Mike and Nancy Flynn

Thanks, Andrew - wondered what he meant by LEMO :)

Thank you all very much for the great responses here! On a related topic, is the 3 pin power connector at the top of the sled a standard connector of some sort? If so, what is it, exactly? TIA!

Well the wife wants me to find an adapter that goes straight from the 3 pin power connector on the top of the stage to the EX3's power adapter but I cannot for the life of me find it. I am thinking that the http://www.vortexmedia.com/DC1.html is the only real option here - Would you agree?

Thank you all so much. Great community here :)

I think the Matte is lightweight and I *think* that the FF is remote as well. It's my wife's rig and she was wondering about this. She is a bit shy about posting in forums. I, however, have no pride :) Thanks for the info, Brian, very useful and I will pass it along :)

Well, with the M2e, follow focus and Matte box it's a bit on the heavy side :) The batteries on the Flyer say 14.5v - The Ex3 says 12v. Do we need a converter?

Is there a way to power the EX3 from the batteries on a Flyer? TIA!

I don't post much. I don't need to. Every time I come here looking for an answer, I find it. I come in thinking "yeah, no one has asked THIS before". Then I search and low and behold - There is the answer in spades. I just wanted to say thanks to all of you that make up this community and graciously provide a wealth of information on this topic. A doff of the chapeau to you all. Mike and Nance

You worked at CP years ago? You probably knew my ex-wife then - around 1980 or so...

Thanks, Charles! Very helpful! I have since checked over at SteadiShots and looked at GB's comments on the Bound for Glory shot and he mentioned there that he stayed on the set for a few weeks after his crane step-off shot but that they could not use the "contraption" very much because of a lack of focus pulling ability.

Today, we have servo-remote follow focus devices - But how was this handled before these devices were available or did these devices exist in 1977 when Bound for Glory was shot?