Samuel Angus Campbell

I am glad I found this post, as I was called yesterday for a shoot on Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. It will be my first beach shoot. I want to prep my rig as best as I can. In any other ways, what precautions have you and your AC teams protected the rig and your camera? I have a standby cover in case of weather change. I was thinking to cover the camera, my batteries and everything on the monitor except screen with some expert garbage bag configuration, and possibly purchasing the arm covers that Evrim mentions in this post. http://www.steadicamforum.com/index.php?showtopic=20255 Is there anything else on the camera/steadicam that you feel should be protected? Is there possibility of vest issues? What would happen if sand got in the gimbal? Sorry if I'm spouting. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Thanks very much Janice!

Steadi-Newbie here! I am not %100 confident posting this here after all these great shots. What the heck though!? The shot in my reel that starts approx 00:36 in is from a short student film I worked on. It was an ambitious shot considering our budget of time and G and E. We were working with all found light, and had to flag off what seemed like 600 shadows. Some of the floodlights in that courtyard area were out of reach and had to be flagged by grips walking behind me, some grips with flags jumped out of bushes on my queue. At the very beginning of the take you can see a grip's hand emerging from underneath my jerry hill standby cover holding a c-stand tucked behind a garbage can. This was the only take that looked OK in terms of camera shadow. It was an adventurous one, and I really enjoyed it. Thanks. http://steadisamcampbell.com/

Thanks very much for the quick and comprehensive responses. Steadi-ops are the best! Victor, the list was very helpful, and stavros, please keep me posted on the blog info. I think I am still going to opt for the Marshall monitor. Although the brightness is a major issue, at this point in my career I can only afford so much. This monitor has all the capabilities I desire and will have to do. I am currently oping on a ProVid2 and desperately need to ditch the green screen cinder block on it. In the future I will be looking at Cinetronic for sure. Thanks again for info and suggestions! -SamCam

Apologies, forgot one question. -What is loop through output? Thanks! -SamCam

Hello all, I did some searching on the forum, but could not find answers to a few questions. I am looking at purchasing the marshall monitor linked below, but there are a few questions I have first. -Will having a 15:9 aspect ratio become an issue while shooting on full frame sensors or anything 1080 or above? -Is 800 nits enough in direct sunlight? -Is 45 ms fast enough to monitor off of while oping/can the human eye detect this delay? -I currently own 2 Lit-ion global media pro 14.8 volt 95 watt hour v mount bricks. Will batts like this be compatible, or must I purchase one of the brands listed under its compatibility? -Is there anything else about this monitor that may be inadequate while oping? http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/887124-REG/Marshall_Electronics_V_LCD70MD_3G_7_HDMI_Monitor.html Thanks very much. I hope I am not repeating any prior posts. Fly on.

Sorry all! I forgot the first rule to the forum. Thanks Victor.

Found this video and immediately began thinking of where to apply this to my rig. Any thoughts or concerns? Have ops tried waterproofing before and found difficulties? I wonder to this product's lasting ability. http://junkee.com/someone-invented-magic-and-it-is-freaking-us-out/14880

Michael, I'm curious as to whether or not you got any PM responses to this, or tried it yourself. Any issues/luck? Planning on an alexa shoot as well soon. Thanks. -SamCam

Hello all, I have just bought my first rig: a provid II. I am very excited to begin customizing and accessorizing the rig in ways that can enhance my efficiency and capabilities on set. I am looking into buying an extra cheeseplate to mount atop of the dovetail. I am wondering if there are plates to buy that work for a large range of cameras, so that I would not need a new plate for every new job. I'm not a hundred percent sure what the options are out there. I also want a dovetail that easily mounts 15mm or 19mm rods. Any recommendations/advice? Thanks very much.

Hello all, I have been perusing the marketplace for a while now searching for batteries, but have had little success. I am also discouraged to message sellers with full rig set-ups o the market, as I have been turned down on batteries sold separately. No biggie. Anyway, anyone have some 12v V-mount batteries and charger to sell me? Currently located in NYC. Thanks. SamCam

adaptor cable?

