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I just wanted to share my last creation for my Zephyr. A recorder mount on the battery hanger to place my Hyperdeck Shuttle. I used to place it under the post, where the second battery should go, but I wasn't satisfied. This is a first prototype made with what I could find in my local hardware store, an alluminium 3" L bar a few screws, a hack saw, a metal file and a drill. Feel free to share if anyone has an idea to improve it (and I know there is a lot that could be done)

Just a tip for Zephyr owners who are not using the bottom 1/4"x20 battery/accessory mount and who want to try the "Mickey" / 90 degree dynamic balancing method for getting the bottom half of the rig balanced: Turns out the 1/4"x20 tap is coincident to the axis of the post (thanks Tiffen engineering!). A short 1" or so 1/4x20 screw, bearing with 1/4" internal diameter, and a nut allows you to "do the Mickey" incredibly easily. The Zephyr lower post isn't round, so the external roller method isn't going to work... Just screw 'em in there, and hold the post up by the bearing at 90 degrees as mentioned elsewhere. Top stage empty and centered. Spin, adjust, add weights as necessary. Works like a charm! Apologies if this is mentioned elsewhere... and not sure if other sleds have this particular mounting location as well. -Chris

My first post! (and yes, one of those whichstedicamforme topics)! Background: I'm looking forward to start serious steadicam-operate training, and lack of possibilities of joining to different workshops, im planning to get used steadicam and start training at my school with help of teachers and steadicam handbook and DVD. I have possibilities to shoot with schools Red One so I think I'm going to need steadicam which can fly such a thing. So, heres the question: Is Steadicam Zephyr good choice for Steadi-newbie like me? Is it enough to fly Red One? I have watched some youtube clips where operators fly One with zephyr. Thanks for any advices and tips! -Sami

Hi everyone. I have a complete Steadicam Zephyr SD V Mount package for sale. The package is purchased during December 2011. Condition is good, a bit of a scratch on the vest, nothing major, minor scratch on the arm due to usage, no dents or whatever. Travelling case has scratches due to storage and transport, but no malfunctions at all, everything is perfectly intact!! Package includes: 1x Zephyr Sled 1x Dovetail Mounting Plate with 1x 3/8", 1x 1/4" mounting screws 1x SD 7" Monitor, with DIN Connector - 6pin Hirose connector cable, brand new unused 1x Zephyr arm ( minor scratches ) 1x Standard Vest (scratches at the front spar area, usual signs of wear and tear, carbon fibre material waist pad was replaced by Tiffen during Dec 2012) 1x Docking Bracket with aircraft pin 4x Merlin Starter Weights, 4x Merlin Mid Weights 1x Transport case (minor scratches at the side, no knocks) 1x Manual, EFP DVD Additional goodies. 2x 3pin Lemo - 4pin XLR female Power cable 2x 45cm HD-SDI ultra thin "spaghetti" cable 1x 1m HD-SDI ultra thin "spaghetti" cable 1x Tiffen Original HD-SDI cable 1x 6pin Hirose - 4pin XLR female power cable (I use this exclusively to power my Marshall 651STX, i run this to power the monitor, and an additional HD-SDI line for the signal, super small footprint and keeps cable management at its finest. if you are considering to use a monitor that takes in 4pin XLR power, this is the cable for you) Asking for $8500 USD OBO Please email me at wanzw89@gmail.com if you have any enquiries. Thank you for reading! -Zhong Wei

is there such a device where you can continue to keep your Rig powered when docked for an extended period of time, during lunch hour, coffee breaks, etc. so I could dock and plug my rig into a standard 12VDC power supply, and walk away for a bit without losing sync to my wireless transmitter, or not having to powering down the camera, or pull the battery out, etc. especially for single battery rigs... (i presume with the big rigs you can easily hot swap batteries since they use more than 1 battery.)

I've recently sold off my own Zephyr in order to upgrade to a larger rig... and now I'm finding that I miss it. I may have a DSLR shoot coming up this week traveling to Ohio (by car, ugh) that would be better suited on the Zephyr and was curious if there were any Brooklyn based operators who have a rig they may be interested in renting out from time to time. This shoot is not yet confirmed, but I know there will be stuff in the future that involves traveling where the lighterweight 'everything is in one case' Zephyr fits the bill for traveling, etc... Feel free to post here, because who knows, others may be interested in the list of available rigs, but also feel free to email me with 'Zephyr Rental' in the subject. - KWullschleger(at)gmail.com Thanks!

Hello everyone, I've been looking for a pretty good rig out there to start off with and I've been looking toward the Zephyr. It seems to be a pretty good solid rig to start with. If anyone is selling one I'd be interesting in hearing more from others. Feel free to respond here or my email thanks a lot. -Matthew Perez mperez135@hotmail.com

On sale: Tiffen Steadicam Zephyr HD in perfect condition. Price: 6.700 EUR excl VAT Jonas Torp info@jonastorp.dk Denmark Includes the following equipment: - Sled - Vest - Arm - Hardcase - Docking bracket - TVLogic VFM-056WP 5,6" HD monitor (the premium model with waveform etc.) - Extra power cables - F-Bracket for low mode About 1 year old. All in perfect condition! More pictures at www.jonastorp.dk/zephyr