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Steadicam Info
So thanks to ‘The Cow’ I’ve managed to acquire a nice Teleprompter and an awesome Jib Arm for my production goodies. They’ve both been a big help in making my productions a little slicker. Thanks! Now I’m looking at Steadicam Rigs. Went to the Steadicam site… and quickly realized my big betasp camera might have to wait a little longer for the rig as the prices were still too high for me to afford. I found a rig from Varizoom, the Blackhawk, for about 8k which looked ok. Any suggestions or past experience with these or any others?
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My suggestion is go to NAB and try on the rigs… Everyone’s there, and I think you’ll see that spending under $10K isn’t a good idea. The prices on steadicam aren’t coming down any time soon… I’ve invested close to $70,000 on my setup, and it is nowhere near top of the line… The market for the equipment is more film work, as there’s not a lot of roles it can play when dealing with the typical video shoot… People hire me with the strangest requests, not really knowing what the equipment does…
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