LeighWanstead

In this case, I would like to nominate Alec Jarnagin too. Regards Leigh

Another Vote for Erwin Regards Leigh

I thought that back mount vest needs fit one person, so it might be very difficult to find similar size operator. Regards Leigh

Hi Brado, It will not be an actor to ride the horse. It will be the trainer himself who has around 30 years training horse experience. Maybe the best is introduce the camera to the horse. Regards Leigh

Hi Stephen, No, I don't use car mount. Good tips about introduce the horse to the camera. That sounds great. I will talk to the trainer about that next Saturday. Thanks Regards Leigh

The weather is bad today, so I cancel the shooting. Hopefully next Saturday it would be fine. So I have one more week to listen to you. :) Regards Leigh

Hello everyone, I will visit a gentleman who specialize race horse training tomorrow. I will do some shooting. Any tips to make video interesting? TIA Regards Leigh

Hi Afton, Thanks for the hint Regards Leigh

Hello everyone, I decided to be a cameraman to participate a film festival. Here is the link http://www.48hours.co.nz/ Any tips? TIA Regards Leigh

So you mean I should not check a feature has patent or not, just do it, right? Glad that you are not lawyer. Regards Leigh

Hi Mikko, May I ask what my original design I stole from them? Since when someone else makes chairs and do not have a patent on that chair, others can't make chairs? TIA Regards Leigh

Your statement is wrong. FYI Charles King told me that backmount design is not invented by Klassens. Klassens does not hold any patent on back mount vest to my best knowledge. Klassens do not owns the Backmount design. Here is the web url. http://hbsboard.com/index.php/topic,1633.m...1.html#msg15531 I have nothing to do with Klassens. Regards Leigh

Hi Erik, Thanks for the suggestion. But the issue for me is that it will be conflict of interest. If I attend Tiffen Steadicam or Glidecam Workshop to learn their skill and later come back to get their market share. It will be unfair to Tiffen or Glidecam. That is my main concern. I don't want to do this kind of thing. Hope you understand. I do listen to all the advice everyone gave me and I tried to adopt it as much as I can except some nice lady as model suggestion or reference. Regards Leigh

Hi Efletcher, Thank you for your time to watching my demo video and post your comments. Can you say in detail and direct me to the forum post web url link you mentioned that the advice offered on this board I don't listen? I look forward to hearing from you. TIA Regards Leigh

Hi matt, I never say that I have years of profesional experience. I just say safety is the most important thing to you, not the money. Is that basic stuff for any thing? Do you need years of profesional experience to know that? Regards Leigh Leigh your in way over your head at this point ! It would be advised to sit back and take in a little more info and experiance bofore offering your advice. I have recurring nightmars from watching that video of your smootharm system info You seem to offer advice as if you have years of profesional experience, why is this Leigh ? -matt

Hi Efletcher, What pain do you have with back mount vest? I don't feel any pain in my back mount vest. May I ask if you feel any back pain in your front mount vest? May I ask why you said that "I was unaware that you bought a full size rig leigh. When did this happen?"? I never bought any full size rig whatever. I manufacture SmoothArm. Regards Leigh Simply not true, There are many of us that do not use back mount's. Why? Because they cause us pain, where the front mounts do not. I was unaware that you bought a full size rig leigh. When did this happen?

Hi Nick, Take a look at this thread and you will know that back mounted vest will help reduce your back pain. http://www.steadicamforum.com/forums/index...&hl=strong&st=0 You might get yourself injured, without proper equitment by simply hoping to carry more camera weight to earn more money. REMEMBER safety is the most important thing to you, not the money. Regards Leigh

Hi Tex, Nice to know you. :) Regards Leigh

Hi Nick, If you have any back prolem, I highly suggest you forget about using stabilizer. It is not worth to risk your own health. And experience yourself and treat yourself better if you can afford I think that you really need to consider back mount vest as a feature check if you are first into this stabilizer business. You really need to ask around people about the feeling to hold 25lbs weight camera and don't forget to ask them how long they manage to get to their current level feeling comfortable to hold that kind of weight. Do they feel pain, any back pain stay in the vest etc? You make really nice start here. You can ask them here about the question I raise. You need to listen to them. The whole weight you carry is not only 25lbs weight camera. It needs to be balanced. This means add more weight to your package. And you have to be able to hold the weight far greater than 25lbs. The best solution will be try yourself and carry weight of 25lbs camera with Glidecam V25 or Steadicam flyer. You don't need to walk, just stand in the vest and holding the weight without your hand touching the sled for let's say 15 minutes. This does not require you to be an experienced operator and you will know the feeling yourself. It is not simply check specification of seller of the arm to see if it can hold the weight. You need to check yourself if you can survive holding this kind of weight yourself. FYI I can only stay in my front mount vest for around 15minutes for one take, but I once stay in my back mount vest for two hours with my jvc gy-dv5000 camera which weighs around 13.78 pounds(6.25kg). The whole package weighs around 48.50pounds(22kg) I am daily in my back mount vest for an hour without feeling pain. I just tried to hold my whole package 57.32 pounds(26kg) which includes my jvc gy-dv5000 without viewfinder 11.02pounds(5kg), dead weight 17.64pounds(8kg) for an hour without problem walking around last night. And my weight is 143.3pounds(65 kilograms) and I don't have strong muscle. Hope that helps :) Regards Leigh

Hi Lohengrin, That is nice. Regards Leigh

Great idea Regards Leigh

Hi Norbert, Thanks for your question. For your answer, I have been studying photography for the last 18 months. Regards Leigh

Hi Job, Thanks Regards Leigh

Hi Chris, Thanks for the information. :) I was shooting the camera at shoulder position without adjusting the camera angle down. I think that I have two choices following your suggestion without adding hand force to the post. 1 Lower camera postion around 10cm to 20cm from shoulder position 2 Change the camera angle down and balance it. Or I have to control the post with hand to change the camera angle down which might cause lots of wobble in the footage. I found that as you said in your post, it is pretty anonying to show lots of white sky above the talent head. Regards Leigh

Hi Job, Thanks Does that mean the talent needs to be always in the exact position in the frame in the footage? What situation allows to change the headroom? TIA Regards Leigh