Steady as she goes – CAME-TV steadicam

2.5-15 kg carbon fibre steadicam arrived from http://www.came-tv.com – ‘high quality’ is the first obvious impression, that and great value.. Now to practice for hours and hours and hours.

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Canon - Philip Bateman and Bravo Charlie

Canon 24-70 F4L IS with Macro

I said previously I was going to replace the 18-135 f3.5-5.6 with 24-105 f4L; I went with the newer 24-70 f4L mainly because it’s got a macro mode and I figure for the amount of time I’m seeking ultra close, having a separate 100mm f2.8L might be overkill, and apparently the barrel distortion at 24mm […] More…
The Panel - Philip Bateman and Bravo Charlie

Open Channel Generation Next Online Video

I spent two days at Open Channel at their recent Generation Next conference “Creating Content in the YouTube Generation” It was back to back panels and speakers, a definite stand out was seeing the following folks lined up next to each other. Left to right David Redman, Producer, Redman Entertainments Katy Roberts, Producer, VICE Media (Melbourne) […] More…
Philip Bateman - Philip Bateman and Bravo Charlie

FreeFly Movi M10

It’s been quite a month of equipment investing (purchasing?) for Bravo Charlie – I’m excited to say it’s being finished off for 2014 with a FreeFly Movi M10 (electronic stabilising camera gimbal) The benefit of the system is much more maneuverability and stability, to do shots that would otherwise take a lot of complexity and team […] More…