The original control grip on the Panasonic AU-EVA1 camcorder seems too short. Particularly, when cameraman shoots with it on a shoulder rig, it's not comfortable. That's the reason we design this extension arm for AU-EVA1, the cameraman doesn't even need to remove the original screws from the camera body.

There is an AU-EVA control grip adaptor on the extension arm, just rotate the original control grip into it. On another end, there is a standard ARRI style rosette teeth adaptor with M6 screw on it, it's easy to connect to any base with the ARRI style adaptor. Besides that, we add a built-in control cable inside the arm.

The cameraman can plug the original 3 pin control cable into the built-in port and plug another 3 pin signal jack into the "REMOTE" port on the camera body, use it as the original. Open the knob to adjust the length of the extension arm to get best holding position cameraman wants. It's the must need gear for shooting with Panasonic AU-EVA1.

Check this link to see more details of this arm.

I'll try to focus on double arm designs (aka double spring arms) as they are preferable.

First, vest and arm from Wondlan Leopard 2 set:

Not cheap, but as far as I asked operators this is among best chinese vests.

It is offered as option to Wondlan Carbon stabilizer in our deals.

http://www.wondlan.com/product/260-leopard--carbon-fiber-standard-edition--5fdc/

Feature Summary:

• 4K Ultra HD video recording @ 30 fps.
• High definition video recording at 720p @ 240fps and 1080p @ 120fps.
• Burst mode support for still image capture of over 700 Megapixels per second.
• Multi-exposure High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging support, including local tone mapping, preserves image details in high contrast scenes.
• Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS) with rolling shutter correction.
• 3D Motion-Compensated Temporal Filtering (MCTF) with de-ghosting for reduced artifacts and low light performance.
• Support for applications including wireless preview, playback, and upload of stills and videos to a smartphone or directly to the Internet over WiFi.
• Interfaces such as DDR3L, USB 2.0 host, HDMI, and SDXC SD card.
• Low power – <1W for 1080p60 encode, <2W for Ultra HD 4K encode.

The A9 Camera Development Platform contains the necessary tools, software, hardware and documentation to develop a state-of-the-art network-enabled Ultra HD camera design.

Hardware Platform:

• Main board with A9 and sensor board with C/CS mount lens
• Sensor: Aptina, OmniVision, Samsung, Sony--many choices available Software Development Kit (SDK)
• Royalty-free libraries for ISP, 3A, and codecs
• Demonstration DV/DSC camera application with full source code
• Extensive and fully documented middleware API library suite Documentation
• Programmer's guide, application notes, API documents
• SoC data sheet, BOM, schematics and layout files

Official announcement: http://www.ambarella.com/news/33/74/Ambarella-Introduces-4K-Ultra-HD-Video-for-Next-Generation-Mirrorless-Sports-and-Digital-Still-Cameras.html

Product info PDF - http://www.ambarella.com/uploads/docs/A9-product-brief.pdf

Other pages about the Ambarella A9:

• http://www.anandtech.com/show/6652/ambarella-announces-a9-camera-soc-successor-to-the-a7-in-gopro-hero-3-black

LAING options

Quite good opinions about them. Good quality.

First, more light set, for cameras up to 7.5kg.

One for 7-15kg range comes in case:

Any suggestions or tips ... I want something with a wide range of motion that doesn't 'jar' when I walk at a reasonably fast pace with it. Don't fancy the hassle of a Gimbal rig ... Surely there is a tried and tested one out there by now?

Cheers...

There wasn't an instruction manual so I've had a bit of a play and run about outside with it.

I think that it has to be set as low as possible because the GH2 is so light. At the moment I can still do a better job by hand. I did have a go at running for which I got a better result -- but not like the smoothness in the demo videos.

Could anyone point me in the right direction --- Thanks ..

Anyone else tried it? I've got another job coming up this week and I want to give it another shot. the rotational movement of the blackbird makes it a very hit and miss affair