Jon Beattie

Sorry for delay in posting photos.

 

Vest still for sale.

Posting for a friend.

 

Steadicam LX Vest and original Steadicam Thermodyne Case. Vest in very good used condition.

 

$2800 USD buyer pays shipping. WIll ship worldwide. Located in Thouasan Oaks for Local pickup and inspection.

 

email kurt.nolen@gmail.com or call 310.596.0951

 

Photos will be added shortly

 

 

Still looking for a preston.

Looking for a Preston package. Only interested in mdr2 or mdr3 setups.

 

Jon@steadiway.net

Have a garfield mount with mitchell base. can also mount to 2' pipe via included u-bolts.

 

$475 Plus S&H

email with questions.

Jon@steadiway.net

 

 

Andy Schwartz has one in Baltimore. Andy@everlevelpictures.com

I'll be in LA till Thursday if anyone wants to meetup

I'll be there. It'll be my first time attending

Bump

Tiffen HD Ultra Brite 2 8.4" monitor

 

 

The HD UltraBrite2 8.4” TFT color monitor is a Super bright HD/SD SDI (SMPTE 259,274/292/296), DVI, Y/C, PC VGA and Composite video monitor exclusively designed for Steadicam® and field production use. Compatible with any stabilizer system. Features 1400 nts (cd/m2) of brightness and the use of a proprietary bonded AR glass coating, the HD UltraBrite2 can be viewed under the most extreme lighting conditions.

 

 

 

• Selectable Color Temperature (9300K / 8000K / 6500K / 5000K).

• Brightness/Contrast/Color/Tint/Sharpness/Gamma Adjustable.

• Portrait/Landscape Image Rotation.

• Vertical and Horizontal Image Flip Capabilities.

• Adjustable Image Scaling, 4:3, 16:9, 2.35:1 Anamorphic, Under scan and more.

• Control settings stored in non-volatile memory.

• Automatic video format switching.

• Isolated video inputs.

• Picture-in-picture (PIP).

• Non volatile memory storage of monitor settings.

• Dimmable dual Tally light indicators for studio applications.

• Selectable OSD Menu Language Support.

• AR Glass for Direct Sunlight Viewability.

• Standard _-20 and 3/8-16 tripod screw mounting holes, and optional

yoke with rod mounts.

• Mounting screws located on back cover for mounting of external V-loc

battery adapter.

• Front panel LED power indicator.

• Programmable Direct Access Menu Buttons.

• Fully software upgradeable for special applications or future options.

• Built-in frameline generator

• Instant on feature that powers up monitor without pressing additional

buttons.

• Integrated 10-LED horizon display.

• Wide support of SDI, HDSDI, RGB, YPbPr, YCbCr, SVHS, Composite

NTSC/PAL/SECAM, DVI-D, and RGB video formats.

• Unique dual chamber aluminum case design to help dissipate internal

heat and keep electronics cool without the use of a fan.

• Ergonomic cable connection layout to help prevent cable snags

 

Monitor will display onscreen horizon while in SD and has led "knight rider" readout as well. "knight rider" display will always display whether using SD or HD with u2, u2c, shadow/phantom, clipper 324 and clipper 312 (level optional with 312). Other rigs would require an external level.

 

Monitor comes with 18" 8pin lemo power/video cable.

 

Screen is perfect free from scratches and blemishes. Extremely well cared for.

 

Just had rig and monitor serviced by Tiffen. Most up to date software and in perfect working order

 

$4500 USD plus S&H OBO

 

email me with questions or offers jon@steadiway.net

Godzilla has landed in NYC.

 

 

...

sold

XCS side adjusting dovetail with 3m rubber grippy tape

 

plate like new

 

$375- including US ground shipping.

International buyer pays shippIng

Been doing some modding myself.

 

Made 2 versions of a bracket to mount monitor and bolt along with battery to Bartech tansmitter.

 

Both use a Bartech rod receiver mount as the base. I took the rod mounts off, tapped and threaded a few holes and the foundation was there. The great thing about it is the rod mount lines up with the 4 tapped and threaded holes ontop of the Bartech transmitter. Easy on easy off.

 

The 1st is a simple one that lets you put a coldshoe mount on for monitor to mount and the Bolt bolts to the monitor.

 

The second uses the same Bartech bracket and holes but instead of using a coldshoe I bolted a 15mm rod mount and then use a 15mm rod and another rod mount to add monitor and handle.

 

Nice thing about this second option is you can under of oversling the monitor, handle and Bolt anyway the AC may like.

