JensSchroeder

I am looking for springs either blue, black or gold for an EFP arm. jens e-mail: yeahjens@aol.com

Happy Birthday Charles, I hope you'll have a great day, ending up at least as good as our boat ride (I'll always remember :-) ) back at the Y2K Malibu Workshop. Hang loose and thanks for all, jens

I'm looking for an old vest, any condition. If it needs to be repaired, no problem. Just send me a mail. yeahjens@aol.com

I am selling my back up Master Arm on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-Steadicam-Mas...1QQcmdZViewItem

Hi Claus, Here is the e-mail from Magnus, a guy from Heden/Sweden. He has been very helpful lately. heden.engineering@telia.com

I am looking for a Chrosziel Focus Gear for Fujinon lenses or a Seitz Idler Gear with Fujinon Focus Adapter Gear which is suitable for the horizontal Heden Motor M26P Jens Schroeder yeahjens@aol.com

Hi Matias, I was told by the specialist of the company which sells A/B here in Germany that NiCd Batteries have the least discharge characteristic at 8 Degree Celsius. So he recommended if you want to store NiCd more than half a year to put them 100% charged in a closed plastic sack (to keep the batteries dry) in a fridge. As for the discharge beyond recovery point of your ProPacs. I found out that if this happens to my Trimpacs, my intelligent 2702 Quad charger won't rejuve those batteries but my solid Twin Fast charger without display does after a while. I usually put the batteries on and off the charger several time, have them around 2-3 minutes on the charger with the lights flashing red-green, then take them off and immediately on again. After a while the red light flashes and the charger starts to charge the batteries again. Good luck. Jens

>>Too bad the back mounted vest doesn't fit me (I'm too skinny, I think). << Hi Matt, I just can tell you that Walter will definitely be able to adjust the vest proportions for your needs. Actually I have a kind of unusual hip size as mine is just straight and not as usual like a trapezium but we altered the vest proportions a little and now I don't want to do the job without my back mount vest. Good luck, Jens

Hi David, Good luck with your project. You probably have those pictures already but just in case... I found the pictures at the steadicamline forum: http://www.steadicamline.com/steadcgi/Foru...picture/pic.htm Cheers, Jens

Hi Nacho and hi David, I can only second that. David, well said. Many colleagues including myself had bad experience with this guy Jan (he is progear). So Nacho, you better search the forum and look what other people think of progear.

Looking for a Pro Arm Chasis, any condition considered. yeahjens@aol.com

[if the quality is lacking then there is no need for the high end market to worry. :) ] I totally agree with Charles. As for the Klassen products, the quality is amazing and when it comes to service I just can say awesome. So you always better think twice if you want to go for the cheap. Cheers, Jens B)

Thanks guys, I appreciate your advices and amusing comments. I sure post the results if my ambitions work out. Maybe I have to become first a Pro player like Geoff and a circus acrobat like Chris and then try to skate on ice. ;)

Hi, I am wondering if anybody has experience operating the Steadicam on Ice Skates. Cheers, Jens

4 Pro Arm Spring Canister (heavy/black). 2 in new condition; 2 used for demo. Comes with canister bag. Best offer. yeahjens@aol.com

Brad, Thanks for your nice comment :) . That helps. Actually it was kind of my mistake too but now they try to destruct me. Anyway, up to now all real bad things had a good thing in it too. My first step to steadicam actually developed from such a thing and now I'm happy it happened. Maybe I should open a company in the US. I really will keep your comment in mind 'gimme a break' when I have the personal talk with them and they will be probably surprised by my big smile without a reason. Take care and cheers from Germany, Jens

Jim, Thanks for your help too. You seem to be the early-bird FF historian, aren't you? I have to collect all and everything for the last 9 years because of the tax office. Cheers, Jens

Thanks Rob, The same thing happend to me lately with a Sachtler tripod from the U.K. My bids were cancelled the other day, I received a warning from ebay and the next day same tripod, same picture but different seller name appeared on ebay. Careful and just deal through ebay I would suggest. Jens

Erwin, Thanks for your help. Thought you might know that. Needed it for the tax office who more than just bothers me. Would you maybe know too until when the Seitz Follow Focus System was build? Danke, gruezi and Cheers, Jens P.S. Happend that I was in Flims last week for a show which covered the "Almabtrieb". Was very nice in Flims and I tested "Schwingen" (Swiss Sumo). Cool sport.

Hi, does anyone know which year the last CP EFP rigs were produced? Thanks. Jens