done for 1/10 of the quoted price. So $ 6900 for just a set of rods and pieces of metal, it is understandable why our world economy is collapsing with such inept concept.

Like buying so many unnecessary and overpriced thing, in the end you end bankrupt with a mountain of dept and can't buying any more things.

The Hurlbut Eyepiece Leveler looks cool, but couldn't you just attach the EVF to an arm that's mounted below the pan head?

I do unterstand for a guitar or an instrument, but would you buy the Jimi Hendrix string, the Santana strap, theedge capos etc etc. If Panasonic tomorrow launches a special Vitaliy driftwood 200 mbit special edition GH2, I might understand. I get some emotional attachment from the gh2, because for what it can do and help me to achieve. In 5 to 10 years we will all still be talking about that little revolutionary camera that was hacked by some stubborn users and programer against all odds of those big corporation, while we will have some RAW shooting DSLR 4.0 by our side.

But to brand some piece of metal rods etc like this is insane for me. 95% of what they are showing can be done for about 1/10 of the price. The studio set-up eyepiece system and a holder system for round filter glass is innovative in some ways, but the rest!!! Even these 2 can be done, just put your viewfinder/evf at the same level as your tripod axis. I thought about using a rectangular 4x4 metal frame with a 77mm lens ring converted in the middle so as to be able to screw a round glass filter (much cheaper) in the middle and be able to use them in a matte box.