 

As Kar said in his post its great because if vv is having an issue with their receiver the focus puller and not me gets the tether.

 

Also took the camos handle setup David Hable makes and use it for directors handheld. Took 2 marshall sony m battery plates (final version will either use David's battery mount or a Nebteck mount) wired them up parallel with a cable for SmallHd monitor and the Bolt and added a powerswitch inline since the Bolt doesn't have one. David has lots of 1/4" 20 mounting spots for the Bolt to easliy go ontop. Photos of the montitor setup are without the Bolt as its on a job now.

Wasn't posting a debate about vaporware as neither until is actaully shipping.

 

Again, I think the cinetronic 2 is going to be a killer item. A pure, simple bullet proof steadicam monitor. It has all the standard must have features we'd want. Chris has been super proactive about addressing our needs and the open line of communication between manufacturer and end user is great.

 

Smallhd is more diversified manufacturer and here on the east coast. Which I take into consideration for service and knowing they'll be here in 5yrs.

 

Looking at the cinetronic 2 spec sheet "11"=1500nits.

 

Yes, you'd want to get a rain cover for the smallHD. What'd you say that'd cost about $200-? Smallhd uses a 4pin hirose not our favorite connector but reliable none the less.

 

Yes, one would have to source a mount as well for the smallhd. Being that I own an ultra 2 I'd have to source or modify cinetronic's mount as well. Cinetronic hasn't listed a yoke that'll work with tiffen rigs.

 

The cinetronic 2 preorder price with yoke and external digital level is $5586- for those paying retail and not doing the upgrade from the cinetronic 1.

 

The built in ability to rec onto an sd card of the smallhd so one doesn't have to purchase, mount and power another accessory like a hyperdeck is a great streamline feature.

 

Again the smallhd is an interesting item I was just trying to share. i hadnt seen mention of it here before. I'm interested in seeing and trying both before I purchase either.

 

The cinetronic is looking to be a sweet monitor but I don't know if it'll be 3k better until I get to see both.

Sorry this was posted 3 times. Site gave me weird error messages

Just got a 5.6" small HD monitor. Love it. It's built really well and the features are killer.

 

Poking around the site they have a 7" highbright monitor coming out soon. Looks to be a pretty sweet monitor. I was ready to place my cinetronic order but I really think I'll be taking a further look at this one.

 

At half the cost you actually get a number of added features. Some of them are overkill. some that aren't imo are the level sensor is built in, rec 720p onto sd card in monitor and they have and expansion port built into back which out of the box you can plug a paralinks into.

 

With most products you can usually hit 2 out of 3 things price/feature/quality.

 

Having the 5.6" already I think their final result could hit all 3 which is rare. Monitor only weighs 1.2lbs so adding a battery plate to back would likely help most balance that way we like.

 

Here's a the link http://www.smallhd.com/products/dp7-pro/display.html#two

 

And the specs

RESOLUTION

1280x800

LUMINANCE

1200 nits

DIAGONAL

6.95in

COLOR GAMUT

50%

CONTRAST RATIO

800:1

COLOR DEPTH

8bit

VIEWING ANGLE

80º/80º/80º/80º

INTERFACE

2 Scroll Wheels

8 Smart Keys

DIMENSIONS

7.3in x 5.1in x .9in

WEIGHT

<1.2 lbs

POWER CONSUMPTION

16 watts

INPUTS

2 x SDI (BNC)

1 x HDMI (With Lock)

1 x YPbPr (Hirose Break out Cable to BNC)*

1 x Composite (Hirose Breakout Cable to BNC)

1 x Power (Input voltage 10-24v DC-locking Hirose connector: 4 pin)

1 x Stereo line in (4-pin Hirose)*

1 x Mini-USB (for Firmware updates)

1 x Battery Input (4-pin Molex connector for battery plates)

1 x SD Card Slot

OUTPUTS

1 x SDI (BNC)

1 x HDMI

1 x YPbPr*

1 x Composite

1 x 1 /8 Mini Headphone Output*

2 x Built-in speakers*

SENSORS

4 x Proximity sensors on front (for detecting users hands for intelligent menu assist)

1 x Accelerometer (Horizon indicator)

1 x Temperature sensor (to sense internal temp of DP 7 to avoid potential damage in extreme situations and to keep display calibrated as accurately as possible)

USER INTERFACE

8 x Tactile Smart Keys on front of display

with LED indication and proximity sensing

2 x Ergonomic scroll wheels in each top corner

PHYSICAL

Flush mount integrated polycarbonate screen protect or (anti-reflective, hydrophobic and scratch resistant, easily removable with 4 screws)

