Premium Members axel ebermann Posted August 22, 2017 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 I am supposed to do a 15-20 second 'walk and talk' with a prompter. location is some hallways. I haven't done much prompter on the steadicam. production just told me their prompter guy wants me to be tethered in. which I despise. I feel in the year 2017 there should be no more cables to my sled. Anybody got some recommendation for Teleprompter operators in the NY / CT area that have experience with steadicam and could jump on that ? Leads / contacts would be much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members John atkinson Posted August 22, 2017 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 Buy a std. Def. TX/RX from a drone company. I use them with excellent results. You will have to put power connector on the cable. Ranger Video $185 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members axel ebermann Posted August 22, 2017 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 Buy a std. Def. TX/RX from a drone company. I use them with excellent results. You will have to put power connector on the cable. Ranger Video $185 thanks. however I am not going to plan on buying anything. my vision would be to have a prompter guy who rolls in with everything he/she needs. (a man can always dream) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members William Demeritt Posted August 22, 2017 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 For working in live TV, I have a 7 inch and 10 inch IPS monitor that I can put on the camera just above the lens.Your prompter op will probably come with only the equipment to send you a CVBS signal with the prompter lines OR send an SD-SDI signal. I did a job with Kristen Bell a few months ago, and was told about wearing a prompter in advance, and would be a long walk and talk. I used a wireless HD transmitter/receiver (IDX CW-3) and wore the RX while handing the TX to the prompter op. On my rig, I also wore a Decimator 2 to convert the SD-SDI signal to CVBS, and sent that signal into my prompter. Boom, wireless teleprompter. I had to do a similar thing a few years ago for a special show for FOX. Prompter ops generally don't have the equipment to send HD-SDI signals, just SD-SDI and CVBS. The prompter folks I had on the FOX gig were very nice, but not very technically knowledgeable about the signal coming from their system, and insisted they were sending an HD signal. After a couple frustrations, we got it working, but I basically had to get it running without their assistance, and you'll probably be in the same position. If you're trying to make it wireless, you'll either need a standard def transmitter for CVBS signals (CanaTrans, Modulus, Boxx Meridian) or a digital transmitter that handles HD or SD over SDI (Teradek, IDX Camwaves, Boxx Meridian, etc). If you don't have a wireless system to rent to your production, they can grab one from the rental house specifically for prompter signal. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members axel ebermann Posted August 23, 2017 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 For working in live TV, I have a 7 inch and 10 inch IPS monitor that I can put on the camera just above the lens.Your prompter op will probably come with only the equipment to send you a CVBS signal with the prompter lines OR send an SD-SDI signal. I did a job with Kristen Bell a few months ago, and was told about wearing a prompter in advance, and would be a long walk and talk. I used a wireless HD transmitter/receiver (IDX CW-3) and wore the RX while handing the TX to the prompter op. On my rig, I also wore a Decimator 2 to convert the SD-SDI signal to CVBS, and sent that signal into my prompter. Boom, wireless teleprompter. I had to do a similar thing a few years ago for a special show for FOX. Prompter ops generally don't have the equipment to send HD-SDI signals, just SD-SDI and CVBS. The prompter folks I had on the FOX gig were very nice, but not very technically knowledgeable about the signal coming from their system, and insisted they were sending an HD signal. After a couple frustrations, we got it working, but I basically had to get it running without their assistance, and you'll probably be in the same position. If you're trying to make it wireless, you'll either need a standard def transmitter for CVBS signals (CanaTrans, Modulus, Boxx Meridian) or a digital transmitter that handles HD or SD over SDI (Teradek, IDX Camwaves, Boxx Meridian, etc). If you don't have a wireless system to rent to your production, they can grab one from the rental house specifically for prompter signal. thanks. I'll make sure to throw a Decimator into my case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members John atkinson Posted August 27, 2017 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 thanks. however I am not going to plan on buying anything. my vision would be to have a prompter guy who rolls in with everything he/she needs. (a man can always dream) I relied on the prompter person once and got a AC powered prompter monitor and a bundle of cables with a giant metal arm to mount it. Now I provide the cheap and very effective solution, with a 2 mile range of SD video. Prompter person gets the TX and I have the RX on a Cheap Pyle 9" monitor. No complaints ever and paid for in a few rentals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Bryan Trieb Posted August 27, 2017 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 What Will said. I've done the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members JobScholtze Posted September 23, 2017 Premium Members Report Share Posted September 23, 2017 I use a Bolt for the last couple of years. Reciever ( wich weight zero to nothing ) on my sled, and the transmitter at the desk of the teleprompter guy. also a black magic converter to make there signal sdi. Also 1 9 inch lcd on top of my lens, And of course, its all being paid for. works great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members christian zurwiehe Posted September 25, 2017 Premium Members Report Share Posted September 25, 2017 I´m using a iPad mini with a selfmade mount and a teradek cube. It works well. Sorry , the picture is not the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members JobScholtze Posted September 27, 2017 Premium Members Report Share Posted September 27, 2017 Every time i mount it under the lens, is "shows" the talent reading. Above the lens works 99% of the time better. I could be wrong, but it seems that reading above the lens shows less then under. Isnt there any delay on that ipad? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members christian zurwiehe Posted September 28, 2017 Premium Members Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 Every time i mount it under the lens, is "shows" the talent reading. Above the lens works 99% of the time better. I could be wrong, but it seems that reading above the lens shows less then under. Isnt there any delay on that ipad? Maybe u are right but in this case its the wish from the producer. So he is right.. so far. :) The delay isn't so much so it works fine with teradek cube. We never had any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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