David Goldman

Three Pelican Style Cases – Sold Separately or Together The biggest one actually is a Pelican case. Pelican 1400 Inside Foam Measurements: 12” x 9” x 3” - $20 Cash Inside Foam Measurements: 9” x 7” x 2” - $15 Cash Inside Foam Measurements: 6” x 3” x 2” - $10 Cash For pick up only in downtown Culver City, 90232. dhmonroe.in.socal@gmail.com 310-403-2661

Cushioned Seat for Apple Box This is a 1.5” cushioned seat for an apple box set vertically. It slips over the end of an apple box, fits snugly. Who needs rest these days? But if you do, this works. I bought it at Studio Depot and had the water bottle holder sewn on. $50 Cash For pick up only in downtown Culver City, 90232. dhmonroe.in.socal@gmail.com 310-403-2661

Steadicam Cover For Sale I had a tailor make this for me. Water resistant/repellant vinyl. (I've since upgraded to Jerry Hill's cover.) Covers big rigs w/long cameras and smaller rigs/set ups as well. 28” x 28” x 11” $40 Cash For pick up only in downtown Culver City, 90232. dhmonroe.in.socal@gmail.com 310-403-2661

Battery Case For Sale in Culver City Holds Batteries and Charger Inner Foam Dimensions: 28" x 11" x 6" Inner Divider Folds Down/Clips Up For Cable Storage $40 Cash For Pick Up Only in Downtown Culver City, 90232. 310-403-2661 dhmonroe.in.socal@gmail.com

This arm has been sold!

This IIIA arm is like new with new heavy duty titanium springs, new spring covers, and all new Luna arm parts and hardware including his thrust bearing spring adjusters and special safety stops. This arm also has had new additional parts added by Robert Luna to bring its total payload range down from 35 - 65 lb. to a more convenient 22-50 lb. total payload range. The range may be reverted again if one wishes (and it comes with those parts). This very arm put the TV Pilot and TV Series "ER" on the map. With carry bag: $5,500.00. For sale by Ronald Vidor, SOC. Please call 818-766-6868 or email: ron@ronvidor.com, or ronlvidor@earthlink.net.

Howdy Folks: I am listing Ron Vidor's IIIA arm for him. The arm is with Ron in the Valley. Please contact him at the number below. Thanks. IIIA ARM REFURBISHED BY ROBERT LUNA This IIIA arm is like new with new heavy duty titanium springs, new spring covers, and all new Luna arm parts and hardware including his thrust bearing spring adjusters and special safety stops. This arm also has had new additional parts added by Robert Luna to bring its total payload range down from 35 - 65 lb. to a more convenient 22 -50 lb. total payload range. The range may be reverted again if one wishes (the arm comes with those parts). This is the very arm that shot the "ER" pilot and first season. With carry bag: $5,750.00 For sale by Ronald Vidor, SOC Please call 818-766-6868

Hey, guys: In my opinion, the best way to get better at steadicam is to practice steadicam with a moderate to heavy weight. The second best way to get better is to lose body weight. Stay away from krafty, take thirty ell bees off and operating gets a lot easier. Go to the gym, pick up a thirty pound dumbbell and walk around with it for two minutes, and you’ll get the idea. The third best way to get better is to do hard cardio forty minutes a day. If you’ve got two hours for tell-lie-vision every night and you’re serious about steadicam, then you’ve got time cardio. The fifth best way is to get stronger in the gym, and there are dozens of ways to do this, all for about $1/day membership fee. The problem with practicing steadicam more than a few hours a week is that, even when done with proper form, steadicam is injurious to the hips, knees, ankles and feet and all of ligaments, tendons and muscles involved therein. This is why guys tend to practice and improve on the job, and not at home, whether they will admit this or not. Injuries result for two reasons: first, because operating steadicam is not a symmetrical exercise and therefore causes imbalances in the body; and, second, because operating steadicam compress and torques virtually every joint in the body from the lower back down. Cardio, diet (clean and calorie restricted) and yoga will drop the bodyweight and help immensely with keeping the injuries off and correcting the imbalances. These will also help you get back to one right away, fresh and ready to go again. Lifting weights to get better at steadicam? Better than doing nothing at all, but, in my opinion, not your first choice. Of course, anybody with an ipod can go to the gym to lift a few days a week. Calorie restriction is a 24-7 enduro sport. And un-American. Fly safe. - Dave

