Tonaci Tran
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nice combo there! but yes.. the Actioncam is great. For anyone who wants a demo in the Los Anegels area just send me a PM. I am setting up a demo right now for someone now in los angeles.
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nice combo there! but yes.. the Actioncam is great. For anyone who wants a demo in the Los Anegels area just send me a PM. I am setting up a demo right now for someone now in los angeles.
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Hi,
this is just another quote that I highly recommend you to get the Actioncam. You will not want to put it down. Some reasons for this after my experience:
1.weight is balanced around your waist but mainly on your back, so when you step, (or run) you don't feel the drag on the opposite side of your body, in the opposite way of movement, like you do with steadycam or Artemis or flyer. this allows you almost anything.
2. it's very light in weight in itself
3. the vertical bar is much thicker than steadycam, this allows you to hold it much steadier and to guide it more delicately.
4. you can load many things on it, or get devices powered by the counterweight batteries on the bottom, by leading power cables through the vertical rod.
5. as it is designed for the red, you have a huge range of balance on the plate (fore-aft, left-right)
6. as far as I know, a steadycam by tiffen only works well if it's designed for your body measures.
7. all the parts are made of high quality material by high quality (swiss) craftmanship
8. it s cheap.
good luck
L
this is just another quote that I highly recommend you to get the Actioncam. You will not want to put it down. Some reasons for this after my experience:
1.weight is balanced around your waist but mainly on your back, so when you step, (or run) you don't feel the drag on the opposite side of your body, in the opposite way of movement, like you do with steadycam or Artemis or flyer. this allows you almost anything.
2. it's very light in weight in itself
3. the vertical bar is much thicker than steadycam, this allows you to hold it much steadier and to guide it more delicately.
4. you can load many things on it, or get devices powered by the counterweight batteries on the bottom, by leading power cables through the vertical rod.
5. as it is designed for the red, you have a huge range of balance on the plate (fore-aft, left-right)
6. as far as I know, a steadycam by tiffen only works well if it's designed for your body measures.
7. all the parts are made of high quality material by high quality (swiss) craftmanship
8. it s cheap.
good luck
L
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Nope, that's not true. You have a lot of adjustments on both the sled, vest and arm that allow to adjust it to your body and to the camera.
There is one backmounted vest that needs to be fitted to you body measures, but it's not made by Tiffen :
http://www.walterklassen.com/steadiover.htm
And by the way, it's spelled "steadicam" (not y)... :wink:
But the actioncam seems to be a very nice rig, indeed.
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Yes, sadly "Steadicam" is more often misspelled than not (certainly rarely capitalized).
A few more points, based on lurko's list:
1."weight is balanced around your waist but mainly on your back, so when you step, (or run) you don't feel the drag on the opposite side of your body, in the opposite way of movement, like you do with steadycam or Artemis or flyer. this allows you almost anything."
I've used both back and front mounted vests, currently I'm in a back-mount but neither restrict one's operating parameters. Many people have actually switched back from the backmount to the front mount for physical reasons. It's a personal choice.
3. "the vertical bar is much thicker than steadycam, this allows you to hold it much steadier and to guide it more delicately."
Depending on which Steadicam model you are comparing it to, it's not that much thicker than an Ultra. It is a matter of much debate whether a wide post contributes favorably to the delicacy of operating. Garrett has long felt that the smaller/lighter the rig, the less leverage the operator should be able to exact on the rig hence the progressively skinnier posts on the smaller rigs (down to the two-finger guide on the Merlin). I myself have a 2" post which I like quite a bit.
4. "you can load many things on it, or get devices powered by the counterweight batteries on the bottom, by leading power cables through the vertical rod."
I like many of Brian's designs but I disagree on the vertical mounting of the batteries which to me throws away much of the highly-sought after inertia that helps keep the rig stable, unless one is looking for a fast-whipping rock-n-roll result.
6. "as far as I know, a steadycam by tiffen only works well if it's designed for your body measures."
As Slinn notes, this is not true, nor is the case by any other complete rig manufacturer. The Klassen harness is indeed semi-custom.
7. "all the parts are made of high quality material by high quality (swiss) craftmanship
8. it s cheap."
Those statements together represent the value of the Actioncam system. It is certainly better constructed than its varied competition in the same price range.
A few more points, based on lurko's list:
1."weight is balanced around your waist but mainly on your back, so when you step, (or run) you don't feel the drag on the opposite side of your body, in the opposite way of movement, like you do with steadycam or Artemis or flyer. this allows you almost anything."
I've used both back and front mounted vests, currently I'm in a back-mount but neither restrict one's operating parameters. Many people have actually switched back from the backmount to the front mount for physical reasons. It's a personal choice.
3. "the vertical bar is much thicker than steadycam, this allows you to hold it much steadier and to guide it more delicately."
Depending on which Steadicam model you are comparing it to, it's not that much thicker than an Ultra. It is a matter of much debate whether a wide post contributes favorably to the delicacy of operating. Garrett has long felt that the smaller/lighter the rig, the less leverage the operator should be able to exact on the rig hence the progressively skinnier posts on the smaller rigs (down to the two-finger guide on the Merlin). I myself have a 2" post which I like quite a bit.
4. "you can load many things on it, or get devices powered by the counterweight batteries on the bottom, by leading power cables through the vertical rod."
I like many of Brian's designs but I disagree on the vertical mounting of the batteries which to me throws away much of the highly-sought after inertia that helps keep the rig stable, unless one is looking for a fast-whipping rock-n-roll result.
6. "as far as I know, a steadycam by tiffen only works well if it's designed for your body measures."
As Slinn notes, this is not true, nor is the case by any other complete rig manufacturer. The Klassen harness is indeed semi-custom.
7. "all the parts are made of high quality material by high quality (swiss) craftmanship
8. it s cheap."
Those statements together represent the value of the Actioncam system. It is certainly better constructed than its varied competition in the same price range.
Karl Kim
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Steadicam- starting over
Steadicam- starting over
Hi Charles,
If you were starting out today- clean slate, what Steadicam rig would you put together? Budget is always a concern. The inevitable shift from film to digital in the near future, the type of cameras a new operator would most likely fly (Genesis would not be too much of a concern.) For budget rigs one thinks of the Glidecam V25 for it's capacity. Obviously the AC Red edition. Then there are the older Frankenrigs.
Thanks in advance.
Karl
Steadicam- starting over
Hi Charles,
If you were starting out today- clean slate, what Steadicam rig would you put together? Budget is always a concern. The inevitable shift from film to digital in the near future, the type of cameras a new operator would most likely fly (Genesis would not be too much of a concern.) For budget rigs one thinks of the Glidecam V25 for it's capacity. Obviously the AC Red edition. Then there are the older Frankenrigs.
Thanks in advance.
Karl