[Patrick Mcload]

Just wanted to post an update on the PMW-320/350 View Finder Bracket Kit that raises the VF for better access to the lens rings and zoom rocker.

The new blog / website with most current information is at:
https://pmw350.wordpress.com/

Thanks
Patrick McLoad

[Patrick Mcload]

Richard: I don’t know if you are still interested in the bracket for the PMW-350, but you can go here for more information:

https://www.dvinfo.net/article/acquisition/sonyxdcam/sony-pmw-350k-viewfinder-bracket-kit.html

You can reach me at mcload@gmail.com

Patrick McLoad
Houston

[Patrick Mcload]

Pat: I know this is an old thread, but I developed a professional bracket that raises the VF on the PMW-320 and 350. No problem with accessing zoom controls after installation.
If interested, contact me at mcload@gmail.com

[Patrick Mcload]

Thanks for the post Ronnie, I have been looking for a zoom control for my 350. The used Fuji controllers are twice the price of the Varizoom new. (Focus crontrol is not yet as much of an issue, but that would be nice to have also.)

Even with the bracket I sell to elevate the VF from the lens, getting to the rocker control can be difficult.

Patrick McLoad

[Patrick Mcload]

I have re-initiated my blog for the Sony PMW-320/350 bracket, and it is here:
https://pmw350.wordpress.com/

Regards,
Patrick McLoad

[Patrick Mcload]

Yes, I still sell these brackets; guess I should put my blog back up.
Anyway, please send me an e-mail at mcload@gmail.com and I’ll send you some pics.

They are 50 bucks each and we usually do this by PayPal.
Everyone who has bought one has had great success.
They also work for the PMW-320K

Regards,
Patrick McLoad

[Patrick Mcload]

Yes, the horizontal adj. tubes do retract fully, and the raised lens-tightening knob does not hit anything, nor does it affect the hot shoe.

Thanks.

[Patrick Mcload]

I admit nothing. It is unfortunate that you are not willing to take any responsibility whatsoever for your own words. Who has the attitude now?

[Patrick Mcload]

Steve: Put yourself in my shoes and you would come to the same conclusion. Your remark was extremely brief. Had you elaborated as you did in your last post, then we wouldn’t be having this exchange.

I too have been in the business for over 30 years, having started on A-B roll JVC U-matics and a bit of 1″ work and 16mm film. I have collected and read more manuals than Carter has liver pills. When no one is around, the manual is all you got….especially during the pre-Internet days. Linear tape operations and switchers were much easier than all of this digital stuff. I think my first computer-operated system was a Calaway which simply slaved two 3/4″ machines and a BetaSP. This PMW-350 is my 5th 2/3″ broadcast camera, not counting the plumbicon-tubed cameras that required registration.

I’ve been shooting and editing BetaSp for over a decade, using FCP, PhotoShop, and AE to name a few. The Adobe stuff has always had a high learning curve just like any serious (and costly) application.
XDCAM EX is no different. I’m not a digital electronics engineer. When I click on a button while following a (published) sequence, I expect an appropriate result. When I don’t get one, then I have to find out why. You will have to admit that Sony and other electronic manufacturers don’t exactly make this process easy, nor are the myriad of manuals out there all that clear. I would be more than happy to bury myself in a manual if that is what’s required.

I have no doubt that you have saved many butts out there as have I on other forums. But you will have to admit that I had no way of knowing WHO your remark was directed towards. So if I misunderstood, then my apologies.

Although I am not a certified engineer, I too know how mechanical things work, having been raised by an engineer. I am now on my 4th classic car restoration, and this is the quality of work I do:
https://jagxke.wordpress.com/

So let’s allow this thread to die….please.

[Patrick Mcload]

I readily admit that I am a newbie to the XDCAM EX workflow, but learning every day. As can be seen from other responders, it’s not as B&W (or clear) by simply “reading the manual(s)”.

A person like myself comes to forums to seek advice and experience from others. A good moderator understands this and shows patience, however a bad moderator (or even one who contributes to the thread) is one that is smug and self-righteous. It must be nice to be the type of person who has never had a question about anything technical in his life. Your reply infantile, and was neither funny nor original.