5 rugged 1/4"20 thread points on all sides

All ports recessed and locked for protection

2 x Tally indicators

SIGNAL TYPES

HDMI

SDI (SD /HD /3G )

Component*

Composite

X-PORT ACCESSORY SLOT

Yes

SOFTWARE

SCOPES

Waveform (PIP, Full Screen)

Vectorscope (PIP, Full Screen)

RGB Parade (Full Screen)

Histogram (PIP, Full Screen)*

FOCUS ASSIST

Intensity adjustment

Highlight color select

Background:color/B&W

ZEBRA

2X User-selectable ranges

FALSE COLOR

Variety of industry-standard styles

FRAME GUIDES

Aspect

Crosshatch

Crosshair

COLOR CONTROLS

yes

COLOR BARS

yes

BLUE ONLY

yes

UI LOCK

yes

SMART KEYS

Customizable/Expandable smart keys

UI

"Help" Text prompts

SIGNAL ROUTING/CONVERSION

INPUT -> SIMULTANEOUS

OUTPUT

(PIP, Side-by-Side

or switchable)

SDI -> SDI & HDMI

HDMI->SDI & HDMI

Component -> SDI, HDMI & Component

Composite -> SD I, HDMI & Component

SDI -> SDI & HDMI

HDMI->SDI & HDMI

Component -> SDI, HDMI & Component

Composite -> SD I, HDMI & Component

DUAL INPUT -> OUTPUT

SDI & SDI*

SDI & HDMI*

SDI & SDI*

SDI & HDMI*

POWER AND BATTERY OPTIONS

INCLUDED WITH DP7

Locking Hirose 10v-28v DC Connector with AC Adapter

OPTIONAL POWER

ACCESSORIES

Locking Hirose to 4-Pin XLR Adapter

Locking Hirose to bare wire (DIY kit)

Locking Hirose to D-Tap/P-Tap

V-Mount Battery Plate

Gold Mount Battery Plate on-screen

battery life/info

POLARITY PROTECTION

Yes, never worry about frying your monitor due to incorrect polarity

*Feature coming Q1 2013 via free software upgrade

Thanks guys. Not looking for an omnishot. Putting together a dual battery setup for handheld directors monitor. David's bracket is less expensive than the omnishot. Figured I'd look used and recycle someone else's.

Looking for Sony m battery bracket by David Hable. If you have an old camos or another monitor with his Sony battery bracket. I'd be happy to give the bracket a new working home.

 

Just looking for bracket not the whole setup.

I was shooting a dock in various interesting neighborhoods of Brooklyn. Small crew run and gun with a young director not from NYC.

 

Shooting for a few days a bad pattern kept forming. We'd discuss and plan a shot and then while rolling without fail the director would change things up or ask to keep going and going.

 

Following talent across intersections, into stores, suddenly down the stairs of a subway etc. Numerous times I had let our visiting director know we can't just go into traffic or into a bodega without making a plan and maybe talking to the store owner quickly first.

 

Well one day we are shooting exterior b roll/ pov shots of "the neighborhood" just stealing shots of people going about their day on the blvd. A minute into a take just shooting some people on the sidewalk. Director asks me to pan over to some gentleman sitting infront of a building. I'm pretty locked into shooting and hear "we ain't bout that" coming from the direction I was asked to pan to. Director asks for it again so like a good soldier I pan over and continue down the sidewalk.

 

The gentleman sitting getup and rush me in an instant. A guy I can only assume who's nickname is tiny has now grabbed the camera pushed it into me and is yelling in harmony at me with his buddies. For a split second I thought to pretend not to speak English. Then I just throw my arms up say "I'm sorry" in a submissive you win tone. They didn't want to hear anything from me continued to aggressively come after me with threads of violence.

 

The director tried jumping inbetween to talk. Didn't do much but buy me a second. Being strapped into the rig I quickly turned around and got the hell out of dodge.

 

When we got back around the corner I let the director know that's why you need a plan and need to know a little something about where your working.

 

Thankfully no one was hurt but who knows how close we may have been.

 

Recently I've been watching an hob series about combat photographers. In it they talk about the disconnect between the photographer and their surroundings. We sometimes think the camera is this shield or cloak of impenetrability. It's not.

 

 

Had my first chance to play with the Bolt on set today. We were shooting on an epic at hotel chantelle in NYC.

 

Had transmitter mounted on top handle of epic powering the transmitter with a ptap cable plugged into 12v hirose on top stage. Went right from camera to bolt transmitter and used the loop thru into my sled. Receiver was horizontally mounted to monitor handle setup with battery on top of receiver and 5.6' tvlogic monitor.

