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Affordable Counterweight Solutions

wgtwo — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 00:06:04 +0000

Been looking into adding a counterweight to my cheapo Chinese shoulder mount and haven't really been able to find anything satisfactory. I live in Australia, so I am fairly limited in what I have access to; would love to pick up one of these: http://opteka.com/cbw2.aspx, but that would cost $90, which is absurd.

Not too keen on the whole DIY lead diving weight idea on account of lead being poisonous and all. Don't particularly need a V-Mount battery pack for anything.

Any ideas? Has anyone else been in a similar situation?

Maximum lens weight GH3

prince — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 08:44:56 +0000

What is the maximum lens weight for the GH3? I want to use my old Tokina 28-70 lens with a nikon f adapter as my walk around lens. It weights around 600g (~1,3p). Do you think it is okay for the gh3 body or it is gonna distort/rip the mount? It just feels that the m43 mount is small and weak compared to other mounts.

Varavon slider balance weight

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 23:23:19 +0000

Available at:

http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5505/special-deals-jibs-cranes-dollies-sliders#Item_3

GH2 Rig with tutorial on counterweight

cordvision — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:25:16 +0000

Hello Everybody I recently put a GH2 Rig together that balances pretty good. I wanted to share it and also give you a short tutorial on how to create a pretty cheap DIY counterweight.

I decided to make my own counterweight and it turned out to be pretty straight forward. What you need:

1x 15mm Rod Clamp ($15) (I used one from a Gini Lens support, which already has pre-drilled screw wholes)

1x Project Box (ca. $5) (you can buy them on eBay, Radio Shack, or any other store that carries electronics etc. Preferably it has at least one side made off metal)

1x Weighs (ca. $7) (I got some led for cheap from ebay)

2x Screws ($.20) (I found screws that perfectly fit the pre-drilled wholes of the 15mm Gini rod clamp)

All you have to do, is to drill two wholes trough the project box so you can attach the Rod Clamp and you are pretty much done. Fill the box with as much weight as you need, and make sure to stuff the remaining space with some padding so nothing moves. I used bubble wrap, but you could use paper, foam or anything else that is similar.

As you can see, it is a cheap, simple, yet flexible solution and even looks decent...