There is certain text in the accompanying article which is priceless, to wit (excerpted): "Despite the fact that the chimps had never taken part in a research project before, they soon displayed an interest in film-making…" "Initially, the chimps were more interested in each other than the video technology, as two male chimps within the study group vied to become the alpha male, disrupting the experiment…" "Then in the final the final stage of her work, she investigated what happened when she gave the Chimpcam to the whole group… Gradually, the chimps started playing with the Chimpcam, carrying it around the enclosure…" "The apes are unlikely to have actively tried to film any particular subject, or understand that by carrying Chimpcam around, they were making a film…"

Uh-huh. so its easier to add a few crew people than to just shorten up the rig.... Eric: Four years ago. Lo mode in bathroom, mile long F900 right at my shins. Boom up over the tub and back down, scurry into the corner for a tough, angled, linear three shot lock off. (Weird shot, no?) Multiple takes. On the fifth take, I decided to ask for the tub hose on the floor to be moved. It came up right in the middle of the boom move. It went away in ninety seconds, no questions asked, one guy. Grip? Set Dec? PA? I didn’t ask. Why did I wait until the fifth take? Always a difficult question upon arrival on a new job: How much can I ask for? My default is this: I ask for nothing, see if I can get the shot just as things are. But I do need to give myself a chance to do my best work. No easy answer. - Dave

re: monitor in the next zip code Flat spin is nice, and I try for it when not rushed during setup, rushed between lens changes, or rushed between takes. Pan inertia is nice, but with my very nice gimbal, I don’t worry about pan jitter, and, anyway, I’ve found that it’s always easier to see the monitor and the level by body panning or arm panning – unless the DP or director stipulates a fixed post-axis pan. Tight space, I just ride it in close and back to the point of my hip bone, turn my hips and shoulders together into the turn, save my 5” right there. I also ask for small things to fly away/go back. Amazing how often that works w/o compromising the integrity of the shot or any other department’s artistry. - Dave

Rick: Monitor rods are 14", black nickel plated at L&L Anodizing up in Sunland. Greg cut them that length for me. I like my monitor out in the next county. Keeps my chin off my chest and, consequently, my shoulders back. - Dave

Alex: Winning an argument with me or anyone else on this forum is not going to help you when picture goes up at 2 a.m. in a supermarket in East L.A. and you’ve got a long, involved walk backwards with an 80 mm. and an unforgiving DP on your ass. The only reason you should review the validity of your arguments – especially the one about Formula 1 - is so that you can dispassionately clarify your thinking and buy the very best gear you can afford right now. This is what I’m saying: First thing you buy is a used TB-6 with the PDL – whether you can afford them or not. That way you can see what you’re shooting, frame and hold level no matter what. The no-matter-what part comes into play a lot. Then you buy XCS or PRO in that order. Then you can take any gig that comes your way, and you don’t have to think much about your gear, and you can just concentrate on getting the shot. Good luck, and fly safe. - Dave

Hey, guys, it’s simple. Look at production photos in AC Magazine for the last ten years. Notice what the A-list guys are flying. How many A-list guys are flying what? What I’ve noticed is this: It’s always a TB-6, usually on a PRO. But do the research yourselves to verify. For some especially delicious Tiffen irony, check out SOC’s 2008 Special Awards Issue. Tiffen’s Ultra 2 wins the Technical Achievement Award. But every operator nominated for Operator of the Year is shown with his PRO/TB-6. Tillman Butner is featured in the Historical Shot article flying his Baer-Bel sled. Larry is shown flying his modified-beyond-recognition Ultra sled… with a TB-6. After years of research, I still screwed up. I should have bought everything XCS. What was I thinking? Here’s what it is. First thing you buy is a used TB-6 with the PDL. That way you can see what you’re shooting (Jesus!), frame and hold level no matter what. Then you buy XCS or PRO in that order. Then you can take any gig that comes your way, and you don’t have to be wrestling with your gear on set or even thinking much about it, and you can just concentrate on the usual insanity involved with getting a steadicam shot. Hey, BTW, for you newbies, ever notice how it’s always the guys with $100G in their rigs who spout this falsehood: It’s not the rig, it’s the operator. Steadicam is 90% operator. Maybe for them it is. Maybe these guys have forgotten what it was like to suffer for years with shitty little rigs that nod-off level when panned five degrees. Or what it’s like to try and find an image on a $2 LCD at ugly hour in LA. It would be great if this thread could put paid to this line of bullshit. Full disclosure: My sled is an XCS/PRO hybrid.