 

The built quality of the transmitter is good with the connections and layout being quite simple and solid. It's all aluminum and seems like it'd take the bumps of production very well.

 

The receiver is abs plastic and very lightweight. Also super simple layout. With only the one pass through hole for hardware mounting it horizontal with a 1/4" 20. Wouldn't have mind a vertical 1/4" 20 threading but its not that critical. Noticed right away as Frederick pointed out that the receiver has a fan you can hear the low electric wooshing of.

 

Took the opertunitty while they were lighting to start walking around the building to see how it'd behave. Rig was in a 30'x40' room more or less about 10' from north wall at the mid point of room and the ceiling was 15' high. Walked to the stairs on the far side of the southern wall with the dj booth and storage closet inbetween the main room and stairs.

 

Was able to get up 2 flights of long stairs and into the roof top bar before it cut out. Transmitter on ground level and I was on 3rd floor with a few walls etc between before signal went out. Got that far once. The other times it cut out at nearly the top of the second flight of stairs. The ceiling of the 1st floor room with transmitter was tin, if I didn't already mention.

 

Took a walk outside going both north and south of location. Again rig in same place about 25' - 30' from doors with one wood panel wall separating entranceway and main room. As most buildings are in NYC exterior wall was mix of brick and concrete. Made it maybe 30’ - 35’ down the sidewalk before unit cut out.

 

As far as using the system shooting everything we did was in the same room with handheld monitor and Steadicam not being more than 30' apart. Never had a cut out or an issue. All running continually for 6 hours. Transmitter got hot. Not modulus hot but maybe laptop hot. No funky bootups or warm ups. Funny enough when batteries on my rig went down, they never knew. Epic was being powered with onboard battery and the Bolt's own internal battery kept an image going. A nice little thing if you ask me.

 

When the signal is weakening before a cutout you can see one of 2 things happen the image gets grainy or it seems to be in slow motion for a moment. You get a onscreen display (sort of) that says looking for signal etc. Only takes 2-4 seconds to reastablish image when in range. Maybe quicker. I didn't time it but it felt that fast. It was much faster than hpvideo system I tested in May. The hpvideo system took 8-15 seconds to reastablish signal.

 

One can always daisy chain receivers and transmitters to really beef up range. You could have a bolt receiver on a meridian transmitter or 2 bolt transmitters as its still way cheaper than meridian. To that you could even have an AC follow with receiver and they could be the one tethered to video village. It also shaves weight off the sled and keeps the radiation blast away from the boys or the brain.

 

Didn't test straight unobstructed line of site range. The 75' or so it did go when we went outside was through multiple walls and had a few bathrooms between transmitter and reciever. So for a location pretty good. Looking forward to seeing how it does on a sound stage and in a good old wooden house.

 

Size, weight, power consumption, signal quality (so far) & ease of use the bolt was a pleasure. It being as small as it is it'll make it really easy to plant and move units around. Could even have an assitant carry a receiver on longer setups and they could be tethered to video village.

 

Just a first test. Overall happy and optimistic about the system. I'd say I like it much more and is showing more promiss than the camwave ever did. It didn't do that thing the boxx can do needing to "warm up" for 10-15 minutes before it does what it's supposed to. Though its hard to compare the boxx and the bolt when you look at the price points or fully consider them competing products. In a side by side controlled comparison I'd expect the boxx to be better than the bolt as a pure transmitter. It better be for 5x the cost.

 

It's just day one though and like most first dates we usually cling to the good and not the bad. Though there wasn't much bad today.

Hi Dave

With the release of Chris Fawcett's and Tiffens "Exovest " any day now have you tried it yet ?

For me I have only used Walters vest several times and yes it is very well made etc,etc But I found the weight of the vest to be the heaviest out there .At the other end I would say that Chris's would be the lightest out there (for big rigs).For me this is a Big issue when you consider how we are always trying to reduce every where else.

 

Spent sometime in and around exo at the last 2 SOA workshops. It is considerably lighter than the klassen (then again my Subaru is lighter then the klassen). With that said as of the version we had in Philly in October the exo vest was heavier than it looks. It's without a doubt heavier than the pro vest.

Of course. Fracol!

 

Would really like to avoid changin my monitor mount and bracket. I get needed the New York but like the drop down and 2 mounting options the U2 bracket already uses.

Ordered one with 2 receivers. Hope to have it soon and going to try and setup a test day at csc or Abel in ny