Thomas Gottschalk

Selling a nice J-Bracket with a very comfortable knob on the top. Made by Baerbel Cam-Tec in Germany. Asking price $ 250,00 OBO Happy to ship worldwide. Buyer pays shipping. Fly safe!

Selling a used Teradek Cube 150 Tx On Board HDSDI to H.264 Video Streaming Encoder: Great for on-set video streaming to IPhones / IPads. -HD-SDI Input -External USB Port -Dual Band WiFi (2.4/5.8 GHz) -WiFi Range - 300' (91m) -4G Support / Setup Wizard -H.264 (Level 4.1) Video Compression -Built-in Scaler -End-to-End Latency - 1/8-1/2 sec -Low Power Consumption 6-28V (2.5W) - 110/220V Power supply included Asking price $600,00 OBO. Will ship worldwide. Buyer pays shipping

Dear Gentlemen, many thanks for your input, that went by a bit ungratefully neglected by me... I apologize! For the sake of anyone still considering using the same setup, I want to share my experiences here : I have been successfully using my Atomos Ninja Star with an Atomos S2H (converting SDI to HDMI) converter for the last year now. It is admittedly awkward having to convert SDI to HDMI for the Ninja Star. Mainly because HDMI connectors are just not made for professional on-set use. But I found the overall form factor of the recorder and converter combination very attractive and have a good spot on my Betz-Rig sled, underneath my monitor for it. The automatic recording function is working very nicely with ALEXA, Alexa Mini and Amira cameras. To enable the SDI trigger on these cameras you have to turn ON internal "Audio recording" in these cameras! There will be no SDI trigger on ARRI cameras otherwise. But please inform your DITs beforehand, for them to expect some empty audio-tracks within the recorded files of the steadicam. I did occasionally use RED Dragon and Helium, Sony F55 and Panasonic Varicam cameras with SDI triggering, too. We always found a way to make it work, but I do not remember every individual menu setting unfortunately. And we always shoot solid 24fps or 25fps here in Europe. So I did not try 23,98! The build quality of the Ninja Star is good. Atomos H2S converters though are prone to several problems! I had one issue with the tiny switches not working anymore and then a soldering issue with its battery contacts! The 1920 x 1080 ProRes 422 recording of the Ninja Star has good image quality for demo reel purposes and it easily survives some "grading". (I hope my DP´s are not reading this.. ;-) All of this wisdom might be obsolete by now anyway, as Atomos discontinued production of their S2H and H2S converters ! Many thanks! Thomas

Found one. Thank You.

You have a pn message best regards Thomas

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Hey Mike, interesting stuff! Did you ever try it out on a segway ? Best Thomas

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Oh man, too bad I did not see your offer, Erwin! Great Head!

Thanks for the info, Tim. I just had the chance to try out the Volt and I liked it very much! All the best with it ! Thomas

Thanks everyone! ;-)

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Hi Tim, I am curious: what does the warning sticker on the top say? Best regards from Munich Thomas

Hi Frederic, all well over here! Good to know, as I still have a PRO cable set lying around here... Happy flying la Trinite ;-) Thomas

Hi Frederic, is this going to work with the Trinity? Cheers Thomas

I think what you refer to as the "brown-logo" is the logo of "CP", "Cinema Products Inc.". The company that manufactured the first steadicams together with Garrett Brown.

Hi there, I have a couple of jobs coming from Norway next year. As I am trying to never undercut existing rates/rules in a foreign market: could someone here please let me know about minimum day rates and general rules of conduct in Norway ? Best wishes Thomas

Hi Matias, long time no see! ;-) I still remember our shoot in the snowy Alps. If you can not find a rig in Denmark, you can call Xinetix Steadicam Rental in Hamburg. Not that far away, within the EU, so no customs trouble and very good equipment. I have been working with their stuff for years. Xinetix Steadicam Rental, Hamburg http://xinetix.de/en I hope it works out for you! Best Thomas

Hi all, same issue with my 6" xSBL, using Virtual Horizon 2 (Gyro). It seems this problem just showed up on my monitor after the latest software upgrade to Latest software package: 7.27b (Feb 15, 2017). Before that i could literally shoot for days without ever having to do a 0cal. ( I usually only recalibrated during the day, when turning my monitor over for low-low-mode) Now I have to redo 0cal at least every second time I pick up the sled from the docking stand! I do not stare on the horizon during a shot, as neither of us does. But there can be this annoying moment of doubt, when you are holding a lock off in the midst of a continuing shot and your horizon tells you, that you are terribly off level. Not a helpful thing. I talked to Frederic at Transvideo France about this. He told me to always wait for the "sensor init" message to disappear, before moving the monitor. But it takes up to 40 seconds sometimes for this to happen. Hard to explain to a 1 AD, why you are not preceding to first position... Does anybody have the same issue? Insights? Best Thomas

Hello all, I am interested in an Atomos Ninja Star Recorder to use it onboard my rig. Its an HDMI recorder, small and lightweight. As I work with Alexas, Amiras and REDS that only output SDI Video I would have to use a SDI to HDMI converter to feed the Ninja Star. Atomos builds a converter for this purpose: Atomos Connect S2H (SDI to HDMI). For an onboard recorder it would be essential to automatically start recording whenever the camera on the steadicam is shooting. Does anyone know, if the SDI Record trigger signal of Alexa, Amira and RED automatically trigger recording of the the Ninja Star?

I know a Segway dealer in Switzerland offering the knee steering. PM me if interested! Best Thomas

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