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Arrow 55 Group Buy?

MikeHedge said:
I think some visuals would be good. I know Gibby loved this head. I think that I will too... but for trip I'm taking out to Europe over the next 3 months, I'm trying to decide if the arrow 55 will be light enough...
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I'll post some pics here this evening of one of my Miller 55 heads in action on location, on both the alloy legs, and the Solo 1505 VJ CF legs.

Here's some weight facts: the Miller 55 head weighs 7 pounds - same as the Miller 40 head. The Solo 1505 VJ CF legs weigh 6.8 pounds. The entire tripod package with the Solo legs weighs 13.8 pounds. That's not very heavy for a good head/leg combo that is very portable and easily carried. You can get a shoulder strap from Miller for that rig that enables you to simply sling it over your shoulder and hike/walk. If RED One is in a good backpack, then you have a mobile, both hands free, ability to hike anywhere - which is exactly what my crews and me do with that equipment.

I fly with the tripod in an inexpensive golf club hard shell case ($100). The bonus is that many airlines still don't charge you to fly with "golf clubs", but they will charge you oversized fees with a tripod hard case - go figure! They figure the golf guys will be frequent flyers and don't want to upset them by charging for their clubs, but the TV/film guys have company budgets to pay for excess baggage.

Inside the hard case I have the tripod in a soft case which makes it easy and clean for transporting the tripod when outside the golf hardshell, and when its time to hike with it, I take it out of the soft case and simply use the shoulder strap.

BTW - sounds like Burning Man was cool for you Mike! Sometime I'd like to check out the footage.
 
Burning Man was crazy epic. Now dealing with the post issues. it has been pretty crazy.

which gold club hard case do you use?

I will be traveling to Iceland then to UK then to Italy then to UK

anything you need shot there?

Do you think it would be worth it to go ahead and get the Miller and bring it for the trip? Not sure what I will be shooting yet...
 
Gibby said:
I fly with the tripod in an inexpensive golf club hard shell case ($100). The bonus is that many airlines still don't charge you to fly with "golf clubs"
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I love tips like that.

Thanks, Gibby!

I will be traveling to Iceland
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Oohh... Iceland and 4k - just made for each other. Enjoy! (Though it will be rather chilly this time of the year.)
 
Hedgey,

My golf club hard case has an oval-shaped logo on top, above the center latch, with writing: "SKB - Orange, CA"

You can find golf club hard cases at most any golf supply place. Mine locks, but because of TSA security requirements, I got a TSA-approved combo lock, and has a custom loop-ended cable made at a hardware so I can wrap the cable completely around the hard case, through the handle, and put the combo lock on. Airline baggage handlers have been known to "misplace" expensive tripods, thus the golf case disguise and in case they'd like to grab some "golf clubs" from the case, that's why I use the cable lock.

Nothing I need shot there right now - but thanks for asking.

If you'll constantly need a tripod on your trip it might be a good idea to get the tripod now and take it with you. If you only need a tripod occasionally there you might see if you can borrow or rent one from a European RED User member to use while you're over there.

If you're going to Iceland, you might look up a RED camera owner there who is a friend of mine - Olafur Rognvaldsson. He is also a contributor to the Mammoth HD RED Footage Library (see link below my signature). His footage is at the top of the Locations Travel - World section, and the steamy energy shots at the top of the Energy Library (Geothermal - Electrical Energy collection).

Have a good trip!
 
Martin Weiss said:
I love tips like that.

Thanks, Gibby!
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Glad you liked that! Little things like that can save you a lot of grief on a production trip.

BTW - as most of the Scandinavian RED User members know from my posts long ago, a big portion of my ancestors emigrated from Norway and Sweden to the USA in the mid to late 1800's. I'm overdue for another trip to there. I'd hoped to get over there this year - but it may not happen. When I do I'd like to meet up with RED owners and users there. Looking forward to it.

Cheers...
 
Hey Gibby, how about showing us a picture of your golf case?

And, where's everyone else on this thread? Let's see some posts!
 
Lowkus said:
Hey Gibby, how about showing us a picture of your golf case?
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I would but I'm on location shooting this week in the Rocky Mountains. I don't have the golf case with me because we drove up here with the tripod in my soft case. Early next week I'll be back in California and I can shoot some pics of the golf case and post them here. Starting tomorrow Internet access will be spotty for me this week - just some evenings when I can get into a city.

I still haven't posted the pics of the Miller 55 in field action with both of my different leg combos - something I'll also do early next week when I return to California.
 
When I get back to the office later this week I'd really like to get the ball rolling on this. Please look at the options I outlined in earlier posts on this thread and let me know what you think. So far I've only heard from a couple of people which is hardly the makings of a Group Buy. We'll go forward anyway with a commitment to Miller but I want to be sure to get the items that people are really going to want -- both for your benefit and ours. Feedback please.
 
Arrow 55 head with Solo ENG legs and a soft bag. - i'm interested in this offer
 
I wonder, with the recent start of Birger's mount shipments to RedOne owners, will we suddenly see a massive surge of interest in tripods?
 
Mr_Floppy said:
I'm interested. It's also open to europeans, or just americans?. I'm located in Spain.

Cheers,

Jose
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The deal is good worldwide.
 
Sorry, the deal WILL BE available worldwide, at least once a few more people say they're interested so we can get it going...
 
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