Steve Acheson

Thanks for the pictures Alan!!!

http://www.startnext.de/hurricanewheels?like=1 I want to invest into these guys looks really awesome!!! And designed to do just what you are asking for

I will take one!!

I use wondershare (the paid version) It will even take stuff from hulu...

A friend came across this. Just what the title says a computerized practice gearhead!! pretty cool. http://www.startnext.de/hurricanewheels?like=1

I would like one!

I use the alphatron as much as I can. Plus it has the loop out / cross convert feature which is awesome...

Peter where did you buy the big gear? and does it help with stiffer lenses?

does anyone know how big it is?

If anyone wants to fly to New Orleans I can boil a couple of sacks of crawfish...

Im not sure about that part of the rule but if your address in say for example in Burbank. You are within the milage limit for working as a local. Your address is not L.A. so there for you could list NY as a production city. Im not sure of all of the rule But that might be possible. Some people here list their address in Laplace or Gonzales (small cities near New Orleans) then they are able to work as locals in Baton Rouge and New Orleans (2 big production cities in Louisiana). Since those cities are in the middle of the 2 they are within the milage where if they listed 1 or the other they would be out of range. All while still flying home to L.A. where they live and still work.

That happens a lot here in New Orleans... Even on union shows, because of the whole production city business. You can change your local to New Orleans have your mail from the union go to a P.O. box here and then still live and work in L.A. and take jobs here in New Orleans as a local because you have your production city listed as L.A. Which is totally unfair... Yes I know that I could do the same but the fact of the matter is thats not true. It would be VERY hard for me (not having the L.A. contacts) to go work on a job there. Its ALOT easier for someone to get hired on the job in L.A. (where the job comes from) and then move here and take what could have been a job that I could have gotten... This operator my have have his production city listed as NY but live in L.A. which makes totally legal. I and plenty of other operators that live here have dealt with this. The union ok's it and the fact is that the members (before I ever got in) voted on it and thought it was a good idea. If you really want to change it call your union rep and tell them to get rid of the production city policy.

You dont have to make a dummy battery and a regulator you can just use this... http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Mini-Wall-Charger-Phones/dp/B0009H2M1Y I do it all the time... But if you get an old battery plate you can just take apart a usb car charger and wire that into the battery plate and a AB Hytron 140 will power a gopro for a very long time....

I'll take it.

So I ran across this the other day... This guy says he is going to invent a rig that can be operated while sitting in a chair... I tried saying that already exist... http://www.cinematography.com/index.php?showtopic=59788&hl= a whole forum about home built rigs.... http://homebuiltstabilizers.com/hbsboard/index.php

I find the best setup (which may be what you're talking about) is the sony style plate with rods on your stage dovetail and the arri digicine baseplate system ( http://www.filmtools.com/arri-338350-338352-digi-cine-baseplate.html )for the head. Its perfect you can leave the rods mounted on the head with lens support, swing away matte-box, follow focus, etc, and "unclick" just the body and slap camera body on the sony style plate on your sled and put on the you clip on matte-box. Then for the epic I like to use the Genus GAP Adopter Plate with the same baseplate system. ( http://www.filmtools.com/genus-gap-adapter-plate.html ) I would love to figure out a way to use this plate with the epic but the camera height is too high. ( http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tilta-III-Upgraded-Quickrelease-Baseplate-BS-T03-shoulder-pad-for-DSLR-rig-kit-/330832772780?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d072b7eac ) If I use a short zoom I only have to tweak my balance and I am ready go in minute or so...

I use to do that with the first red...

Will the pag sandwich plate work on other batteries and just a battery plate? or just with of the PAGlink batteries?

There are guys out there that dont even read the instructions and called themselves pros Ozzy

I know Sarah and she takes great care of all her gear.

camera mounted backwards or don juan?

yea its pretty awesome...

So I just checked out B&H has them has anyone ever used one???

http://www.viewfactor.net/products/ptap-usb.html Pretty easy to make your own though...

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