However, when you’re engaged on a manufacturing that mandates a $280 teleprompter, there’s a good likelihood you may have one thing higher than a $130 webcam. So, Elgato features a pair of other backplates. One, a common shroud, has a easy rectangular gap and cloth shroud, just like the one I described above. If all else fails, this backplate handles any digital camera that may match contained in the teleprompter.
If Elgato solely included these two, it will be ample, however the firm went past and included a DSLR/mirrorless backplate and eight step-up rings from 48 mm to 77 mm. These rings connect on to the entrance of your digital camera lens. The rings then slot immediately into the Prompter’s backplate, blocking out all stray mild with out requiring a hood. It made it a lot simpler to hook up my cameras to the prompter.
The Prompter additionally comes with a platform that may be adjusted up or right down to line the digital camera up precisely the place wanted. The digital camera will also be bolted to the platform, although in my testing it wasn’t fairly spacious sufficient to deal with bigger units like Blackmagic’s cinema cameras. In the event you’re utilizing a very cumbersome digital camera or lengthy lens with the Prompter, you would possibly have to construct a customized rig to mount it.
As a pleasant little bonus, the Prompter has two hot-shoe mounts alongside its high, permitting you to mount issues like lights or a microphone. That is useful if it’s important to construct a rig across the prompter.
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The Second Display screen I Want
Teleprompters bought comparatively cheap as soon as producers realized many individuals have iPads (or a spare cellphone) sitting round they’ll use to show their scripts. We even suggest a few these. Elgato takes the Prompter in a distinct path by together with a display screen immediately.
When linked to a pc (both Home windows or Mac), this display screen is acknowledged as an exterior show, similar to some other monitor. By default, it may well mirror or lengthen your desktop, permitting you to make use of no matter app to indicate your script. You possibly can even open up a Google Doc and bump the textual content dimension up if you wish to put as little effort into messing with the teleprompter as attainable.
