SPP has been contracted by Paradise Louisiana TV Host Gary Rispone to shoot several Turkey hunts for this 2010 Spring Season, one of which will be with Miss LSU and another to benefit a crippled childrens recipient on Sherburne WMA in cooperation with LA Dept. Wildlife & Fisheries. These videos to my knowledge may or may not be used on Paradise Louisiana TV Show. Further info to come on this. That being said, I needed to camo out the old Panny DVX100B and tripod. Hunting wild turkeys is very difficult, let alone with two people, one of which being a camera man. Wildlife Videography proves to be very challenging in the sense that focus is critical. Going "full manual" is the only way to go to focus out any grass, limbs, tress, or brush that might be inline with a strutting turkey. So how do you keep your hands still/off the lens barrell and manually focus the camera?? A-ha.... a little device known to us video geeks as a focus assist controller, mine of which is made by VariZoom (plug..plug). The focus assist is a small unit that mounts on the panning handle of the camera, located on the rear of the tripod. It is operated one-handed and can control the focus, aperture, zoom & record/stop functions all with either small rotary dials or toggle switches. This one piece of gear has been, hands down, the best investment I have made in the 6 years I have been running a camera. I use it both in the woods for maximum concealment and on the dance floor for mobility purposes when I shoot my weddings. I am now ready to put down the old faithful Remington 870 and take on the Wild Turkey behind the lens!!!!
SPP has been contracted by Paradise Louisiana TV Host Gary Rispone to shoot several Turkey hunts for this 2010 Spring Season, one of which will be with Miss LSU and another to benefit a crippled childrens recipient on Sherburne WMA in cooperation with LA Dept. Wildlife & Fisheries. These videos to my knowledge may or may not be used on Paradise Louisiana TV Show. Further info to come on this. That being said, I needed to camo out the old Panny DVX100B and tripod. Hunting wild turkeys is very difficult, let alone with two people, one of which being a camera man. Wildlife Videography proves to be very challenging in the sense that focus is critical. Going "full manual" is the only way to go to focus out any grass, limbs, tress, or brush that might be inline with a strutting turkey. So how do you keep your hands still/off the lens barrell and manually focus the camera?? A-ha.... a little device known to us video geeks as a focus assist controller, mine of which is made by VariZoom (plug..plug). The focus assist is a small unit that mounts on the panning handle of the camera, located on the rear of the tripod. It is operated one-handed and can control the focus, aperture, zoom & record/stop functions all with either small rotary dials or toggle switches. This one piece of gear has been, hands down, the best investment I have made in the 6 years I have been running a camera. I use it both in the woods for maximum concealment and on the dance floor for mobility purposes when I shoot my weddings. I am now ready to put down the old faithful Remington 870 and take on the Wild Turkey behind the lens!!!!
