Daniel sandland

So I've been searching for a new vest for a while. But I have had a hard time finding a straight up guide on these vests. Now of course this is a personal subject but I would love to see a list of pro's and con's on different vests. I have used the steasicam master/ultra and exo vest quite alot. But I would love more options in the mix. Such as Klassen, Arri artemis and more. Anyone with some knowledge to share on this topic would be appreciated

I did some test runns later on that day where it hit me with the most obvious fact that, smaller steps and a better positure would probablu help ofcourse =P and as you say, continuous movement. =] The hallway was like this -----|_ The ---- being the hallway and |_ being door nr 1 and 2, they were very tightly placed so I had some trouble following it.. =]

I have the same sled but updated the monitor some years ago.. Mk-v did the mount attachement back then with no hazzle and they can do it on almost every monitor there is.. I went for a monitor weighing just about as much as the greenscreen one, but I guess you could either pad it with iron strategicly or just switch to idx lighteight bateries on the other end to keep better dynamic balance if you decide to buy a lighter one.. Cheers

While tracking.. Writing on ipad is suprisingly hard =P

Hey guys! I spend my current days at a movie set and ran into some obstacles today! First shot was a walk & talk frontal from an office, out in a hallway though a cornered door and into a bar.. I ran into some trouble in the doorway given the space. My best bet was to give them a littlebit too much space though the two angled doors and have them catch up as we got past them .. If I stayed to keep the current frame they would Get in too close as we passed, any tricks here? This shot was originaly ment for a Dolly but I had to cover it. We followed the bar counter with alot off mess on it and ended up on a character entering a bigger frame at the end of the counter. Challenge here was speed past bottles and glasses, and all the lines in the bar.. I've done "walking the line" exercises in advance, but keeping the bar perfectly framed white tracking w/o any bob what so ever, it wasnt alot but there was some.. Any Expert tips on how I can turn my ass to more of a Dolly? =P About me as a operator; done steadicam for 6 years now, mostly tv but more film as of late, 24 years old and unfortunatly not been abled to attend a workshop, but had 3 days with one of our veteran operators as I started.. Also been back to train with him later on to watch for bad habits evolving to the worse.. (Getting a workshop soon, just, been too much work the last 3-4 years) Usually fly a master but currently working on a archer with a g-50 arm camera is an arri.. So i know the g-50 is pushed a bit..

As the topic states I would like to buy a ultra vest perferrably utra 1 and in good shape. Though I've flipped the web pages up and down I've had no luck finding any.. Si if I've missed the obvious places to look orker than ebay or Amazon, any tips would be much appriciated! =] Best regards Daniel

Hello again and tanks for alot of advices! I must be so modest and say that its not neccesarily about me as an operator, but as suggested something loose on the rig/camera causing it, the same problem has also occured to 4 other operators here and the similarity was that everyone was using the gigawave wireless camera with a canon HD lense. With the info I've gathered from you guys here it seems that the problem is in the camera-lense holder, there seems too be a littlebit too much wiggleroom in there... I'm going to try and create some wedges though its abit hard to place them on the hd lense. Thanks alot for all the help, if anyone comes up with anything new aswell please let me know =) I'll report back when I've checked the wedges ect... (Also tightened everywhere possiable around the master system, which didnt seem to be the source of the problem.) Best regards Daniel

Hello there! I work as a steadicam operator for soccer/football here in norway and have a problem with running with too much tele... I fly a steadicam master broadcst with a Sony T 30 and Sony Bwp 590 wireless camera... The problem occur when I zoom too far in and the problem seems to be either the arm not doing its job, because the shock is not properly absorbed, or a deficiansy between the camera house and the lense connection. So basicly if I zoom abit in, and stomp the ground with one foot, the impact reaches the camera.. Any ideas that can help us solve this problem? Best regards Daniel

His name is Karsten Jacobsen from denmark =) *edit* however I didnt see what Afton Grand just posted though ;)

Thank you =) I cant deny that he is a big influence though ;) I have a director thats quite eurovision oriented :P

Thanks Mike :) It is like you mentioned though, I am a bit short on footage though, some of the gigs I couldnt get a copy of. but thanks alot! Ill work more on the things you mentioned! Very nice to get some comments on the work so far, helps alot! =)

Heya Erik! Thanks alot for the positive comment =) Im aware of my headroom problem, working on that as we speek, some of those shots are very early so I should have developed some there. :) Ive been lucky with some good opportunities and a early start =) The fast pans are actually cut like that on the live shows, but they usually go out in a big crane swipe =)

Greetings everyone! Im a quite new steadicam operator, bought my rig for about 6 months ago and started to pratctice as much as I could. I was wondering abit if you guys could comment abit on some clips I put together from some of the jobs Ive done the last 4 months so I could pick up a tip or more =) I would love to improve. Ive not yet thad the ability to attend a workshop but it should be soon =) I fly a Steadicam Master Broadcast rig. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpJGc2TqLSo Thanks alot in advance! Daniel.