Eric Fletcher S.O.C.

I just did a day of insert car work and being neutral makes it SO easy, the rig never has a mind of it's own, it just stays put.

Even though I have my whole hand around the post I still have a light touch. It's all about what you get used too with the rig. I also operate with a near Infinite drop time (Neutral)

I totally agree, but some of the newbies were getting lost in the other forums. Honestly we have a forum for everything and sometimes it might be intimidating for some one new. The Newbies forum is great if all the "Hey I'm just starting this and how do I Balance the rig and tune the arm" (A 2 or 3 category question according to the way the forum is laid out) are here that way this forum becomes the Steadicam FAQ for beginners, that way their questions aren't scattered all over the forum. That's all this is too be. Everyone has been screaming for a FAQ for newbies and this was an attempt to start one that was interactive.

Seems everyone is overlooking why there is a Newbies forum. This is where newbies should feel comfortable to ask ANY question and not get jumped on that it's the wrong forum etc etc.

yes

The Modulus works with any NTSC receiver.

Let's see your reel gus, I've only heard about it.

I talked to Pedro at CineGear. They were not showing the unit at that time. Yes it will read LDS data and present a a DoF display on it's 4" monitor. Now here's where Pedor's english and my trouble with accents make things get a little tricky. According to him you will be able to have the video taps image on the screen and from what he said that will be transmitted "in the data Stream" which I find hard to believe. It is supposed to be backwards compatible with the older Scorpios. But it will require that the older units have the new Radio's in them. He said is that current owners would be given a price break so they could upgrade to the new hand unit. With the new radios and the updated software you can have three hand units talking with one MDR or one hand unit with three MDR's Pedro also told me that it would be the end of the year, maybe november when it will be out.

Excuse me but I didn't put the arm down at all I praised it as the best feeling of the cabled arms. so get your panties out of the knot they are in.

There are two types of arms, Cabled and non-cabled. a cabled arm is ALWAYS going to have more internal friction then a non-cabled arm, but then you didn't take that into account when you read my post and thought that I was putting the arm down... The Reason I mentioned the cabled part is that Hugo's arm imo is better then the iso-elastic arms which are cabled. The Pro Arm is not cabled and is the arm I fly.

The Technical term is "Extension Spring" (Think garage door spring) I'm a Pro arm Guy never have liked the Iso-elastic type arms. The Pro arm is just so friction free and slick. It just feels "Right"

Google is your friend.... also this is really a off-topic question.

Hugo, IMO has done wonders with the RE Arm. For a cabled arm I am Very impressed.

There should be no deletions, with deletions come agendas. If you don't want to read a post you see as sales then skip it. Do your own moderation. There are plenty of supposedly on-topic post that waste bandwidth. Plenty of Ops don't show up on this board not because of the "Sales" post but more due to content and some posters perceived importance. The best moderator is the person writing the post, any other form of moderation is counter productive. Besides when this was an email list there was no chance of moderation.

Where are the pictures?

Same here! We should hook up at the concert.

No Peter, The Name Steadicam is now like Xerox or Kleenex, it's a discriptor of an assemblage of key componets (Post, Gimbal, Top Stage, battery mount, monitor and arm) that isolates vibrations. Nothing more.

Video images do not have "Gate weave" like a film camera/telecine or projector can have. The Video Target is fixed and and does not move in relation to the lens. Therefore it is "rock Steady" (Not Rocket steady) I think that answers your question. Eric Fletcher AR #3

So did I...

Give Howard over at MK-V a shout he might have something. His email is howard@mk-v.com

The Tilting up is from two things. The Rig not being in Dynamic balance and also the excess force your using to stop the whip pan.

Be wary of Rumors... I've played with the camera and am going in to do a more rigorous test of it in the next few weeks Not certain that I understand that "The Prototype runs at 50fps" comment. Yes the Pre-Production Prototype runs hot, but that's not the one that is working and slated to be the final camera. The Current camera has Active, Passive and Liquid Cooling and runs almost cold to the touch. Again that is a camera that is a "Breadboard Version" the main problem is the recorder section. Having held it on Steadicam mode with it's recoder but no lo-mode bracket it's the same weight as a straight Millenium maybe a touch lighter. Now that's some really bad info. The camera and Deck run on 12 volts you only need 24V IF your going to run the Panavision FIZSAC or any other panavision 24 volt accessories. That's what I'm doing in the next week or so. That is still in the design and developement stage, so is the onboard Downcoverter. Right now this camera is a work in progress and I thank Phil Raden and Al Mayer jr for letting me test it and give input. Until Novemeber rolls around most of the things you hear about this camera are in a state of flux and Rental Tech are probally not the best source of info. Eric Fletcher SOC

I was Hardwired last night and it was with that damn Multi-mode Fiber line, Talk about stiff.... YECH. I miss the telecast Copperhead but alas you can't send power down the fiber yet....

It was screened for the Union the day before it opened nationwide

Yes it's hard to do at first but with practice it makes my life so much eaiser, now I can do any thing shot wise that I want with the rig at anytime. Plus it totally removes the acceleration pendulum effect. GREAT for vech mount stuff.