Matthew Hutchens 0 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 I just picked up an old vest on ebay thinking to make a speedrail vehicle mount with the socket block. When I received it I became very curious as to where it falls in the timeline of vests and if it's the oringal steadicam vest. I found the attached picture of Garrett Brown wearing a very similar vest in The Shining. I noticed the Logo in the picture on the front of the vest and peeled back the velcro over the font of mine to find the same Brown steadicam logo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Rogers 1 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 Its an original model 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matthew Hutchens 0 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 Nice. Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mikael Kern 1 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 Is there a serial number? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matthew Hutchens 0 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 Is there a serial number? Not that I could find. unless it's under some of the velcro there's no marking on the vest aside from the brown logo. Would love to know who it had belonged to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas Gottschalk 4 Sustaining Members Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 I think what you refer to as the "brown-logo" is the logo of "CP", "Cinema Products Inc.". The company that manufactured the first steadicams together with Garrett Brown. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NIcolas Gril 2 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 I have a similar vest that I use...it is a Cinema Products vest, indeed. Mine is slightly different tho Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alec Jarnagin SOC 213 Moderators Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 The white plastic.... Original Model 1 vest manufactured by Cinema Products in the late 1970s. The black plastic waist piece would be a replacement likely made by Peter Abraham. If not modified, there should be "jumper straps" in the back that connect the lower section to the upper section for more support. Amazingly, they got so much right about this vest - the GPI PRO vest has many of the same features. I used a Model 1 vest for years (and still own it as backup) until I bought a PRO vest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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