Frederic Sturm

Still available :)

I've had the Exo since day one, I believe I have the first or at least one of the very first ones in Germany / Europe. However, I've been waiting for Tiffen to send the promised upgrade for almost a year now (!!) - So rest assured Tiffen's not only pissing off future customers right now, but owners who put their trust in this vest the first day and are now the last ones to receive the final version (that really makes this vest much more comfortable to use) just as much. Their excuse for the upgrades not shipping (despite always being told it's only a few weeks away now, 45 days, bla bla bla)? Too much time spent on making new ones. Hearing that those take 6 months plus to deliver, well it makes me smirk. What are they doing at the factory? (Sometimes I think they spend most of their time shipping out missing parts from previous orders :rolleyes: ) However, I strongly second that it's worth the wait, big time. Just sorry for poor Chris who needs to put up with his breakthrough being slowed down every day. (Please don't take this the wrong way, I love Chris' vest, I support Tiffen and their products, own a Tiffen Steadicam, I just dislike their business policies and how they handle things at times...) Bottom line: when you get it, it will be awesome. More than that. I have my fingers crossed you all get your nice Exo christmas presents and upgrades :) (though I wouldn't get my hopes up :P )

I'm sure Christian will sort you out, can't recommend the whole Betz team enough :)

I dont think the intermediate connections could cause a delay. But I might be wrong about this. Just can't imagine a short run of cables and connectors causing 2 frames added delay. All other circumstances being the same, it looks like the DP7 has a lot of delay then. Question is, is it a faulty unit or a bug in the HB versions?

Had a chance to test my DP7 Pro SB (Standard Brightness), for delay today, and it's less than one frame. I tested it with my Blackmagic 4K and a timecode slate, at 25p. Camera display (and thus output I guess) vs reality is about 3 Frames (somewhere between 2 and 3) and Camera Display vs DP7 Pro appears around than 1 Frame. Tested with a slate that shows 100ths of seconds, it is reality to camera 10/100 and camera to DP7 5/100 (so reality to dp7 15/100 or about 4 frames). Good news is, the DP7 holds these 5/100 no matter what adjustment you introduce, enable a LUT and show half-screen 50% opacity waveform - still 5ms. That's impressive =) Which brings me to a question: in your picture, Afton, you show a photo of the real slate vs the DP7, with 4 frames delay. That matches my findings. Could you test to see how much delay is actually introduced by the cameras output, maybe by attaching a second monitor you know to be good as reference and taking a photo of both monitors? In my experience, every camera has a delay between 1 and 3 frames vs reality, so maybe that plays a part? Or maybe of course, the DP7 HB-Version has more delay, which would be very frustrating.

Hi Stefan, I have come across a few hyperflex triax jumpers at TV-Stations in Munich, but enver bought any. My suggestion is to ask the Betz guys for this as well, they might know. If they don't have an answer, let me know and I'll ask for you next time I'm at the Studio where they have one :)

Hi Stuart have you thought about this http://www.betz-tools.com/de/schnitte_d.php in combination with a Bebob ZOE or the like? It's the same part you'd use with the Stick, just instead of the Stick you can get a Bebob ZOE-ENG http://www.bebob.de/Fernbedienungen/ZOE-ENG-12.html The ZOE works fine for me :) If you want an alomst brand new ZOE-ENG 12 for a discount let me know, I'm thinking about selling mine. Or is Betz redesigning the "Schnitte", too?

AVAILABLE again. Buyer backed out (overestimated his financial abilities) Make your offer now :)

I have a small HD DP7 Pro SB (Standard Brightness), and will check the delay soon. I wonder if it affects only the HB Version? Can somebody test the OLED? Also, I wonder if it is an issue that depends on the Signal - I have noticed and then tested with a timecode slate a 4-5 frames delay at 25p in the Zacuto HDMI EVF last year, but found that with a 25 PsF or 50i, so basically an interlaced signal there was no apparent delay (less than 1 frame). I'll try different signals with the SmallHD DP7 SB (brand new, got it last week, latest firmware) tonight or tomorrow and report the findings.

