Jess Haas SOC

I hear a lot of talk about operating with 435s and 235s, but these cameras just wont cut it for interior walk and talks will they? When you need something quiet and the production doesn't have a huge amount of money what do you use? I am currently looking at the 535B but I hear it is a beast. Is there anything that can be had in the same price range or cheaper that is reasonably quiet but won't kill a relatively new steadicam op? Of course it seems that everyone (but me) would be happier if I said they could shoot on that BL4S that they seem to love so much because they can get it for cheap. ~Jess

I recently got my hands on an older ActionCam rig with no documentation. It has their older single action arm that uses two large springs instead of the usual parallelogram setup. Does anyone know what the weight range of this arm is? It seems to be reasonably wide, but I don't know the actual maximum weight. I am talking to someone about shooting 35 and I need to know what cameras it will take. I have seen it fly an SR2, but beyond that I don't know. Does anyone have any other input on the drawbacks of this particular arm design? It actually works rather well despite not having nearly the vertical range that a double action parallelogram setup would. Basically I am wanting to know how much use I can get out of this arm before needing to upgrade. The sled is already setup for 24V so it seems like I can get a good amount of use out of it. Unfortunately the sled and vest are not using standard connectors so I can't borrow an arm from anyone else in town unless I can get some adapters made up. ~Jess