[Emre Tufekci s.o.a.]

Thank you for the insight Chris, sounds a lot like the wall-mart incident.

Emre Tufekci
http://www.productionpit.com

[Emre Tufekci s.o.a.]

Thank you everyone for your responses, I will forward my freind to read this thread for more updates.

Emre Tufekci
http://www.productionpit.com

[Emre Tufekci s.o.a.]

Can you provide a little more detail about what you are trying to achieve and what resources you have.

-Budget
-Crew size
-Scene/location
-Sound requirements
-Post production, FX capabilty

etc..

Emre Tufekci
http://www.productionpit.com

[Emre Tufekci s.o.a.]

Hi Zvi,

First off I recommend not to get movecam. I had a chance to demo their product at NAB a few years ago and it was very poorly constructed and functionality was very limited. I can get into much more detail but I dont want to throw out a lot of steadicam jargon.

Glidecam has good products but they are 10 years behind the technology from steadicam gear.(IMHO)

Generally you can use any brand glidecam, steadicam, movecam..etc and still get excellent images. The difference is how easy the rig makes it for you. Steadicam has the latest tools and widgets that allow you to fine tune the rig to make it easier for you to achieve your desired results and believe me it is a big difference between these rigs.

The best place to ask this is https://www.steadicamforum.com

Goto the newbie section and re-post you question. The operators there are people the best in film and production.

Also if you have the option find a steadicam operator in your area and look at the gear it would be much easier to explain the differences in brands in person than over a forum. Try it on,fly the rig, see how it works out.

For training I would highly recommend it. The week long training you get from Rockport, Arrowhead classic or the SOC workshops will last you a lifetime.

I have been operating for 10 years and I am still learning. The initial classes I took gave me an incredible head start and I have been building on that. I recently taught a class and all the students were saying “You guys make this look so easy but it’s just so smegging hard”. That was my exact words 10 years ago and it took me a year to produce useable images (by my standards). So take the classes, they are an excellent investment.

good luck

Emre Tufekci
http://www.productionpit.com

[Emre Tufekci s.o.a.]

Maybe you can use GSA schedules as a comparison to show how much the production/post rates are for a discounted government projects.

Just an idea.

Emre Tufekci
http://www.productionpit.com

[Emre Tufekci s.o.a.]

BBB is useless and its also useless.

I’m sorry, I know I am repeating my self but BBB is so useless I thought it was worth mentioning twice.

Emre Tufekci
http://www.productionpit.com

[Emre Tufekci s.o.a.]

We had bought a Marshall HD monitor 3 years ago and we were very disappointed with the results. Now we use it as a coaster. They might have developed their products since but now we use the Panasonic BT-LH80WU.

-In red function for focus
-Built in waveform
-Pixel-for-pixel display is very usefull

The only problem with them is they are very hard to see in daylight.

Emre Tufekci
http://www.productionpit.com

[Emre Tufekci s.o.a.]

Well for those lacking the social skills of basic interaction, it’s just more names that go on my Black Rolodex of Death.

I practically came in to this business through the grace of extremely knowledgeable and experienced people, taking time from their lives to teach me what they know. Because of this I have always been compelled to share and also acknowledge those who have helped me.

On the other side of the fence I am equally annoyed by people who answer posts by saying:

“This has been already discussed, just search for it.”

I would much prefer(as more commonly practiced here in the cow):

“This has been already discussed here is the link….”

There are times where I have searched up and down the forums knowing that I could not be the only one that has had this problem, but cant find the right answer. Sometimes it just doesnt work.

Emre Tufekci
http://www.productionpit.com

[Emre Tufekci s.o.a.]

Thanks, I will try that.

Emre Tufekci
http://www.productionpit.com

[Emre Tufekci s.o.a.]

Todd is right, the best quality image+framing+stability will come through either steadicam behind a golf cart(or steadicam rickshaw) or steadicam+segway.

Emre Tufekci
http://www.productionpit.com