John Pouncey

I have a post in the Marketplace looking to buy a Cinetape/Preston Interface cable. A guy named Richard Armstrong messaged me and told me another guy named Dave Cotten had one for sale. I guess I’m an idiot. I paid the guy $75 via PayPal and then crickets. Turns out I found the image he sent me of the cable in an 11 year old post on Steadicam Marketplace. 

Hi. I’m looking for the original Preston CineTape Interface Cable for the MDR2. 

Sold. 

$600 OBO

Any reasonable offer considered. 

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Gently used Preston HU2 with Omnishot battery adapter.

Included:

Handset 2 with G3 internals

Transmitter 2

Omnishot battery adapter (no batteries)

one antenna 

Unused grip

20 rings

This handset works perfectly. It’s been owned by me and only used by me for the last ten years. It spent most of its time in the case as I’m mostly a knob guy, but Covid forced me to upgrade everything. So here’s all the parts I no longer need. It was serviced by Preston right before they stopped working on these. It’s seen little use since then. $700 OBO

Is this still available?

Is this still available?

Is this HU3 still available?

You say you have a DM2 for sale separately? How much?

Still available?

I understand your point, but Id hardly call needing to set up parameters on the Cinetape a must. Ive never been able to do so with my basic Cinetape. Id say the most important thing about pulling focus with the assistance of a Cinetape (as with the original Panatape) is to have the experience to know when to trust the number being given.

If a focus puller needs the exact number displayed to him at all times, then that person should concentrate more on developing his skills. The Cinetape is only another helpful tool and should not be a crutch. Ive always viewed it as just a helpful bonus, not as a necessity. When youre shooting, you should be able to tell at a glance if the number being shown is your actors face, or the foreground actors shoulder, or the microphone, just above the actors head. These are all possibilities with the Cinetape. You just have to know which number is the right one.

Thanks for your help. I know its a good price, I just cant justify the expense given how I use my Cinetape.

No, thanks. Its too big of an expense for just the minor advantage it gives the user over the basic unit. Thanks anyway.

I assume from the photo that the unit receives power and data through just the one remote cable. There is no need to power it separately?

Is that price $2650US or 2650 Euros? Where are you located?

I have five PLC Electronics fStop power cables for sale. Three of them are 2pin Lemo Panavision cables and the other two are Ptap cables.

Each one is $85 new.

Selling them for $55 a piece, OBO.

Thanks!

Pro Mists are sold.

NDs are sold. I still have a set of Pro Mists and two sets of 85s.

Reasonable offers accepted.

Sold!

Price drop.

Pro Mist set $850

ND set $550

85 set $550

Price drop to $3800. I'm also now willing to split this up since some have asked. I'll sell the slider with one receiver and a power cable for $1500. It's easy to upgrade your Digital BFD. Plug n play.

Sold!

$2200 OBO

Another member has just made me painfully aware of something. All this time my pricing has been incorrectly reflecting Canadian dollar prices. And with the current conversion versus when I purchased this all new, I'm taking a huge hit just on the current currency rates. Anyway, not your problem. So, at current U.S. prices there is over $5000 worth of stuff here, including all of the extras. I think that $4000 is a fair price for this entire package.

That being said I am open to all offers, now that I am aware of my mistake. This kit is in great shape and my currency conversion loss will be your incredible gain.

Thanks for reading.