Gilles Corbeil

Same Same ...next week . Just finished Pacific Rim with the Epic and I'll probably use the C300 next . A friend has the resources to make a bunch ......Gilles

I tried the pro arm with black canisters and it drops like a lead zeppelin just like the modified 3a arm. I also like a compact post and to do that , one needs heavy batteries to balance.

The dolly is a Fisher 10 .I also mount a racing seat with a mitchell base onto the dolly. I did a few shots on "The Thing" that way. with the Klassen garfield rig (check his web site) I have rigged 2 inch pipe off the side of the chair,and rig two arms off of it . The trick with a seat is to get a foot rest organized using pipe. I also have a small aluminum cart that I used on 2nd unit "Hulk" that also uses the seat Low mode scraping the ground at full gallop is very easy . Unfortunately i'm still on the vest with two Alexas more often than not. On the vest, I have to slide the gimble all the way up the post ,and slide it back before docking (awkward) I have had weight on the MK-V before .the gimble can take it. !80mm anamorphic with 1000 mag. on "The Thing" but at wide open it's harder for the focus puller

First off , I have used the freestyle rig just like the rig that larry was carrying on the picture in the other thread. I haven't weighed it but it's 100lbs ish . I'm not going to bother modifying my vest . The dozen or so shots on the vest isn't worth it. When i first put the beast on my 72 lb capacity 3a arm the tall post bent and I got Walter Klassen to get me a solid case hardened 18in post . It bends but much less. The post became the focus of attaching two arms on it and then getting a second pipe mounted garfield. The lower arm is set stiffer. The Klassen garfield is fully adjustable and I compressed the MK-V rig by adding two hydron bats. I also have a racing seat that has pipe mounts and it works really well. Hopefully no one has to use the Alexa 3D rig again.

This rig is a response to two alexas on my MK-V

I did Ice Princess for disney and we used a small metal platform 3'x3' that i stood on with my old 3a and was pushed by two strong skaters. We also built an electric crane base with studded tires it held a gf-6 crane with a stabilized head crane op, driver and myself. Grips Chris Dean and John Billings built the rigs in toronto