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Gear / Technical Help => Photo / Video Recording => Topic started by: achalsey on March 03, 2013, 08:32:44 PM
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I recently got a Lumix ZS19 and have started doing video secondary to audio but am finding vibrations are killing the recording. I've run a few times clamped to a stand and once screwed directly to the top of the stand and all those times found that any bass line completely distorts the lens. One time, however, I clamped to an extension pole that I simply held, resting on top of a soft stool cover and found no (or very little) distortion at all. Also, the one time I held the camera, the distortion was nonexistent.
Any recommendations on how to remedy this situation?
Last night I ran the camera clamped to the stand with a Rowi 76 and found it to be a pretty ideal set up besides the horrendous shock protection.
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That's odd. I've always run higher end cameras but have done them on tripod, monopod and handheld and never had an issue with vibration. This camera may be too light to "hold its own" on a stand. I've never used a mic stand (which usually tends to be a little lighter and is designed to bear a lighter load). I'd try a video or photo tripod and see if that resolves it. I think the standard tripod (where the camera attaches to a mount directly on top of the three legs is a more stable setting than a mic stand (where the legs are a considerable distance from the mounting point). I've actually gone to a solid but collapsible compact tripod as my portable mic stand since it takes a lot less space and can go in a small backpack with the rest of the gear. The more obvious footprint also helps keep wookies from bumping into things. It's also possible that the volume itself is too much for the camera and it has to be held in order to "hold it together" (holding it will dampen the vibrations). I do know people who use Lumix's up very close in loud settings (but usually handheld) so it should be OK. Good luck.
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Unfortunately I also had some case of vibrating on my tripod (its true a really cheap one). Put something under the legs, anything soft. Poors solution... :P
There were never problem outdoors, but indoors with high volume and bad instable (wooden) floor/stage... I watched some metontour (offical metallica) video from the Fillmore club and there the fixed camera was also shaky as hell, so I was calm that not only cheap stuff can go bad...
I really wonder too if what tripod could cure these tough conditions?
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Unfortunately I also had some case of vibrating on my tripod (its true a really cheap one). Put something under the legs, anything soft. Poors solution... :P
There were never problem outdoors, but indoors with high volume and bad instable (wooden) floor/stage... I watched some metontour (offical metallica) video from the Fillmore club and there the fixed camera was also shaky as hell, so I was calm that not only cheap stuff can go bad...
I really wonder too if what tripod could cure these tough conditions?
Thanks, I looked into some rubber feet to put on the stand legs, but have not bought any yet.
jbell, another TS member, had a good idea to attach a small rod to the bottom of the camera and put that into a shock mount. Something like this: http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=160846.0 and put it in something like a Rycote mount (http://www.daleproaudio.com/p-7627-rycote-inv-7-invision-indoor-mic-suspension-for-stand-and-boompole.aspx?gclid=CO6fypiv9bUCFQSnnQodOC8AkA)
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I use a monopod with my Lumix ZS3, and when the club is particularly loud, I have a frozen orange juice can stuffed with foam that I'll slip over the foot of the monopod. Works great.