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  1. Richard James Lewis
    Hugo is brilliant. Helped me out massively back in the day. Hope he's reading this and is very well. Best, Rich.
  2. Richard James Lewis
    I'd imagine it's all techno and dolly.
  3. Richard James Lewis
    Do not use this.
  4. Richard James Lewis
    It's not an actual "Steadicam" arm. It looks to possibly be home made or some obscure ebay unit. Don't be fooled by the sticker that someone has put on it. I can't imagine you will find out much information. Best save up a bit more and put it into something that will retain some value and be tried and tested. I'd stay well clear. Good luck. Rich.
  5. Richard James Lewis
    I've had 4 blues in my arm for years. Pop 2 black in very rarely, occasionally for an AR job. I tend to be very anal about building very light camera setups tho. It's nice to have the springs working at their upper weight limit too. Rich.
  6. Richard James Lewis
    Optical Support make one too. Their version removes the slight upward tilt in the docking fork which the others don't. This allows you to pan flat. With the others you pan the rig in the fork and the frame goes off level. Rich.
  7. Richard James Lewis
    A Navtech would be your best bet. I still have mine kicking around, just incase! Let me know if you want to work out a rental thing. R x
  8. Richard James Lewis
    Contact Ash or Dean at MK-V directly. They will be sure to sort you out with something. They have various old stock kicking about. I'm sure they could sort you out with something and make it work. Best, Rich.
  9. Richard James Lewis
    I've realised the first one is a "Steadyrig" gimbal from Australia. Neither of these are made anymore. Rich.
  10. Richard James Lewis
    Second one is a "Pro Gear" gimbal (essentially a copy in part of the PRO gimbal) I can't imagine the company still exists, people had lots of issues (about 10 years ago) First one is on the tip of my tongue, but it escapes me at the moment. Good luck. Rich
  11. Richard James Lewis
    I think Optical Support have changed them to dual hdsdi on the cinema electronics before. R
  12. Richard James Lewis
    Count me in! R
  13. Richard James Lewis
    I use one to attach my RX to the Paralinx Array. Works great.
  14. Richard James Lewis
    I had issues with my XCS / PRO interface too. Rotating it 180 magically fixed it. I do wrap the threads in PTFE tape and also poked a couple of tiny bits into the holes where the 3 mating pins insert, and it's all solid now. I don't take it apart ever, I fear it won't go back as nice... Never got to the bottom of it. Tolerances between different manufacturers. Check every so often everything is very tight with the post tool and a plastic hammer. R
  15. Richard James Lewis
    That aside, the Cinetronic was fairly waterproof. I don't even use covers on my Transvideo now, just a bit of tape over the buttons.
  16. Richard James Lewis
    I think you'd be hard pushed to find 20 people who still own a Cinetronic...
  17. Richard James Lewis
    Call Optical Support. Rich
  18. Richard James Lewis
    Same
  19. Richard James Lewis
    I imagine it's voltage drop through the sled and 0B size connector.
  20. Richard James Lewis
    I always pull the fuses. Pull the monitor, leave the camera line on for the focus puller to do Preston things etc. I just use them as if they were power switches. Only had to replace one once when it snapped off (or someone snapped it off) R
  21. Richard James Lewis
    Could be that the aluminium plug in the end of the post has come loose. The bonding may have broken. There should be a few grub screws in there too, or pins to keep it in place which is why its not coming completely off. Take the stage off and re insert the screws and get some leverage on it. see if it's moving. Or as Jarrett said screws might be too long, but less likely if you have had it working in the past. Good luck. Best, Rich.
  22. Richard James Lewis
    It starts again...
  23. Richard James Lewis
    This was one of my problems with my Cinetronic ordeal and PayPal. Eveverthing took so long that I was out of time to try and claim anything when they refused to give me my money back. Not to mention that he tried to charge me a 20% restocking fee when I returned the level which I cancelled my order for, then begrugingly agreed to take delivery of when they said they had no money to refund me, which then didn't even work! His reaction being "well they work for everyone else" Yeah must have been my fault... Had to take other random stock that i didnt really need from the filmstuff store in the end to pay off his debt to me. Which surprise surprise took over a month to arrive. Clearly nobodys priority. Cowboys!
  24. Richard James Lewis
    ...or Baer Bel. http://shop.strato.de/epages/61417979.sf/en_US/?ObjectPath=/Shops/61417979/Categories/%22Motor%20Rods%20/%20Extensions%22 I also have a couple of PAM brackets with 19mm tube / rosettes so I can mount my Heden 26VEs this way too. Jerry does these. Good luck. Rich.
  25. Richard James Lewis
    Mine never worked when I had it. Laggy and unresponsive. Get your money back if they have it, which I doubt they will, and spend it on something else. The less you have invested in that company the better you will be. Good luck. Rich.
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