{"id":13433,"date":"2011-05-14T14:52:10","date_gmt":"2011-05-14T14:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philipbloom.net\/?p=13433"},"modified":"2011-05-15T07:53:08","modified_gmt":"2011-05-15T07:53:08","slug":"scorpion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/scorpion\/","title":{"rendered":"A look at the Zacuto Scorpion DSLR rig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gopb.co\/zacuto\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gopb.co\/zacuto\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gopb.co\/zacuto\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<dl id=\"attachment_13435\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 310px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gopb.co\/zacuto\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gopb.co\/zacuto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13435\" title=\"zacuto-scorpion-balljoint-300x199\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/zacuto-scorpion-balljoint-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">The key ball joint<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13434\" title=\"tumblr_lkxhoqMnJP1qzh0n9o1_500\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/tumblr_lkxhoqMnJP1qzh0n9o1_500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/tumblr_lkxhoqMnJP1qzh0n9o1_500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/tumblr_lkxhoqMnJP1qzh0n9o1_500-310x231.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/23724112?portrait=0&amp;color=ff9933\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/23724112\">A look at the Zacuto Scorpion Rig<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/philipbloomextras\">Philip Bloom extras<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a> Shot on the Sony F3 Graded in Magic Bullet Looks using one of Stu Maschwitz&#8217;s presets.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.redgiantsoftware.com\"> 20% MBL at redgiantsoftware.com with code bloom20<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gopb.co\/zacuto\">Zacuto<\/a> are one of my site sponsors but that is for a reason. They make the best gear, abeit pricey. But you know the old saying&#8230;you get what you pay for&#8230;I have not been paid to do this review but as a sponsor there is a financial arrangement between us which helps keep the site running. <a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.netethics-statement\/\">For more info on the site ethics please read here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is just a quick look at their latest top end DSLR rig. Pricing has not been released yet but don&#8217;t expect it to be too cheap, but this is what I would call a production rig. This is a serious bit of kit for serious jobs.<\/p>\n<p>As you would expect it&#8217;s incredibly well made. The shoulder pad is very comfortable, the ball joint makes it fit your body perfectly and the handle is a simple but clever idea very well implemented.<\/p>\n<p>When you want to put the camera on the tripod simply take it off the QR plate and stick it on your tripod which has a corresponding one. Also it&#8217;s very balanced when using the handle just walking with it.<\/p>\n<p>I know this is not for everyone but if you are looking at hand held rigs for high end work then this is definitely up there!<\/p>\n<p>I have now returned it but I will get one when it is released for the high end jobs but for the smaller, quicker handheld shots I woild use my smaller gunstock rig.<\/p>\n<p>When I have more info on pricing and availability I will publish it here!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gopb.co\/zacuto\">http:\/\/gopb.co\/zacuto<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dslr-gear","category-zacuto-gear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}