I am a constant visitor to your blog for your products and films.

I want to thank you for your generosity in sharing your experience and knowledge with us. Clearly you are a pioneer in HDSLR film making and your advice and experience will help us tremendously.

I am about to purchase the 7D for corporate video production and your pointers in ‘Present Tense’ is helping me consider the gear I should be getting and my budget.

It is your self-less attitude that will grow this industry and bring us all closer in the pursuit of film making excellence. Keep up the noble work

Baron

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Best regards,

Tony

How do you attach the manfrotto base plate to the DS20 head? Did you buy it separately or is part of the head that you use with the Glidetrack?

Cheers

James

With regards to Solo. I hate that base plate and have replaced that screw attachment with a single screw to go into my manfrotto base plate that I use with all my DSLRs.

P

I’ve been reading your blog for a few months and it’s just occurred to me that I have yet to show my appreciation for your fine work in sharing your insight. This particular article had me stuck to me chair, so I thought it only right to let you know!

You have succeeded in making a fantastic information portal for fellow creatives and I must commend you on the amount of effort and passion you put into sharing your knowledge and experiences. There is a wind of change and you and other like-minded pros are leading the way in breaking down the black box mentality within the creative industries. It is a refreshing time to be in this game.

The combination of photos, ungraded rushes and the candor with which you describe your experiences, gives us such a well rounded vision of how you do what you do. Combine that with technical reviews and you’ve got a one stop shop for camera geeks like me! Many thanks for all the hard work.

I have just recently purchased the Miller Solo DS20 and am absolutely thrilled with my purchase (I got a very good second hand deal) but there’s one slight problem. The base plate comes with a metal spigot (to stop a traditional video camera from undoing itself and sliding to the side). If you take the screw out and use it alone it doesn’t really sit properly within the base plate. Did you have this problem? Did you replace the screw and if so where did you find a suitable one?

Thanks once again for sharing, I can’t wait for the next instalment!