Gerald Piesch

Hi everyone! This might be interesting for some of you based in Europe! I was looking for lightweighed soft cases with riggid frames for every day transport of my gear! So I reached out to Sarbast at www.samascases.it! And what can I say - they really understood what was needed! The cases arrived today and are beautifully made from heavy duty Cortura - well - and my fully set up rig/arm fit nicely and should be protected! I think they haven’t put up anything on their homepage yet but I hope they will soon! What I have heard there also will be - beside the arm/sled cases - (rain) covers for the arm/sled/monitor and the Volt! Best regards from rainy Vienna Gerald

Hi Christian! Actually I‘m a newbie in the field of steadicam - and am just awaiting the delivery of my first rig! Regarding the monitor I went for a Smartsystem SM7-3K-Z! It‘s 7“! 3000Nits! Aluminium housing! With electronic horizon! And compared to Transvideo reasonable priced! It should come glossy - but if you call them right away they accidentally got non-glossy panels from Swit - you might choose! But I have no experience regarding the quality as I still wait for mine! But Smartsystem offers great support in my opinion! And as you are from Germany it‘s even easier! When I receive my rig I can post some pictures of the monitor! Liebe Grüße aus Wien Gerald

Hi everybody! I am also very interested in which lowmode monitors are popular! The SmallHD 503UB is awesome brightnesswise which the Transvideo isn‘t - but it’s small! Has anybody experience with a Portkeys BM5 III WR??? https://www.portkeys.com/bm5-wr/ I haven‘t had it in my hands but it looks quite interesting with high brightness, aluminium housing and 5 inch screen! But I don’t know how reliable it is!? Best regards Gerald