Ryan Morey

Any idea of pricing on those monitors? I'm pretty much just looking for a replacement. I don't want to spend a who;e bunch of money mainly because I don't have it:) Thanks! Ryan

Hi Everyone, I've been lurking here for a while and love the forum. I'm trying to get more into participating now since I have a little more free time. I'm posting because I just found a few cracks on the bottom of my monitor and it is being a bit temperamental (flickering and fuzzy picture). Does anyone have or know were I can get a replacement? Any help would be great. Thanks! Ryan

It's more stable when the gimbal closer to the lens. In order to keep a 2-3 second drop time, more weight on the bottom will force you to move the gimbal away from the lens, which decreases stability in the tilt and roll axis. For the Pilot, I've found it best to have 2 lbs on the bottom and 8 pounds on the top. This keeps the gimbal around 2 inches from the stage and provides enough weight at the ends of the bottom crossbar to provide good pan inertia. The XH-A1 is 4.5 lbs. The BP-950G camera battery is 1/2 lb. I'm guessing the Rover Snap Quick Release System is around 1/2 lb. That's 5.5 lbs. Add 8 middle weights (4 on each side) and 2 end weights (1 on each side) to the stage and you've got 2.25 pounds of screw-on weights up top. This all totals 7.75 lb of top weight, which is near ideal. On the bottom, 4 middle weights (2 on each side) and 2 end weights (1 on each side) add up to 1.25 lb. With the AA batteries, that totals 2 lbs. Hope this helps, Dave Hi Dave, That setup worked great.It really help with the stability...thanks again for all of your help.Mt steadicam training DVD should be here Monday!....let the games begin!

Hi Dave, Thanks for the great info.I did check out those threads....great stuff.I wound up putting 4 (2 on each side) middle weights and two ends up top and 8 middle weights (4 on each side) and two ends on the bottom.I was just messing around and haven't really had the chance to try it out with the new weights yet.I have a xh-a1 cam on it.Does that make sense or is it too heavy on the bottom now? I did find a cool little quick release at b+h http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller...0188&is=REG .It looks like a nice little piece of equipment.I'm also going to get some extra aa cartriges from ebay.Thanks for helping out a noob:) Ryan

Well I just heard from support at Steadicam and they said that the 10 pound weight limit is for the camera only and does not include the weight of the sled....So I hope that info helps someone. Thanks! Ryan

Hi Everyone, Well I am new to this whole steadicam thing and this seems like the perfect place to get started.I just bought a steadicam pilot aa and had a quick question.What is the max weight for the pilot.I know that it says 2-10lbs but I wasn't sure if that was for the entire sled with camera and weights or that was in addition to the weight of the sled.Sorry if this is a stupid question but I just had to ask.I just weighed my sled with the camera and weights installed and it came in at 12.2lbs....is that pushing it? Thanks! Ryan