Selling used Pelican 1650 case. Very good condition. Interior Dimensions: 28.50" x 17.37" x 10.50" (72.4 x 44.1 x 26.7 cm). Foam included is ONLY top and bottom panels. $50. Cash only. No shipping. Must come by Culver City garage to pick up. 310-403-2661 monroe.dh@gmail.com

Need used garfield mount. Please email photos. I pay cash. dhmonroe@gmail.com 310-403-2661

Looking for used anvil cases. Can look beaten up, but must work well. Need five of them. I pay cash. Call: 310-403-2661 email: monroe.dh@gmail.com

Heden M26P Motor and Accessories on Ebay Go here: http://www.auctiondepotla.com/viewauctions.asp Then click audio/video, then scroll down. HEDEN M26P STEADICAM LENS MOTOR with CUSTOM ROD MOUNT in excellent condition. Product Details: * Comes with a custom 15mm rod mount * 1 long custom dog bone for 15mm rods * 1 brand new motor-to-BFD (Bartech Focus Device) cable

Glidecam 12 Volt Sled ? Highly Modified Go Here: http://www.auctiondepotla.com/viewauctions.asp Then click audio/video, then scroll down. This is a highly modified V16/V20 12-volt Glidecam sled. Purchased in April 2003 by the original owner, and for sale by the same. All of the electronic modifications were done by Terry West of South Bay Film & Video in Redondo Beach. Most of the mechanical modifications were done by SL Cine in Los Angeles. The rest of the mechanical modifications were made by the owner or by Alan Gordon in Hollywood. All electronics pass down the center post. Post cabling is long enough to allow for full post extension. The top-stage junction box includes connectors that enable the use of a focus system (not included) and a video transmitter (not included). A 4-pin XLR connector in the junction box powers cameras that have these kinds of connectors. A BNC connector in the junction box sends video down the post to the monitor. The battery mount is a custom dual-Anton Bauer battery mount: one battery is dedicated to the monitor, the other battery to the camera and auxiliaries. Anton Bauer batteries are not included. The monitor is a 7? diagonal color Lilliput LCD. The monitor has a custom box (by Alan Gordon in Los Angeles) mounted on the back with connectors for video and power. Included are two custom monitor arms, one 3.5 inches long, and the other 9 inches long. Just under the gimbal is a custom post grip, two-inches in diameter, slide-able and lockable. A firm foam grip has been added to the gimbal handle. This gimbal (serviced by Glidecam in 2005 and used very little since) supports a 25 lb. camera. This sled can be got into dynamic balance (can be made to pan flat) with the modification on the bottom stage that allows the dual-Anton Bauer battery mount to be moved fore and aft. This sliding battery mount is lockable. A quick-release Bogen/Manfroto tripod adapter allows fast camera mounting without the removal of the Glidecam top stage plate. This Bogen/Manfroto tripod adapter has a custom tighten/loosen knob. The camera plate for the tripod adapter is not included. Fore/aft Glidecam top stage adjustments are made with a custom knob, saving time and hassle. A hex wrench is still need to make right/left top stage adjustments. Included is a custom docking bracket that accommodates the two inch grip. This bracket is heavy and rock solid. The balancing stud is far enough away to allow for typical spread-mass dynamic balancing. Included is one (1) custom docking ring for this custom docking bracket. Custom antlers fit in a custom mount beneath the sled. The antlers work only with a shortened sled and a heavy camera mounted. Used with light cameras, the antlers would make the sled too bottom heavy. Also included are: a standard Glidecam docking bracket; two low-mode Glidecam arm posts; one high-mode Glidecam arm post, various Glidecam screws, nuts and washers; and one 4-pin XLR camera power cable.