Chris Baum

Thanks for your input Tom it was very informative and answered everything I needed to know. Thanks for the reminder Alan I was definitely aware of the cost of the addon's and I plan on buying components that will be usable on my next rig which will definitely be of a higher quality. And as far as support goes for my rig I was aware of that when I purchased it so if it fails its just means its time to move up into a real rig. Thanks Victor that was a possible option I was looking into. Thanks Mark! Sorry Eric I didn't really have any idea where else to start at so I tried here. I'll keep my posts to a minimum until I move on up into a approved rig.

I'm probably going to get a lot of crap for it but I bought one of the Laing Steadicam's and the first thing I did was take off the ridiculous monitor mount in favor of something more balanced. I'm a film student currently so I am on a budget for what I could buy. I wanted to start flying something while I have the opportunity to work on a lot of projects at my school and when I graduate I plan on moving up into a Tiffen or another brand name Steadicam after I have had the opportunity to fly more rigs. My rig is bare bones so I just need to mount a battery source that can supply power to DSLR's along with my monitor that I will be getting. I'll definitely do a search for the diode threads hopefully those will help provide some answers.

Hey every one my name is Chris Baum and I am a rookie steadicam op and I'am looking forward to growing and becoming a more skilled operator I am currently reading the steadicam operator's handbook and I am planing on taking some seminars later this summer. Let me just start by saying that I have read a lot of posts and searched through the forums and I just haven't found the information I am looking for. I'm sorry if this is a repetitive post but I need help figuring out how to go about setting up a basic power system. All I need is a battery set up that can power my monitor and camera and leaves me the option to expand to power additional devices. The thing that I am getting hung up on is how I run the power from the battery itself to my other devices. If some one can give me an idea of what the starting point is or direct me to another thread that addresses this question I would really appreciate it. -Thanks -BaumBay