Hey again Trey...
I did think of one "issue" that I've had with the Mini35, but it's so minor (or rather, solved) that I didn't remember it at first.
In our particular case, because we use a big brick on the back to power the camera, it is
very backheavy... even with a big heavy lens, matte box, follow focus, it is just very unbalanced because the tripod mount on the bottom of the Mini35 is so far forward.
We combatted that by fashioning another aluminum plate that goes on the bottom of the unit, with threaded 3/8" tripod-attachment holes more toward the rear. Now it stays in perfect balance. I also cut a rubber caster in half and screwed it to the rear of the plate to help "lock it in" between the rear rods....
One other little mod I did... is to make a "Y" split in the power cable from the Anton Bauer goldmount... and attached the other end to another Canon camera power connector. This way the single battery powers both the camera and the Mini35. It's not real pretty, but very convenient and I never have to worry about changing the little batteries. I put velcro on the power adapter and on the back of the goldmount holder, so in the rare instances that I take the body out of the Mini35 to use with the stock lens, I can just stick the "extra" power connector up on it so it doesn't dangle to get it out of the way.
Hope your shoot goes well,
T2
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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com
