Premium Members Sydney Seeber Posted November 25, 2006 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 When I initially went on Wikipedia, the "Steadycam" link was the only one available when I typed in "Steadicam", and clicked for more info... Possibly, the links had been redirected by the Austrians... A crafty lot... See, this is why I don't trust the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Kareem La Vaullee Posted December 20, 2006 Premium Members Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Hi, I wanted to create that very Topic a long time ago but I was too busy, but now I'm adding this message to say that those guys did it again. They modified the english, french, italian, swedish, polish, norsk, turkish and german Wikipedia's Steadicam pages, that's quiet a lot (I saw that they forgot the japanese page, but I didn't check all the possible others), we must do something like asking that that pages must be protected. This is their new contraption... I'm putting the picture here for when it'll be removed from the pages. That's a shame. (and forget the Steadicam/Steadycam thing, that's bullshit) K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members JobScholtze Posted December 20, 2006 Premium Members Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Lol, nice pic I'll bet you can dig a nice hole in the ground with that thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Burton Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 Lol, nice pic I'll bet you can dig a nice hole in the ground with that thing Lol kinda looks like a master's :lol: from about 1000 feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Sydney Seeber Posted December 22, 2006 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 After looking at their vest, I'm thinking any Ford after market F150 skid plate will do nicely... Why go and spend $9,000, when $129.95 will do? Plus, I can go sledding on my chest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members JimBartell Posted December 22, 2006 Premium Members Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 I noticed something on the sled rear section I felt compelled to comment on. You may have noticed how it strongly resembles the Master Series lower sled (as have several other knock-offs), as if this shape has some special functional advantage. In fact, the shape of the Master Series lower sled is left over from an original design idea that never came to fruition. The idea was an internal series of belts, pulleys and gears that would move the monitor and battery in synchronization to preserve dynamic balance, i. e. when you repositioned your monitor the battery would move a corresponding amount (up, down , in or out) so the sled would always be in dynamic balance. The rounded hump was added on to hold the electronics out of the way. Due to time constraints this approach was abandoned but the outer structure shape was already complete so rather than start over we kept the outer shape intact. As we had already had all the parts and tooling, we kept that same shape for the Elite & Broadcast versions. It wasn't abandoned until the Ultra came along, which was a complete redesign. And yet, like a "cargo cult" worshiper, the knock-off artists slavishly copy the shape in the belief that this is how a Steadicam "should" look. It cracks me up every time I see it. Jim "sharing the joke" Bartell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Erik Brul Posted December 23, 2006 Premium Members Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 Hi, I wanted to create that very Topic a long time ago but I was too busy, but now I'm adding this message to say that those guys did it again. They modified the english, french, italian, swedish, polish, norsk, turkish and german Wikipedia's Steadicam pages, that's quiet a lot (I saw that they forgot the japanese page, but I didn't check all the possible others), we must do something like asking that that pages must be protected. This is their new contraption... I'm putting the picture here for when it'll be removed from the pages. That's a shame. (and forget the Steadicam/Steadycam thing, that's bullshit) K. I think they should hire a booth at NAB and IBC.. :D Best, Erik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Thompson Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 I don't mean to waste anyones time, but I did get a good laugh at this rig I saw on ebay. Looks like some thing out of a Terminator movie. http://cgi.ebay.com/Steadycam-Full-Rig-Sta...1QQcmdZViewItem So what do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Burton Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 I don't mean to waste anyones time, but I did get a good laugh at this rig I saw on ebay. Looks like some thing out of a Terminator movie. http://cgi.ebay.com/Steadycam-Full-Rig-Sta...1QQcmdZViewItem So what do you guys think? This has been talked about before here Tell me you watched the video :o OMG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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