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Martin Whittier

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  3. Flying on a Helicopter!

    in Operating

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    For what it is worth, I have had the fortune to fly and shoot a lot in Vietnam era Huey helicopters which are extremely rough because of their 2 blade design. What I have found useful besides pushing for a 4 blade chopper is #1 use image stabilized lenses if possible, they help a lot especially with long lens shots. #2 You can try a hi-hat on the floor of the helo with a dense shock absorbing material in between the floor and hi-hat base plate. I usually use dense 2" thick foam and isodamp matting. The only restriction with the hi-hat is the inability to do fast horizon correction to counter the helo's banking, so it is useful to keep your ball head a bit loose on the mount. Not a perfect solution but cheaper than the correct tool for the job. Good luck.

  5. Steadicam Demo reel

    in General Discussion

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    Hi Everyone,

     

    We just updated our demo reel and wanted to get the opinion of fellow operators. We would like to hear if there are things you don't like or could be better. This is a compilation of 2 operators (Dash Adamson and myself) that work for Production Pit.

     

     

    Looking forward to your feedback,

     

    Cheers

    Emre Tufekci

    www.productionpit.com

     

     

    I think your reel is really strong and I wouldn't change a thing. This made for a great piece at TIVA and it does a nice job showing the diversity of what you can do with a Steadicam. Keep it up.

  6. Cheap UHF Directors Monitor

    in Video Assist and Video Accessories

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    Sorry to revive such an old post but I thought you guys might like this setup for my UHF/VHF director's monitor. I used an Axion LCD and Lenmar battery pack. So far this has worked ok with my Modulus 3000. Occasionally I do get drop out leaving the monitor with a blue screen. I went to my local bicycle dealer to purchase handle bar wrap for the bracket grips.

     

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  7. P90X Workout

    in Off Topic

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    P90X is no joke, and I tell everyone I meet that it is the only TV product I believe in. I made it to week 6 before stopping due to lack of time, but I plan on getting back into soon. If anyone here needs to work on back strength this is a great way to do it. Justin keep it up because beach season is coming. :)

  8. Redbyte power connection

    in Video Assist and Video Accessories

    Posted

    I like Alfeo's approach integrating the modulus 3000. I wish I had seen this before I ordered my cables. Terry West and I decided to try something a little different and daisy chain the decimator off of the BFDs 2 pin power. This seemed like a clean approach but definitely reliant upon having my BFD in the chain. I will have to let you guys know how it works out when it arrives.

  11. First shoot Since Workshop

    in Journals

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    I had my fill of snow and shoveling the first time around. Second time I chose to be one of those idiots driving through the white outs to go snowboarding at Liberty. Turned out to be pretty fantastic but sure enough the snow was waiting to shoveled when I got back, just can't win. I'm just sorry I missed out on the 6,000 person snow ball fight.

  12. First shoot Since Workshop

    in Journals

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    Nice to hear from you guys again. Peter, the rig has been working out great so thanks again for getting me hooked up. After scavenging the market place I have finally picked up all the basics such as a Modulus and a BFD. Still working on the demo reel but hopefully I will have something together soon and up on my site. Jay, I really enjoyed the workshop and I have a ton of photos I promised you. If you shoot me your email I'll get them over to you.

  15. First shoot Since Workshop

    in Journals

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    Hi everyone,

     

    This is my first posting on the forum as I am still pretty new to the community. Firstly let me say that I have enjoyed reading the many threads going and those of you that I have spoke with by phone and email have been very helpful in choosing the right equipment to get started, so thank you.

     

    Anyways, I took my first workshop with Jerry and Garrette back in October which was an absolute blast and I learned a ton. Since then I bought my Archer2 and have been practicing like crazy. This past Thursday was my first shoot since the workshop and needless to say I was a bit nervous. Of all the possible first jobs to shoot, this was a 5 camera live broadcast for about 3,000 people in attendance. To add a little more pressure I was tethered and working with an inexperienced cable puller. Lucky for me she picked it up fast and did a great job. To top off the experience I was in the rig for nearly three hours with four, five minute breaks. Surprisingly enough I felt pretty good afterwards, and this morning my back was only slightly tight. All in all it was a great first shoot and I got to try out a lot of cool fast movements running down the isle ways and around the stage. At the end of the show I even received a few nice comments from the TD and some other folks working the event.

     

    So far I am loving Steadicam and I am glad that I took the leap. I am looking forward meeting more you as time goes on.

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