Matteo Di Iorio

They make them in Germany, try there! 

Whenever I use my Samsung smart watch, it tells me that I'm not moving enough per hour, because it's on my left (gimbal) hand, which does not move much up and down when I'm operating (like most of you).

My Heartrate gets up in the 150's when I'm doing soccer games though!

12 hours ago, Alec Jarnagin SOC said:

Ron, I've hear that story from GB as well. An Op (pre internet) in a remote part of the world wearing the vest backwards because he thought that was how it went and learning to operate just fine.

This is both hilarious and fascinating at the same time...  

I have not found the "starting and stopping buffer zone" to be very affected by this mounting method, but I bet if I tried the XBone I would love it even more.  

1 hour ago, Katerina Kallergis said:

Out of curiosity, I tried this yesterday. I found it very difficult to put on the arm by myself, and even if I were efficient I would not be able to do it nearly as quickly as the front mount. Also, I found it would be difficult to fine tune the adjustments on the socket block with the arm on. There was no good sweet spot to lean to. It felt very different with more weight on my right shoulder (operating regular) and the vest got crooked with the weight being at the back. My footprint also felt much larger than when front mounted. 

Even so, interesting to try and to each their own. This one just isn't for me. 

 

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Thank you for your story, Kat.  It definitely sounds like this method is not for you!  The first time I tried it, I loved it, I had the opposite experience and feelings to yours.  One of these days I'll probably buy the Flowcine XBone for proper back-mounting.

25 minutes ago, PeterAbraham said:

THIS is a fascinating idea.  Wondering how long it took to figure out how to arm in/ arm out by yourself?? Any tricks and tips to this?

It took a while to figure out the technique, I really didn't like feeling helpless (although it was fun to say to my AC "Arm me!"). I go by feel for the male into female socket block, only screwing the bottom screw, which is easier to reach. I wish I had a video to show, maybe when the Offseason is over. You must also remember to flip the socket on the arm so it bends the right way. 

Hello @Patrick Berg-Pedersen

Yes that's exactly what I did. I imagine there is more lateral stress on the male end of the socket, but not substantially more than front mounted. The angle is the same, still pulling it down to its side. 

I didn't have a problem with the old EFP arm in this configuration, so I thought the fancy new XArm would handle it just fine. I'm not doing any really heavy setups, nothing over 45lbs. 

Let me know if you try it! I've never seen anyone else use this method. 

I use the Exovest quasi-backmounted, I just put the socket block on the back! It's like the arm is giving me a hug, less in the way of the monitor, more central weight distribution, and I didn't have to spend $2000 on a back mounted accessory. Attaching the arm is a bit tricky, but I got the hang of it eventually. 

Hello, I am looking to rent some lens controls for a broadcast job in Vancouver, anyone here have some that they are not using at the moment?

If anyone is curious, I made my own 20lb and 10lb weights using steel plates. This one is 20lbs http://i.imgur.com/8pvHNXl.jpg 1.5"x12x4 of HR Flat Steel from the Metal Supermarket in Burnaby, BC www.metalsupermarkets.com for $43 CAD

The 10lb one is 0.75" thick, and was half the price.

Hello, I'm looking for some mass to help me practice, let me know if you have some or where to get some weights!

I had the pleasure of working as an assistant with Steve Campanelli on a movie in 2007, the nicest camera operator I have ever met. Even amidst the nonsense of a 2 brother director team he was amazing.

I'm looking to find some mass to help me practice this winter.