#Scopebox with canon mark 3 full

Together Jacobs and Lenzo built a custom gimbal with remote follow focus and full 3-axis camera gimbal remote operation, allowing them to have the same control as the larger professional camera cranes and jibs with the added benefit of untethered RC copter freedom of movement.Ī closer look at the Follow Focus system Jacobs and Lenzo attached to the Canon 1D C Therefore, Jacobs sought the help of Anthony Lenzo of Air Sea Land (ASL), a production company that has been servicing the broadcast and film market since 1994. Unfortunately there aren’t many option for ultra lightweight FF systems design for RC copter use. To fly these larger cameras, Jacobs would have to incorporate functionality such as follow focus and full 3-axis control and stabilization that can be found on the larger full-size professional equipment.

Years of traveling around the globe solely flying DSLR cameras, Jacobs felt it was time to step up the game by flying larger higher quality video cameras such as the RED Epic, Canon C300/500, Sony FS700, and Canon EOS 1D C. Still, even with these downsides the results were astonishing. What an amazing way to put 4K to work.Īt that time there were a few limitations to his rig, namely a limited weight range (a FS100 with light weight lens would be close to maxing it out) and no follow focus. He is the first person to fly the 1D C in this type of configuration. The Canon 1D C being flown on Jacobs’ rig. I honestly don’t believe the scale and scope of the video would have been as impressive without the intro and outro shot that he was able to contribute: Anthony’s rig was so efficient he was able to leave it built in the back of the rental car and launch at a moments notice. Thus, I was dying to work with him and after many tries I was fortunate enough to bring Anthony onto one of my projects titled GE Works ‘Juice Train’. I had seen a lot of aerial footage but I was impressed with the nimbleness of Jacobs’ rig and how it could act more like a Technocrane (allowing a director to start close, move around a subject and then end with huge sweeping panoramas all in one run) then a traditional helicopter (which only offers establishing shots). At the time no one was flying this camera on an RC copter and Jacobs was up for the challenge.

Jacobs decided to venture into the RC aerial video realm in 2009 after purchasing a Canon 5D Mark II. These two events sparked a lot of interest in his unique business, and within weeks Jacobs received a call from an editor at TIME magazine who wanted to run a story on his business in their technology section on : Anthony began to take RC aerial multimedia more seriously when a photo he captured an image of the old Yankee Stadium during the final game before the stadium’s demolition which was picked up by the NY Post and USA Today: As legend goes, Jacobs started Perspective Aerials and began his aerial photography business in 2007 by flying small point-and-shoot Canon cameras, capturing primarily still photography.

Scopebox with canon mark 3