Premium Members Ramon Engle Posted June 30, 2004 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 [What am I, chopped liver?! ] Oh come on Fred.......no no! You're more like Pate’ or maybe Braunswieger(Too many cooking shows). Got to say I love your mini Triax cable. Made my life much easier while running 200 yds in Don Juan with an Olympic Torch Runner. Thank god he was a 48 year old smoker who looked like a member of the Olympic Sausage Eating Team. Ramon Engle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Alec Jarnagin SOC Posted June 30, 2004 Moderators Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 "The J7 cables list at $250." Yikes. Just bought two of these from Fred for less than $100/each. Some interesting notes on the J-7 though. I bought mine with a bunch of used stuff from someone awhile back. I ended up with a Fuji cable for it and used it. It worked, but zoomed backwards - not very intuitive to use. Then I leant it to Jim Bartell for BUZ testing and asked him to check the wiring in the cable as well as the unit itself. Cable checked out correctly, as did the J-7. For whatever reason though, the schematics for the J-7 don't list which wire for zoom is which direction, so my conclusion was that perhaps a previous owner had rewired the J-7 because they were goofy foot. So, I had Jim reverse the controller for me so that it would zoom correctly. Two days ago, I needed it for a job so Jim sent it back and I had Fred make up Canon cables for it as I knew I'd need them. Guess what? The J-7 now zooms backwards with the Canon cables! So, here is my conclusion: the diagrams of record for the Fuji cables are wrong (reversed on the zoom leads). A conversation with Peter Abraham has also backed up this theory, as he has had the same problem. So, I will now rewire the J-7 back to the way all others are and reverse my Fujinon cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Davis Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 Got to say I love your mini Triax cable. Glad it's working for you, Ramon. "The J7 cables list at $250." Yikes. Just bought two of these from Fred for less than $100/each. Thanks for the mention, Alec Some interesting notes on the J-7 though.----8<--- So, I will now rewire the J-7 back to the way all others are and reverse my Fujinon cable. Mercy! Please forward your findings. I'll follow up with The Jim, and adjust my records accordingly. That's me.....keeper of the Holy Book of Pinouts........ B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members AdamKeith Posted July 1, 2004 Premium Members Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 Alec, I own a J-7 with the same problem with Fuji. Looking foward to trying Jim Bartell's BUZ. I just wanted to add, that I find Stanton Video Services to have good customer service. I own 2-Jibs and Stanton has always been quick to the rescue. Adam Keith www.qvideo.tv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Alec Jarnagin SOC Posted July 1, 2004 Moderators Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 Adam, How are you, man? Been a long time. Too bad we didn't get to work together for my wife a month or so back. Well, that settles it. Fuji cables are wired backwards in the zoom department! Fred, give Jim a call and lets set the record straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Peter Abraham Posted July 14, 2004 Premium Members Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 Hey, Adam- you say I'm hard on gear, you should check out what Alec did to his vest...... :P I gotta post photos of that thing, lemme figure out how, ok Alec? Heh. peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members AdamKeith Posted July 15, 2004 Premium Members Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 Alec, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members AdamKeith Posted July 15, 2004 Premium Members Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 sorry about that ..... Alec, I will send you a picture of a JIB TALLY Peter "delicately" work on for me. :D Did you ever get the correct pin out for the Fuji Jumper on the J-7? If so can you send me a copy. Regards, Adam Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Davis Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 Did you ever get the correct pin out for the Fuji Jumper on the J-7 J-7---------------FUJI 1 ----------- VTR ----------- 10 2 ----------- POT neg ------ 5 3 ----------- POT pos ------ 3 4 ---------- VTR ---------- 9 5 ---------- Wiper ---------- 7 6 ----- don'tknow/don'tcare--- Cheers! B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members AdamKeith Posted July 19, 2004 Premium Members Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 Fred, Thanks for the info.... Adam Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Davis Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 Prego.... Prego B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Alec Jarnagin SOC Posted July 26, 2004 Moderators Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 Peter, Adam, how are you guys? Sorry for the tardy response, but I've been away from the forum (vacation and then full time on a gig). Just sorting through the mess now - what a bunch of crap as of late! Adam, glad Fred could help you out. Peter, thanks again for all your help on the vest. By all means, post the pictures! For those who don't know, the last original part on my old model 1 vest (the front spar) decided to crack after a couple of days with the Panavized Sony. Made it through the final day with a splint and lots of Gaff tape, Production none the wiser. Thanks to Aaron Medick for dropping his vest off in case mine didn't make it. In the end, Tiffen graciously sold me the upper pieces to a new spar and Peter and I were able to breath yet another life into the old girl (meaning that the back mount vest will wait a little longer). Peter, it seems to work well, but ironically, I was doing mostly "A" camera on this show, so I didn't spend a lot of time in the rig. I can see why they have changed the upper spar on the newest version of the Ultra though (this one is the same as the one on the Master) as the webbing/fastech combo does not seem to be as rigid as my old vest. So far so good though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Gross Posted July 26, 2004 Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 I was with Alec when his vest finally went, and I must say that he was the calmest one of those of us that knew. Grace under pressure. It started with a strange click as he was putting on the rig, and we traced that to movement in the shoulder. I was the one who got nervous and said he better take it off for a moment, at which point we discovered only about a 1/4" of material holding the upper plate together. So with a wad of gaffer tape he calmly worked on. Even after that failed pretty quickly we just tightened up the mid-level straps to take the pressure off the one supporting shoulder and work on through the day. I don't think the client really had a clue there was any problem. Good thing the day ended in jib shots or I think Alec might have been plenty sore at the end. I would never have mentioned it unless Alec did, but I do want to say that he handled a technical problem exactly the way we all should--by tucking it away and making things work without a big show and distraction or delay to the creatives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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