mark morgan

i am currently using the sachtler "artemis pro hd sdi" sled and the nebtek monitor as far as the sled it can take an HD/SDI signal an SD signal and do a component signal RGB as well all thru the post never had any problems and i have used them all at one time or another for 2300.00us the nebtek does hd/sdi,sd and component and has a loop out of all the signals i use it in the sun all the time and can always see frame, the image has never ever completly gone away but i think they could use a few more nit's,but once again for the price it's solid and it's built solid with a full medal jacket around it i have done 2 side by side test with this monitor one test against the transvideo superbright and one against the panasonic hd monitor both test done outdoors results the superbright won,but not by a mile and it's not hd the panasonic lost,with the sunlight hitting the screens at the same angle the nebtek still had a very viewable picture where as the panasonic was barely there and once again for the price i am happy

the "scarlet" by RED has a nice price point when it comes out 3k for 3k sounds good to me

that sounds great charles can't wait to hear the results

aloha gents just thinking if there was a tv truck,flypac or video village more than 100 to 500 feet away from set would it be possible to run the receiver up hi or wherever it may work, thats out of the way from other interference which could cause problems. Would it be possible to run an sdi cable from the receiver to the truck,flypac or even video village and still get the same results with a clean picture and no latency not sure if this has been tried out or not, reason i ask is i haven't heard anything about this type of set up. But do you think it is possible MARK "i am by no means an RF expert" MORGAN

Just curious why you would run both the onboard and your own monitor? For focus? The AC on this gig has been trying to get me to let him mount the RED monitor on the camera for him. hey afton i leave the monitor on mostly for the menu settings for the DIT,the monitor has this kool focus band for the ac,who uses it to get things started,the hystogram and other levels are easily checked as well since i don't have a downconverter it also lets the director have a look and its good for playback oh! and that was the happy medium i agreed upon,so they don't get the camera body handle and i definetly respect you for sticking to your guns,that is a long ass rig your flyin,way to go

Just had a phone conversation with Alec Jarnagin and we touched on this exact subject. As of right now, I have not needed to own my own downconverter. Production has always been responsible for renting one. As the HD world grows stronger, and with advances in technology like this affordable [relatively speaking] HD transmitter that was just released, the responsibility will start to shift to the owner/operator to keep their equipment up to date with the rest of the equipment on set. This will mean either updating all your gear to be HD compatible, or buying equipment like a downconverter that will work with your current equipment. There are so many other departments that operate and rely upon SD signals, however, I do think we've got some time before that inevitability happens. And while we're waiting, who knows what new technology might be released? ALOHA AFTON I HAVE PUT SOME VERY SMALL WASHERS ON THE SHOULDER MOUNT RIGHT INSIDE THE LITTLE WHITE PLASTIC AREA AND THAT HAS TAKEN OUT A GOOD BIT OF THE LOOSNESS NOT 100% BUT DEFINETLY NOTICEABLE, I HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE HARD DRIVE,BUT I HAVENT HAD THE LONG GLASS THAT YOU ARE WORKING WITH AT HE PRESENT,NOW BUILD 15 LETS YOU DO BOTH THE ONBOARD MONITOR AND MY HD,SDI MONITOR WORK AT THE SAME TIME,I HAD A POWER CABLE MADE TO USE THE BATTERIES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLED WHICH I LOVE THAT HAS HELPED WITH IT BEING LONG AND TOP HEAVY

thanks charles that is very kool

aloha charles thanks for the detailed report,it sounds like a great tool, is it possible to power the unit without the battery attached to it i guess i am asking if we can power it thru the sled best regards mark morgan

hey mike i'm pretty sure it depends on the manufacturer of the head not so much the crane itself

hey buddy hope all is well,yes i am jealous of your fancy trim for that full taste tilt,but i'm sure you'll be happy to hear the news they lifted the band on same sex marriage in your state!!!!!! LOL hehe thats gross

i do this by the feel of the shot when to boom the arm or tilt the sled, looking for some other opinions on this subject camera operators are usually very artistic individuals so i would like to hear some of you guys other thoughts on this subject thanks

Very excellent. By far the C-Motion unit is my favorite with the exception of a few things. What frequency is the system using? According to their website, it uses a 2.4 gHz frequency so does this mean this fequency is going to mess with some wireless video signals

i dont know but there were some great fights! GSP FTW!!! hey mike great stuff from gsp,and both showed alot of class afterwards,real pros and once again solid job by the steadicam op yeah and i wish they would have shown the ed herman fight,best submission for the night

just wondering who did steadicam on the ufc 83 in canada he did a great job with all the people around reaching in and all that as they were trying to get on the tube

And another one: i gotta a few

check out the sachtler "artemis" monitor bracket as well it has the dual rods,monitor plate that does both the tb-6 style monitor and the lcd style monitor,easy to flip for low mode you can pan and tilt the monitor and be able to raise or lower the rods(up and down) slide them fowards and backwards to your liking just some more options for DB and lets you be able to move the weight higher or lower on your rig depending on if you want your post longer or shorter for different applications mark "just my experiences" morgan

thank you everybody to the positive responce i'm smilin mahalo

aloha gents i have a varicam shoot coming up and i spoke with the dp,he mentioned a few low mode shots but with very little turn around time so my question is,does the varicam do image flip when turned upside down or via menu mahalo

Thanks guys. The Transvideo looks to be about half a pound, so that's OK. I'll see if we can rent one of those (or if someone has one they rent to us, let me know). aloha charles i gotta transvideo frameline generator that i'm not using if your still looking to get one,i will make this one available contact me by email:kalohe714@yahoo.com best at ya

Anyway, my question is this; anyone had any bad experience with the RED camera plate yet? Or is it all good? LE aloha lars i have flown the red over a dozen times now and i have experienced no problems have fun fly red

Yeah, this power thing with RED needs to be sorted out. I've heard lots of ghost stories but no concrete explanations. This has inspired me to put up a thread at Reduser about this. If I want to power the camera off my rig for lightweight work, I need to know why this isn't possible or if it is just superstition. aloha charles i got a red power cable built last week by jeroen lexmond i got ahold him on saturday (jeroen@lexmond.com) had the cable by tuesday,could have been sooner if it had been a super rush,and my hat is off to jeroen very nice craftsmanship and he made the cable red for me very kool (red peeps should be stoked) but main thing i had no problems powering thru my sled so i was able to keep the red storage up top in the carriage worked on and off from 9a to 9p and no down time downloading cards the camera flew very nice and i had a great time so at this point i am claiming superstition and no wobbles that from the camera plate which had been mentioned in another post

Heard some issues about a wobbly baseplate coming with the production pack especially in cold weather. Can you second that? hell i wobble in the cold thats why i live here in hawaii now on a real note,i haven't had any problems with wobble but now i'm curious,i have a shoot with red on sunday i'll check it out even though i am pretty sure i would have noticed this in the pass keep chillin

alec i am using the "artemis" efp pro hd,sdi sled

aloha markus best bet is to get ahold of a monitor that excepts an sdi signal i have flown the red a number of times now and i use the hd/sdi output from the red thru my post to the monitor no problem,beautiful pictures i actually think that my monitor looks better than the stock red lcd monitor,but just my opinion have fun

He makes it all look easy . . . .still don't know why a show like that won't use the Link wireless system . . .? aloha rob just a small question i have a beauty pagent coming up and they want to use wireless,does the link system work with sd and does have a delay,someone once told me it only does hd which i find hard to beleive thanks