Chad Schwartzenberger

:D So many sweet shots during those 6 months of shooting those CCHA shows. I do work a lot of the Wings games. They have me do a lot of beauty "scenics" for game with the steadicam and the HD camera. I was going to post pics other than the ones at Ohio State but still waiting on the producer to lend me his stick to grab the pictures. One shot that really stuck out for me with the steadicam during those 6 months was up in Ste. St. Marie on the waterfront. TBH, everytime I use the Steadicam it makes me want to work my ass off every second to get better and better. More pics to come :D Edit: Just did a walk and talk with a Detroit Tiger and reporter. Looked very good and so did the broll. Now if I can just fix my horizon issues when shooting things such as following someone shooting baskets etc...the quick movements and turns are causing issues. Guess I need more practice!

Hey all. Wondering if there is something to help me with my horizon issues when shooting some certain situations. At the moment, being at FSN Detroit, all my Steadicaming is Sports/Features/Weekly shows. I shot a feature today featuring a basketball player. The story isn't important but what I found difficult was keeping my horizon following him around while he was shooting etc... Any tips? I feel like I have gotten very good over the past year but this was the first time I truly shot "sporty" action with the rig and was not happy with how I handled the turning and tilting and such.. Most of what I have done have been walk and talks, Wraps for weekly shows, beauty shots etc.. I am assuming that for the most part it is practice makes perfect.

Not quite what it was made for but I had to get this shot.

Still trying to get the "better" pictures from the show producer.

Yeah unfortunetly I really have no clue where to tighten it up. All visable screw/allen wrench holes are tight.

Well it looks like I might of found my issue. The dock where you slide the camera on to, where you control the fore and after and side to side is loose. I can hold on to each end, move it up and down and feel it being loose. I looked at every single allen wrench hole that I could find and they were all tight. It seems to be the part of that docking unit that is exactly in the middle of the part. Anyone have this issue? I'm hoping this isn't something that would need to be shipped in. edit..so yes it looks like that center part on the bottom of the docking bay but I can't find anyway to tighten it up. Chad

Definitely. I almost guarantee that's your problem. There's so much leverage on either side of that plate, it would vibrate no matter how much you tighten it down. Hey Chad, As Afton and I suspected that seems to be where your vibration is coming from, doesn't that camera come with the sony plate attachment so that the camera is fixed at the front and the back? Let us know if that solves the problem Fly safe I will get in contact with Fox to see if we can get one ordered for that JVC because to my knowledge whoever opened the box when they first got it 9 months ago, missed placed it (AKA lost it). I can see how that would help tremendously. Using the suggestions you all have given me, tonight went very well. I had to train myself to fly more and not grip it as much. With the shoots I do it is really really easy to do that. With that said, I made a conscience effort to do what I was trained and had practiced over and over :lol:, and took off that plate so their was direct contact with the camera. Thanks again all for the suggestions. Now I just need to get that plate and I should be even more in the clear. Chad

That is the part for mounting a tripod plate. I guess I was unaware that I should have that off. Edit.. I am off to shot Detroit Red Wings Weekly Wraps. I will make a few adjustments and take that part off the bottom of the camera. I will let you all how it goes. Thanks for all the replies!!! Chad

Chad, are you screwing the camera directly to the Flyer plate or are you using the Sony mount shown in the picture you attached? Because if you are just using the screw up front it could be that the back of the camera is having a prblems staying put and with every step you get a slight bit of movement translating into vibration . . . Of course all of our remedies are all speculation since we cannot actually see your set up or feel what you are feeling while flying your rig Do you have any picts of your set up and maybe we can help you little more All ther best Rob Vuona Yes I have been attaching the plate right to the camera, where there is only one screw hole. Here is a sample picture. http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p295/cs...y1/DSC_9627.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p295/cs...y1/DSCF2640.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p295/cs...y1/DSC_9462.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p295/cs...y1/DSC_9425.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p295/cs...y1/DSC_9645.jpg Not the greatest shots to show my setup up close but you should be able to get the basic idea. I have tried using a plate (tripod) attached to the camera then screwing on the dovetail but that seems to be making the rig too top heavy and really hard to fly.

Hello all. I work freelance for FSN Detroit and I run their Steadicam Flyer. We got the rig about 8 months ago. I used it very extensively for 5 months straight on our CCHA All Access show. We have been using it a lot for Red Wings wraps and now starting to do Tigers shoots now that baseball is underway. On top of that they are having me do many other things with it. My question is, lately I have been having some "vibration" issues depending how I am walking. The vibration is coming from, what I think is, the Camera vibrating up and down if I move a certain way. I use a JVC GY-HD250U HD Camera on the rig. I am not really sure where this issue is coming from. The Flyer plate is screwed in nice and tight on the bottom of the camera where the only hole is..... Here is the camera. http://pro.jvc.com/prof/attributes/specs.j...p;feature_id=03 the only spot to screw the plate on is just right of the "on/off" switch, obviously under the camera. I try to center the plate up to that point. Any ideas or suggestions?