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  1. Hello, Does anyone have a used system they would be willing to sell? I am located in Los Angeles. Thank you.
  2. I spent some time with the new Panavision Millennium DXL today and it’s very Steadicam friendly! The camera just drops directly into my top stage with its built-in dovetail. A big surprise was that you could also slide the camera on its dovetail to help center the camera build. When you switch to handheld, you just push the dovetail forward out of the way and add the shoulder cushion. For studio mode, the dovetail slides right into a bridge plate. Switching between modes is ridiculously fast. The Primo 70 motorized lenses make the build so clean and no chance of slipping gears! There are brushless motors inside these lenses and they can be disabled for manual pulls by hand or if using on another camera that would need external motors. The plan is to have different modules that can be swapped out of the camera for compatibility with various FIZ hand units out there. The camera is 12 volts and pulls around 60 watts @ 8K 24p. I’m hearing that when using the motorized lenses and other functions the camera may pull as much as 10 amps at times. Though I didn’t have a sled camera power cable yet, I’ve attached the pin outs for those who want to make them. The battery plate on the back had a lovely surprise! It’s mounted to a vertical dovetail, so you can lower or raise the battery height and lock it in place. The camera body is about 10 pounds. At one point I flew with the Clip on matte box + Body + 70mm-185mm zoom + AB Cine90 Battery and the camera weighed in around 24 pounds. Looking forward to seeing this camera more often in 2017!
  3. Is there a Rickshaw available for rent in DC / Maryland / Virginia / Pennsylvania ? This is for a shoot next week. Thanks!
  4. For those trying to do long-term time lapses with a GoPro inside of their waterproof housing with no physical modifications while still using 1 internal battery, check out the Timelapse Controller from http://www.cam-do.com/ I've used this on multi-day time lapses with success without having to externally power the camera or compromising the waterproof housing! You put this $80 circuit board into the back of the GoPro (same port as the wifi backpack, LCD screen, etc...) and using dip switch settings you can control your timelapse. The camera will turn on and off for each frame and theoretically you can do months and months of timelapes, even underwater, with the ONE battery inside the housing. Amazing stuff!
  5. Hey Brooks, You can embed Vimeo video on your website, seamlessly playing HD or non-HD video without the client ever leaving your site. I just sent you an email about it. Also the embedded Vimeo player is compatible with Flash/HTML5/iPhone/iPad/Android, so no worries about people not being able to watch it!
  6. Congrats! Rock it out, fly with honor, and find a way to transport it on your motorcycle!
  7. I used the RF Central with a Panasonic HPX500 recently and had a Y cable built to power both components from my sled. As Rob mentioned, you can likely use AB power or a D-Tap from your sled power to accomplish this, but I found this alternative. The RF Central kit should hopefully come with an XLR Male adapter cable that plugs into the Lemo Power In port on the Transmitter. You would then need a XLR Female Y Cable so you can power both the camera and the transmitter. This is how it would look: Sled Power to 12 volt XLR Female (I assume you already own this cable for video jobs) connected to a 2nd cable, XLR Male to a XLR Female Y cable, so you have two Female XLRs available to plug into your components. Depending on your rig and batteries, you may need to arrange your batteries in parallel so you have a higher amperage available to handle the power draw of both components. This worked for a HPX500 that was also powering a Litepanel Ringlite, but I assume a F900 would be more power hungry, but give it a shot. You have a third component, AirPaint, which I'm not sure how is powered, but perhaps it can tap off these other components or maybe you run a separate sled power to XLR to the AirPaint if it has its own XLR input or adapter cable. If you put an Anton Bauer on the back of the RF Central, it powers both the transmitter and the camera. If you power just the Transmitter with the sled via the adapter cable, it only powers the Transmitter and doesn't pass through to camera.
  8. Hi, Does anyone have this monitor for sale? This monitor is on backorder and I'm in need of one soon. I prefer the Solar 7S (which includes HD-SDI), but I'm interested in all versions of this monitor. Feel free to message me on the forum, thanks!
  9. Hi, I'm looking for the air-filled tire/wheel kit from Backstage Equip. for my American Grip stand. I believe it comes in either 6" or 8". Does anyone have a used set they are looking to sell? Feel free to message me on the forum. Thanks!
  10. Even 3.5 years after my original post, I still appreciate the advice! I have significantly changed my routine since then. I exercise several times a week, run, hike, practice yoga, and swim. My original post began when I exercised vigorously after several weeks of vacation and my feet didn't appreciate it. I've learned that even if it's just a little bit of exercise and stretching, it's important to keep your body trained....even on vacation! Also, footwear is extremely important and even the greatest shoes may not last more than a year. On a side note, I have found yoga to be a great way to build a strong core, improve balance, posture, concentration, and importantly, how to breathe! Thanks again for everyone's input!
  11. I would love to check out photos of that mod if you ever get a chance to put them online. Here is my rig from yesterday's shoot. It's not gonna win any beauty contests :) The entire sled weight with camera/lens was around 13 pounds, so I rarely needed to dock the rig. The music video concept was a road trip experience, so we had over 6 locations throughout the day in the Valley. Once I parked, I was ready to fly in about 5 minutes at each location. Very efficient. The Ikan monitor is far from daylight viewable, but my mega sunhood helped quite a bit. Though we didn't really need to pull focus for the type of shots we needed, I definitely want to attach my Bartech/M-One to this rig and use lens gear wraps on the SLR lenses for the next shoot. I would likely need to put an AB battery plate on the rear of bottom stage and use a P-tap power cable or does anyone know if it's possible to adapt a Sony or Panasonic camera battery to power a Bartech?
  12. Thanks for the advice. Glad to know that Radio Shack offers complimentary weekend rentals of monitors :) We went with the Ikan V5600 5.6" monitor with HDMI, rented from Samys along with the camera body and a few lenses. It's OK. I'll try to post pics of my setup after tomorrow's shoot. Like Tom, I added some weight plates to bulk up my top stage. HDMI down the post would have been awesome, do you have any photos of your rig? I'll consider modifying for the next shoot.
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