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Uni-struit alternatives
  • XsjadoXsjado

    Hello everyone. I'm looking for a (cheaper) alternative of the CPM unistrut. Also I'm not feeling too confident with the carbon fiber fabric, I'd prefer aluminum.

    Unistrut

    I know Skier makes the O ring, but it's expansive as hell.

    Any ideas guys? Thanks a lot!

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  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    @Xsjado

    Why you need exactly this?

    You can just get two C brackets. They are very common on ebay.

  • XsjadoXsjado

    I just want a top handle which has to be close from my dslr. I'm concerned about the balance of a C bracket. A single one would be perfect for what I need, but yeah, I'm not sure if you can get the camera parallel to the floor, can you? It must lean, mustn't it?

    Skier looks quite perfectly balanced.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Check such thing

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pro-15mm-C-Shape-Cage-Mount-Bracket-Top-Handle-Grip-for-DSLR-DV-Movie-System-/230850117573?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35bfbd3fc5

  • jpbturbojpbturbo

    Typically you can adjust the position of the top handle so that it will hang/balance well.

    I have an older Gini-Rig Extreme 17 and I use the large L-brackets to make a C-bracket. The style of Top handle I have is different from what they currently show and it allows me to get it just right.

  • XsjadoXsjado

    @Vitaliy, the item can't be displayed in my country :(

    "Unfortunately, access to this particular item has been blocked due to legal restrictions in some countries. We are blocking your viewing in an effort to prevent restricted items from being displayed. Regrettably, in some cases, we may prevent users from accessing items that are not within the scope of said restrictions because of limitations of existing technology. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause, and we hope you may find other items of interest on eBay."

    @jpbturbo, interesting, would you have a picture? Even better, would you have a pic showing a good balance ^^

    Thanks to the both of you

  • jpbturbojpbturbo

    @Xsjado

    Here is a pic I just snapped of my rig, minus the shoulder pad and the front hand grips. I threw my old Chinon on there just for illustration purposes. The top handle is mounted via a pretty standard two hole offset clamp. The current version of this rig(gini rig extreme 17) seems to come with a different top handle. gini rig balancing act

  • XsjadoXsjado

    Thank you jpbturbo. I came up with an idea similar to Vitaly's. I would use 2 L brackets to recreate the O ring shape of the Skier rig.

    Do you think I can find them cheaper than here: http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Pro-L-Shape15mm-Supporting-Arm-Rod-to-make-C-shape-Cage-Rig-for-DSLR-MatteBox-FF-/130823489705?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1e75b008a9#ht_4765wt_1220

    ?

    Also, can you recommend me a nice and cheap baseplate+rods?

    Thank you guys!

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