Jon Beattie

Spent sometime in and around exo at the last 2 SOA workshops. It is considerably lighter than the klassen (then again my Subaru is lighter then the klassen). With that said as of the version we had in Philly in October the exo vest was heavier than it looks. It's without a doubt heavier than the pro vest.

Of course. Fracol! Would really like to avoid changin my monitor mount and bracket. I get needed the New York but like the drop down and 2 mounting options the U2 bracket already uses.

Ordered one with 2 receivers. Hope to have it soon and going to try and setup a test day at csc or Abel in ny

Chris how about marrying the monitor onto the ultra 2 monitor mount Tiffen uses?

The last few years my father has been filming his own doc about surfing on Long Island. Been interesting watching him learn and grow as a filmmaker on his own. Very proud of what he's been doing. After the way Sandy has hit the east coast many of the locations he's been filming are gone. Hopefully they can restore the beaches and dunes and eventually some of the spots will come back. If you have some time take a look. Sandy is likely to change the meaning of his little film for many. He thought he was done with principle photography but looks like a new twist. Anyway check it out http://ahundredmilestotheend.com/ he's also put together a nice little Facebook page 'a hundred miles to the end'

Unit made it through hurricane without a problem. Still looking for new home.

Price drop to $3600 plus shipping and handling

Took quick pic. Have additonal power cables depending on your sled. Lots of interest and questions. Make an offer and take it home

Posting my lightly used Bartech Slider hand unit and Analog receiver. System comes with M-One motor with gears and acc's... motor was serviced 18months ago. powerful and in perfect working order Power cables, motor cables $3800- plus s&h will ship anywhere. prefer wiretransfer for payment email me with questions jon@steadiway.net

great!!. Time to have a meeting... I´m at Madrid. My phone: +34 699445717... Great I'll text you on Friday.

I'll be in Spain 5/25 through 5/31 and then Portugal until 6/5

Hamlet and I were emailing last week. We are probrably going to have a unit for the week in Philly for the workshop. Once its finalized I'll let you guys know here.

One that bobs a lot ? Good luck with your sale .... yours is now the most famous Archer in the world. So? Every G50/G70 arm is now worthless without this expencive upgrade. far from it

I've owned a G70 for over 2 years now. Overall very happy with the arm. Its smooth, the range is great, its relatively light and fast. Now on slow moves I have noticed the g wobble. It's not huge but happens. In October I had the chance to fly one of Mike O'Shea's arms after he got it back from Tiffen. He had just upgraded it with them. He was quite pleased with it. As I was really happy with my g70 I was interested to see how much different the new setup could feel. Jumped into a rig and spent a good 3 or 4 minutes really playing with my arm to have the feel and muscle memory in my hand. Then I put O'Shea's 70 with the new setup on. I boomed the arm up and down once and my jaw dropped. The difference in friction and smoothness was crazy. I was shocked that something could feel that much measurebly better then my stock g70. It responses to a much lighter touch than the old arm did. The wobble I saw creeping around on my arm while doing a roundy round wasn't there either. So I was very impressed with the improvements. I think the upgrade was 2500-3000 usd. takes a few weeks to do. Its been on my list of things to do to the kit since I tried Mike's arm. That and gyros, more focus units, cables, batteries, better cart, van....... it never ends

Vest is sold. Thanks to those that inquired.

The range of those reverse sensors are between 1 & 4.9ft (1.5)moving at the top speed on the Segway you are going 15mph (24k) which is 22fps (6.7m). So at the max range of a senor while at top speed you have .25seconds to react to the sensor's warning. At slower speeds it could be affective but having a spotter and not getting lost in the monitor are likely your best bet. The wheel covers on Chris and Ulrik's steadiseg look like a good option, especially for brushing up against a fixed object or one that can be deflected away from the unit. Though I would be warry of an object being redirected under the standing platform and either getting wedged or acting like a security car barrier, the result of which would not be good for the operator. Something getting stuck or wedged are highly unlikely and I think Chris and Ulrik have a pretty simple and effective solution. Operating on the handsfree introduces a number of additional obsticals for an operator; falls can and will happen.

I know 2 operators that are very happy with the mk-v alexa plate. I've been thinking about adding the actionproducts Universal Arri Adapter Plate http://www.innocinema.com/product_info.php?products_id=111 & the Action Products BridgePlate http://www.innocinema.com/product_info.php?products_id=109 It looks like a good combo for the Alexa and a dlsr or any number of other cameras. Looks like a quick way to go from sticks to steadi to handheld without adding a lot of weight.

Mike O'Shea has a klassen harms in good shapenhe has for sale. Osheajr@aol.com

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Selling my Ultra Vest. It's in great shape and has been well cared for the last 2 years I've owned it. Comes with an unopened set of backup hardware from tiffen and a vest bag. Wire transfer or check payment. Buyer pays shipping. Will ship anywhere in the world. $3850- email me jon@steadway.net

So now that the BDR has been out in the field. I'd like to know how the 24v vs 12v operation has been? Jim has said on his site he recomends running it 24v. Has anyone noticed any prerformance differences?

Looking for a digital motor Preston or similar along with any acc's you may want to package. Email : jon@steadiway.net

How has this unit been working out for you guys that have been using it? How many minutes per GB of video are you getting? I was looking at Atom's new Samurai at 5x the cost. If the hyperdeck works and I can get away with 2 or 3 220GB drives it seems like a no brainer. Doesn't seem that the Hyperdeck gives any option in video format and quality. The nice thing about the Samurai is you can pick and choose.

In the market for a digital motor. Looking for a Preston motor or equivelant. Along with any acc's and cables for it.

Unit still up for grabs