Rig for our beauty shoot with the lovely Victoria Heinz today. Shooting during sunset today and sunrise tomorrow. Glad we can use the new ZEISS zooms – curious how they perform under time pressure. I bet great!! 😉 #r3d #zeiss #denz
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Finally found a good solution how to mount my Denz Shoulder Pad below the camera. Denz told me there will be a new one which you can attach directly to your baseplate. Just used my old Denz DSLR Baseplate to solve this problem. Not the best way. Should be well balanced with V-Lock batteries at the back for a music video shoot in Italy next week. #denz #r3d #mcgyver
I have used products made by Denz a very long time now and I’m always impressed by their perfect quality. For the most of you the brand Denz is unknown, but my friends from Munich are a well known and loved company in the film industry. They won the technical Oscar for their Video Assist in 1996. Since the HDSLR revolution the guys from munich also offer many good products for DSLR video cameras, including there great Mini Follow Focus, which I don’t want to miss anymore! I will publish a review about their Follow Focus the next couple weeks. Denz has modified the Canon DSLR’s with a PL-Mount and has a huge success with these modifications. A new year begins and there are also new cameras on the market. Now there is also a Denz PL54-mount with integrated support system available for the Panasonic AG AF 101 / 100. I tested the camera recently, but didn’t have luck with the weather, so I will get it again to achieve better results with it. The Denz support system includes a mount for 15 mm support rods as well as Hirth-toothed rosettes according to the ARRI/Denz-standard for adjusting handles and accessories….
This is my main camera setup for an upcoming corporate film shoot this Thursday and next Tuesday in Zurich, Switzerland. I will use a Canon 7D and a Canon 5D Mark II. Click on the pictures for more details. If you have any questions about the gear you can post a comment at the bottom of this page. My main rig on a Manfrotto 504 Head. A Denz Canon 7D evo PL54 with Carl Zeiss Compact Primes. The Genus Elite Mattebox is perfect for the Zeiss Compact Primes. Denz Mini Follow Focus with Crank. Manfrotto 546GBK legs. Zoom H4N with Sennheiser Wireless EW 112p. Perfect for interviews! Carl Zeiss Compact Prime PL 35 mm. Denz Support System with Carbon rods.
Frank Arnold from Denz sent me exclusive pictures of the new Canon 1D Mark IV with PL-Mount. It will be the first Canon 1D Mark IV with PL-Mount in the world! The Clairmont Canon 1D Mark IV was the first modified 1D with PL-Mount. But if you compare both cameras, the Denz one is better because of the lens stabilisation. In addition to the Canon 1D they will release the Canon 5D Mark II with PL54-Mount. I got the Denz Canon 7D EVO PL a couple weeks ago and shot some BTS on Lucasfilm-Set. The quality of the modified Denz Canon DSLR’s is really solid! You can feel it’s high engineering quality from Germany! Denz won the technical Oscar for special efforts and consequent development in 1996. This weekend I will shoot my first short film with the Denz Canon 7D Evo PL! They sent me two Zeiss Arriflex lenses, one 25 mm 1.2 and one 85 mm 1.4. Here you can watch a short video about the Canon 7D EVO PL: Here are some facts about the PL-Modification of the Canon DSLR-Range: The originally used sensor-block will be replaced by a new custom made sensor-block, so that the camera-body…
Mr. Arnold from Denz sent me a Canon 7D PL-Mount for some test-shots! Here are my first impressions. Solid quality, really massive and a completely new sensor block. They sent me two Zeiss lenses, one 25 mm 1.2 and one 75 mm 1.4. I will shoot a short film in Prague this week with the Denz Equipment and the Zeiss PL-Mount lenses. Technical Specifications: for all 35mm lenses fitted with PL54-Mount HD-Sensor-mount and PL54-Mount are made of material with a super low coefficient of expansion, which is also used for space- / satellite-technology Sensor-size fits S35 (3perf.) format – 18 Megapixels (effektive) 24,25 and 30 f/s progressive (1920×1080 pixels) 50 and 60 f/s progressive (1280×720 pixels) On-Board Recording as well as 3” display with Live-View various accessories for optimum handling The Canon 7D evo PL54 is a forward-looking development on the DSLR camera market. With the Canon 7D evo PL54, all 35mm lenses fitted with PL54-Mount can be used. In order to realize this, large modifications of the stock canon-camera had to be done. The originally used sensor-block will be replaced by a new custom made sensor-block, so that the camera-body just contains the electronics. The sensor-block, the PL54-Mount and…
