mike skipp

TB-7 Yet?

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Hey Gary Is this a free upgrade?

And where is that mysterious TB7 Jensen

Sounds great David can't wait to meet Gregg, Alan and hopefully Jerry and all the rest of the professionals at the show.

Afton, that's not how it went down and you know it, I guess life looks good through rose colored glasses!

Hey Andy Also try www.film-stuff.com all in stock and ready to ship. Mike

Yes it will

For current owners of the GEN2 it will be a $1500.00 upgrade fee

Cinetronic announces new pricing on Gen2 steadicam monitors $3999.00. With full one year warranty and free software updates.

Wow really

Like you say Grant. you Just Dont Know!

Ditto

Check film-stuff.com in the next couple of weeks. We are making them now with side to side adjustment for balance.

William demeritt, he needs to be shot!

Film-stuff.com

Greg, Thank you for your testing and insight into the heating problem with our monitor. Although this heating problem has never become an issue with any of out monitor owners in normal daily use, it still did raise some concern. We have since done our own testing, and found the problem as well. We have made the necessary changes, and have implemented some new heatsinking which eliminates this problem. We have tested the retrofitted monitors for 2 hours in direct sunlight at 96 degrees ambient temperature, and have not seen a heat problem. All new monitors shipped will have the updated design, and we will update existing monitors we have sold. Also in our testing we found the existing design to work quite well, even when severely heated, it would cool down with a couple minutes in the shade. With a light overcast, the heat problem is not an issue. Needless to say it has been resolved, and thanks for pointing this out to us. We look forward to your testing and evaluation of other companies monitors as well, so Steadicam operators who don't own a Cinetronic can have the same peace of mind as Cinetronic owners. Our design philosophy from the start was to build a sealed design, without fans or vents, and to use passive cooling. This was the basis for the Gen1, and we continue this with the Gen2. After attending the monitor shootout some years ago, we saw the disadvantages to vents fans etc. Most monitor manufactures overlook the fact that their products will often be used in dusty, dirty environments, and fans and vents just allow the monitor to fill up with dirt. This dust and dirt can cause many problems, first off, unless you have an optically bonded screen, it can migrate between the screen and the acrylic cover over the screen, so you are forever looking at a dirty monitor. The dust also coats the electronics, and causes their temperatures to rise, and makes the monitor run progressively hotter as time goes on. Anyone who has shot on a set where they were using fullers earth, can understand how it finds its way into absolutely everything. Fans are also prone to fail and to make noise, and the last thing you want is the sound man after you when you are shooting a few feet from an actor, and the sound of your monitor is being heard. The added heatsinking actually allows the Gen2 to perform better than the Gen1 in high heat, with direct sunlight, despite being smaller and lighter than the Gen1. The Gen2 uses the same time tested screen as the Gen1, which still offers the best color of any 7" screen available. The added heatsinking does increase the weight of the Gen2 slightly though. This added weight, combined with the weight back, or anton bauer back + battery brings the weight to almost exactly that of the TB6. This will make it even easier for TB6 owners to upgrade to a color monitor, without having to make changes to the balance of their rigs. Mike Skipp & Chris Bangma Cinetronic

Looks like the cinetronic gen 2 will fit nicely but you might have to lose the kid and the bottle though. Cheers

Good luck with the machine shop guy!

Hi Matthew, Yes, you could use 1/4-20 button heads if you wanted to. Mike

Hey Ron, If the size of the width matters that much to you come by the shop and we can see what might be an alternative mounting option, you can mount off the top holes so you dont increase the width at all. Mike

In the works Ron

Hi kar That would be neat if all the screws were captive, i hate loose bits. Mike

Hi Kurt We are in the process of making a telescoping post bracket that will fit the Gen 1 or Gen 2 Cinetronic monitor yoke (all you have to do is tell us what post size when ordering). It will be available for purchase when we start shipping the Gen 2 monitor very soon. Mike Cinetronic

Mcmaster Carr sell a rust preventive spray called T-9, we use it on the Libra head and it works well.