Hope all is well now Michael, sorry to hear about the inconvenience. I hope I have no problems because I prefer vibrams as well. I feel like they make it easier to be conscious of my relationship with the ground and space around me. I also feel a lot more in tune with the balance of my whole body since they more evenly disperse the impact through my leg. They're great, but definitely impractical for many shoots (mostly weather permitting. Hopefully they aren't messing with my anatomy!

I am a steadinewbie going through the same financial debate, and I recently got some advice from a friend who is a respectably experienced op that possibly finding a happy medium is the right fit for some people. He recommended finding a 2 day workshop with an operator and also buying a rig. The proposition sounded beneficial for someone like me, I thought. I've had some experience on three rigs: Steadicam Pilot, Steadicam Fyler and Steadicam Video SK (AHHHHHH!!!!!) and took a class at my University centered on steadicam operation and theory. With my lack of experience and knowledge, I still believe that I have no true concept of what is the best option for me, so any comment/advice is greatly appreciated. -SamCam

Hey all, steadi-newbie here, and I'm wondering if anyone can please help out with this question. I will be shooting with the red scarlett x on a video sk rig. I was told by a friend that the monitor on the rig will not support the hd video of the camera. He suggested an adapter for an LCD monitor to be gaffed onto the rig. Any other ideas or possible solutions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Thanks!

Ummm just a point but NONE of the shots in your video require Dynamic balance. In fact for 99.95% of the work that everyone does you don't need to be dynamically balanced Just sayin Thanks Eric. Dynamic balance was not my only problem but I didn't realize that until I read the book. I completely started over with static balancing. When I originally got the rig, I static balanced it but I was always fighting it from penduluming on me. So, at that point I figured it wasn't balanced correctly and that getting it to dynamic balance would help. Once I read the book and started from scratch and aimed for dynamic balance, I got a more solid static balance and now the rig just floats where it is supposed to and I don't have to fight it to keep it from penduluming. Anyway, it's solid now and that's what matters. Now I just have to tighten everything down to get rid of the vibrations Alan is pointing out. I believe that the pedulum effect is usually caused by too quick a drop time. You may want to experiment with a slightly less bottom heavy rig.

Hey steadicam newbie here. Can someone please explain what hard mounting and soft mounting are? thanks!

Well Now I'm firmly convinced that you are attempting backdoor advertising and you have a stake in this "Product" [/quote Oh no! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to give that impression! I'm really not. It's just the only information I have to offer to anyone! My bad.

Wow. I'm a steadicam newbie and I must say, I am impressed with the community here. I think this website will be a big help to me and I will pass it along to friends involved in the industry. Thanks! btw I've posted about this before, but this could be a great thing for indie dslr users. It's not for sale yet, but it may have a place on your site. http://www.grantparrinello.com/indieshot/

I love Key and Peele, and I definitely appreciate the cinematography as well! Great job. As a steadicam newbie this is the kind of work I aspire to.

I just made a post about this. You may want to check it out http://www.grantparrinello.com/indieshot/

Sorry! Forgot to add that in the post!

Hey all, I thought some independet filmmakers, DPs and Ops might find this interesting. It's a rig still in design that "incorporate steadicam, boom camera (for high shots), a glide track (for smooth pan and push shots), a shoulder mount, and a tripod all into one compact, low cost product." Check out the designer's website here http://www.grantparr....com/indieshot/ I'm curious to see what some more engineers and experienced operators might think. Keep it steady baby! SamCam

Here you go buddy. It should come up as a downloadable pdf I hope this helps! http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffaculty.uncsa.edu%2Ffilm%2Fmanuals%2Fsteadicam.pdf&ei=b_noUOGFENO20AGQwoG4Dg&usg=AFQjCNHPy12-FNAKX0Hu7mnqaf_iNRBYSQ&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.dmQ