William Demeritt

Where do the focus pullers sit?

These days? Video village.

I like the last photo, looks very cool, glad it worked out for you guys!

Who's the PA on the left with the Burger King headset?

I've got a can of PlastiDip, I might just coat the brake and see if the rubber-on-rubber is effective? I figure it'll wear down, but then I'll just reapply.

The floor lock solution, however, is sexy.

I dig the glitter!

Thank you for the interest, this has sold.

Wasn't sure if anyone had one laying around that they'd like to offload. Specifically looking for the PRO 2 battery base compatible video recorder mount that has the "upgraded" fins that give clearance to Dionic HC batteries. Hit me up if it's sitting on your shelf, I'll give it a good home (we have Scotch and cats).

Anyone tried making a bicycle wheel brake (not a disc brake, the friction rubber-to-rubber) that has a handle on the cart's handle? Run the wires to the wheel, and when you depress the "hand brake", the brake comes off the wheels (lets you move). Hands off, brake is automatically applied by spring.

EDIT: brakes on the dumb wheels obviously, not the smart wheels.

Thank you for that, Nick! Gonna check them out ASAP.

Entertaining any offers.

I can't imagine it's a problem. The jumper blocks are simply the specific shape of aluminum with banana plugs and short copper wires soldered between the banana plugs.

I do Aerial Yoga.

Also known as Australian yoga.

Squats, deadlines, bench press. Rotating compound exercises, weekly. Lift more than you do on set, so on set, it's nothing.

Also worth mentioning: kettle bells are a great tool for working out at home. Goblets Squats, snatches, overhead Squats, get ups, etc. You can keep one in a hotel room if you want.

What is everyone using as a yoke for the DP7PRO-HB? I know Matthias' yoke will work on it, but does anyone else have a solution?

Sorry, yea, buy the 6 canister setup because buying it later is stupid. However, be prepared to spend most of your time on 4 blues.

I haven't loaded my black canisters into my arm in a while. Your mileage may vary.

If I were in your position, I'd do everything I could to separate the two jobs. Have a demo reel for your DP work, and a demo reel for your operator work. If both reels should have footage from the same project, so be it. Let them figure it out (or not).

Given the tendency of Epic owners to own packages that are incomplete, paired with the numerous accessories that come from a rental house to complete an Epic setup, I find the Arri dovetail quite functional in giving the full plate of rough adjustment fore/aft.

If I have a variety of primes fetched from a dumpster nearby, I find moving the camera on the dovetail quite useful, and functional, and the height increase (of the camera) paired with its weight also assists with getting my gimbal placed where I like it (increased total weight on the camera platform and height increase without greater weight "higher", i.e. lead weights, etc, which pushes the CG away from gimbal).

Often results in a setup where I fly 1 battery below, or 2 batteries and practically balances like an Alexa (except for the lack of camera length, so doesn't have the same pan inertia, which sucks).

Anyway, that's just how I like it. Fly your own way.

Anyone ever tried these on their Meridian?

http://www.fab-corp.com/product.php?productid=3141&cat=0&page=1

I've used them on other 5Ghz transmitter devices with RP-SMA connectors with great results. Furthermore, they have 90 degree bends if you want, and they're more rigid than the standard Boxx antennas.

If you order the ones above, be sure to order RP-SMA antennas.

Whenever I fly the Epic, I usually keep the Arri dovetail on the camera, fly with an onboard battery and the touch screen, etc. Between the Arri dovetail and the battery, that chunks the camera up quite a bit and helps keep the weight "right". Also, the Arri dovetail is heavy and as low as it can get, so it adds ballast without causing considerable headaches with gimbal placement. Beyond that, Ozzie is right: add on the rest of the crap that makes a camera (motors, focus unit, lens, mattebox, etc), it adds up.

The basic Paralinx Arrow tx/rx with all the relevant cables and the transmitter "shield". I believe you can get the receiver paired to another transmitter if you wanted to create a 1:2 or 1:3 system from what you have.

Also selling a Blackmagic battery powered HDMI to HDSDI converter with AC power cable.

Would love to get $700 for the Arrow, $200 for the HDMI converter. Buy as a package for $825, OBO. PM me here or email me: will AT wbd3 DOT com.

Pictures can be posted later, if you're into that sort of thing.

You need to enable HDMI scaling on the Decimator 2 in order to use it for this purpose. You need a Windows computer and the Decimator control panel software available on their website. Once installed and your Decimator 2 is connected, you enable scaling in those menus. Once scaling is enabled, any HDSDI feed will be scaled to HDMI per your settings on the scaling menu, and output to the HDMI port on the Decimator.

This thread is 10 years old and the solid info from Muhlstock and others is every bit as relevant. Sometimes we love our Interwebs.One tidbit to update: As it turns out, recent research proves the use of tonic water ( or just plain Quinine ) to control leg cramps to be 100% bullshit. Live and learn !!On the OTHER hand, potassium is quite useful in this regard. Adam Keith eats a banana before Good Morning America. Since he's been operating every day since 1992 when he took my Rockport workshop, he's eaten over 7,500 bananas.:)

If you don't like bananas as much, drink some coconut water. I think it's 10x as much potassium and quicker to absorb.

Honestly, the most interesting thing about CineGear was that Tiffen wasn't there.

Barely used, still in great condition.

http://www.gpiprosystems.com/cinetronic-monitor-mount.php

Brand new goes for $575+tax. I'd love to get $450 for it, OBO.

I'd love to see a performance test for range, etc. However, one potential deal breaker for people is the lack of multicast in the IDX CW-3. At NAB, they indicated it wouldn't happen in the future for that model either.

Also, the CW-7 doesn't have external antennas, which for me is the huge breakthrough of the latest round of transmitters.