SOLD to a friendly gentleman, glad it found a great new home :)

Thanks Steve =) Your Baby is awesome and I'm sure it will quickly become a standard - if it hasn't already in some way. I sold it to an OP who wanted is as safety for his first big union job - so there you go, it provides a reliable horizon in an easy to read way - period. Aside maybe from being easily thrown off in steep hard-mounted turns, it's just perfect ;) Looking forward to trying your new toys soon, too!!

All SOLD, thanks :)

Hi Nathan, if you're viewing a Rec709 picture, the correct setting should be D65 (6500K) in almost every case, as it's the standard illuminant for Rec709. As a rule of thumb, if not otherwise indicated, use 6500K :)

Still available, now EUR 3700 / USD 4650 !

Tandem still available, needs to go, now USD 700

Hi Frank, thanks for your Feedback. The bolt ist not ment to hold the grip in place or prevent slippage, all it does is adjust the fit to your post and prevent wiggle. It's basically a size adjustment as not all Pilot posts are the same size. any tightening to prevent slippage comes only from the excenter clamp. So maybe you could try to rotate the excenter hex screw by 1 notch, i.e. 1/6th of a turn at a time until its prefectly tight (not too tight either, this still is a plastic part ;) ) - the screw is turned to be right on delivery, but of course chances are its rotation got changed during installation. That said, I have thought about a third connecting bolt in the middle (since it does seem a tiny bit less tight in the middle), but feel that it's better this way without any interruption to your fingers feel - thoughts of you guys that are using it every day?

Hey Philippe, this looks awesome, very nice design! I'm happy to see 3D-Printed Products become more common in our industry. 3D Printing for production is a great way to produce innovative products and keep them affordable even in small runs. And with great wuality printers becoming more available, and ABS being a very strong yet lightweight material, it's excellent for precision camera and steadicam accessories. I don't think it's possible to sell these products through shapeways or the like though. For one, It is crucial to have and know your own printer to be able to fine-tune the fit and margins - no way of doing that through a printing service. Like my 3D-Printed Grips for the Pilot and Zephyr, that have Screws and Handles, Philippes product has teflon bearings, stainless steel pins and rubber pins, that need to be installed correctly and again made to fit perfectly well. I am sure satisfaction at the level of quality we desire cannot be reached through shapeways. I for one wouldn't want to loose quality control on my products before they leave to the customer.

Now SOLD :)

Canatrans SOLD Tandem still available, USD 950

Plenty of interest, still available.

These need to go! Take them now for USD 950 each, or 1800 both. This is totally crazy, but apparently the market looks like this.

eBay didn't work out. At this point, please make ANY RIDICULOUS OFFER and take this amazing head :)

Hi Janice, pretty much like your experience about readjusting the monitor being a pain, the thing that bothered me most about going to low-mode was having to unscrew and re-mount the monitor (I have a Zephyr rig). If you do "poor-man's" low mode, which I guess is used very often now because it's really easy to flip the image, that was the only thing that took a lot of time, and it never got the monitor in a comfortable position either. To solve that, I invented a CG-tilting monitor Yoke for the Zephyr, Scout and Pilot base rods, that also has the ability to tilt on the rod and flip right over for low mode. No re-mounting anything, and since it turns the monitor upside down, no need to even flip the image on it. It can be completely flipped for looking at it from above, or brought out in front of the rig or any comfortable position in between. Then it can also be tilted on its own axis without affecting balance, which is an essential feature of bigger rigs, and one I've always missed on the smaller ones. There are some images showing different low-mode flip options here: http://www.steadicamforum.com/index.php?showtopic=20074 and also in Jamies terrific Flickr gallery showing it with a Pilot: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jamielincs/sets/72157645642636192/ (please don't take this as ill-minded advertising, it's just that Janice asked for what we thought of to make the transition seamless.) Now all that needs to be done is move the gimbal and rebalance the rig, with pre-marked balance I can regularly do it in 1-2 Minutes I guess.

Still available, make an offer! :)

Now on eBay http://www.ebay.de/itm/351149367994 Happy Bidding =)