Radomir Carapic

Thank you all for your kind response, i have idea right now, I will try to get involved in some work shops to have a better understanding of all those dynamics, poses and handling of Steadicam, Regards,

Thanks Janice, the reason is simple, I need to know how much I am carrying around, everybody saying what is load capacity, but operators have some kind of "capacity", right? In other words, I will have much better picture if i know, par example, that sled for Flyer is (without camera) 5 lbs, arm is 15 lbs and Vest 2 lbs + camera and balancing weights, and there you go: you need to carry approximately 15-17 lbs plus camera and weight = 20-30 lbs! And you are right: balancing weight and camera weight can be different, but sled, arm and vest should be the same weight all the time for the same rig. That is what I am trying to figure out. Regards, :rolleyes:

Thank you Bob, anybody else? Regards :rolleyes:

I hope somebody will measure or have exact weight of components for these systems? All talks are focused on load weight and capacity, but no information of components itself. Regards :huh:

Hi all, I am trying to find what is actual weight for components of Flyer 24 -se and Pilot (Vest, sled, batteries, arm, monitor), but there is no such kind of information on Steadicam site!?, A found some on B&H, but it says "approximately" 6 pound for Pilot? Does somebody knows? Regards,

Thanks, Dave and Fabrizio, very helpful thoughts, I will definitely consider your suggestions, unfortunately there is no any workshop in my area (Toronto) right now, but I will try to find one in closest location. Dave, review that you mentioned is wonderful, with very clear explanation on almost anything about Pilot, Thanks, again, Radomir :rolleyes:

Hello everybody! I have decided to buy steadicam ( probably a Pilot VL) , I have Sony Z-1 and I will have (hopefully ) Sony EX-3. Mostly, I am doing Weddings, some documentaries and I will start soon with some commercials. I have done some search on the internet, but I am not sure which of steadicams is best for work that I described. Also, it will be more than helpfull to get some tips about learning how to use rig, Regards, Rad :rolleyes: