[1-14-15: see update at end of post] I put my 7D on a 12 foot jib arm quite often. I use a 25ft. HDMI cable to run video signal to my 7” Lilliput monitor. This means I can see what I’m doing, but there’s no pulling focus or starting/stopping the camera. Thus, I set focus (pull the camera down, adjust focus, push it up, check, try again, repeat) and when I finally achieve focus lock, I start
