As soon as i opened the box and attached the knobs i was greeted by a factory defect, it seems one of the knobs came undone or wasn’t properly adhered to it’s post. I decided to put tripod in it’s provided bag and hoped my dad could help me get it in tip-top shape.
He tried an epoxy and eventually that lost it’s hold and the knob came off again.
I looked past this issue mostly because i was in another state and couldn’t go to Adorama and complain to a human in person.

After a few weeks using the Tiltall i was left largely annoyed at a few simple points… the camera mount takes Herculean strength to tighten to a point where my 5d mkII and a 17-40mm lens would be solidly mounted, not to mention that fact that i’ve been spoiled by Bogen/Manfroto’s quick release plates.
So much so i bought a small quick release plate that i could use to quickly remove/attach my Zoom H4N when i would be recording audio.

This moring seeing the space plate gave me the idea that i could make my video rig a little more portable since i think my next video related project will have me traveling, setting up, and then breaking down fairly quickly, maybe quickly in some cases… time to make the tiltall a little better for me.

the quick release didn’t sit level on the tripod so this became a job for my handy zipsaw to cut a notch into the existing head. shown below with the notch cut out and sanded.

the notch was to allow for the spring chamber on the quick release, as seen below.

the top with the installed quick release:

Left over part from my DIY follow focus become my new adjustment knob:

Buisness card



Long Island fireworks.



Industrial landscape alongside the LIRR

Coincidently, for my birthday my grandfather gave me a vintage Yashica Electro 35 GSN.

As it were i’ll have to rig up a battery for it but from my research it’s quite a popular budget rangefinder with a f/1.7 lens but i look forward to running a roll through it to see if it’s functioning.

I picked up a GoPro Hero last month and have been playing with it extensively.
I really enjoy it’s Interval Shooting feature the most, and have used it to one of a couple timelapses I’ve done at my Internship.

Equipment:
Camera: GoPro Hero on Interval Shooting Mode. (every 30 seconds)
Editing: Final Cut Pro

These images are to show/explain the concept and installation display.
The last 3 images show a simultaneous moment in each of the two videos.