I used to dread shoots with no base-camp.
No base-camp shoots are situations where you cannot park your equipment temporarily in one place while you are filming. For example if you are covering any trips where there is no returning to a location once you depart. Or it could even be situations where it is too unsafe to leave your equipment unattended.
What it means is all your equipment need to be at arm's length or on your body at all times.
For a photographer, it may not be a big deal, but for many videographers, the weight of tripods, lights and lightstands will quickly wear you down or slow you down considerably - if there is no base camp to park your gear.
The solution?
Go small. Starting with the camera. Smaller cameras means smaller tripods, monopods.
Go Big. Bigger sensor means smaller lights.
Go skinny. Use a Lightwand instead of panels. it can fit in the same case as the lightstand. Make sure to use a reverse fold stand for stability. It's shorter folded and more stable unfolded. So you always win.
Go wireless. Cables and power cords are stupid-heavy 'cos they are pure copper inside! Much smarter go with NPF batteries.
Multitask. Why bring a slider, a tripod, a jib, and a steadicam when a gimbal will do everything?
No base-camp shoots are situations where you cannot park your equipment temporarily in one place while you are filming. For example if you are covering any trips where there is no returning to a location once you depart. Or it could even be situations where it is too unsafe to leave your equipment unattended.
What it means is all your equipment need to be at arm's length or on your body at all times.
For a photographer, it may not be a big deal, but for many videographers, the weight of tripods, lights and lightstands will quickly wear you down or slow you down considerably - if there is no base camp to park your gear.
The solution?
Go small. Starting with the camera. Smaller cameras means smaller tripods, monopods.
Go Big. Bigger sensor means smaller lights.
Go skinny. Use a Lightwand instead of panels. it can fit in the same case as the lightstand. Make sure to use a reverse fold stand for stability. It's shorter folded and more stable unfolded. So you always win.
Go wireless. Cables and power cords are stupid-heavy 'cos they are pure copper inside! Much smarter go with NPF batteries.
Multitask. Why bring a slider, a tripod, a jib, and a steadicam when a gimbal will do everything?
Designed since the film camera days and early tube-cameras, used by many generations of cameramen for over 50yrs... Till today, even the ENG/docu cam operators are constantly finding the 'perfect' shoulder rig solutions for box/modular style cams these days.