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Trevor Crump
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Looking for video transmitter/receiver (High Quality) suitable for steadicam operation.
Have a job comming uo that I must send Video (only) to control room without the use of Triax. Reliability is the order of the day.
I used a 'made in China' unit on the weekend and drop outs and interferance became a major issue.
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Sunny North Queensland, Australia (the land Down Under)
Steadicam Opp/ Videographer / Photographer, Camera crane, Film maker, events photographer/videographer
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Joe Sanders
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Looking for video transmitter/receiver (High Quality) suitable for steadicam operation.
Have a job comming uo that I must send Video (only) to control room without the use of Triax. Reliability is the order of the day.
I used a 'made in China' unit on the weekend and drop outs and interferance became a major issue.
Are you going to pull focus with it or just director monitoring? |
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If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves....
Thomas Edison
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Trevor Crump
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Not monitor, No pull focus. Direct to receiver then vision mixer, hell direct to air (this is rather nerve wrenching), I will still record in camera and have follow focus with me, but signal not triax but wireless.
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Sunny North Queensland, Australia (the land Down Under)
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Tom Wills
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How much money do you have to spend? If it's really crucial, purchase a Canatrans and a nice diversity reciever. That'll run you $4,000 for the transmitter, and a few thousand for the reciever. I'm sure there are some lower cost options, but nothing will work for you nearly as well as the Canatrans.
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-Tom Wills
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Trevor Crump
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How much money do you have to spend? If it's really crucial, purchase a Canatrans and a nice diversity reciever. That'll run you $4,000 for the transmitter, and a few thousand for the reciever. I'm sure there are some lower cost options, but nothing will work for you nearly as well as the Canatrans.
Wow gotta be somthing more reasonable, hell down under we even put video transmitters in racing cars...  |
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Sunny North Queensland, Australia (the land Down Under)
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Joe Sanders
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How much money do you have to spend? If it's really crucial, purchase a Canatrans and a nice diversity reciever. That'll run you $4,000 for the transmitter, and a few thousand for the reciever. I'm sure there are some lower cost options, but nothing will work for you nearly as well as the Canatrans.
Are you sure? Or is that their sales literature? |
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If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves....
Thomas Edison
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Tom Wills
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No, there's plenty of stories from ops on SteadicamForum about how the Canatrans has saved their shoot. Trust me, it's the best thing around for Steadicam operation.
In terms of lower cost, I'm not sure I can help you there, as I can't even find a good model myself. Good luck though Trevor.
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-Tom Wills
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MikkoWilson
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Oh boy.. All transmitters mentioned so far are in a totally different leauge - including the Canatrans (and the modulus, etc..) they are all standard TV frequency transmitters for MONITORING - you'd never want to send an actual production signal with them. You need a totally different level of TX for a on-air camera link. - Something along the lines of this: http://www.gigawave.co.uk/ ..D-cam is prety much the internaltional standard. (Originally developped by the BBC, now used everywhere) And yes it will cost you big money to buy. This is an item I would strongly sugest renting. - You can get a D-cam kit for about £300-400 a day if I recall correctly. What camera are you using? what sort of distances are you transmitting? and what's the final output? - Mikko |
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« Last Edit: December 22, 2005, 10:14:22 PM by MikkoWilson »
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Trevor Crump
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Oh boy.. All transmitters mentioned so far are in a totally different leauge - including the Canatrans (and the modulus, etc..) they are all standard TV frequency transmitters for MONITORING - you'd never want to send an actual production signal with them. You need a totally different level of TX for a on-air camera link. - Something along the lines of this: http://www.gigawave.co.uk/ ..D-cam is prety much the internaltional standard. (Originally developped by the BBC, now used everywhere) And yes it will cost you big money to buy. This is an item I would strongly sugest renting. - You can get a D-cam kit for about £300-400 a day if I recall correctly. What camera are you using? what sort of distances are you transmitting? and what's the final output? - Mikko Yiiipppeeee just the item. We have a full on Indie style car race coming here in the next year. just what I need Thanks Mikko |
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Sunny North Queensland, Australia (the land Down Under)
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Wade Francom
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Are you planning on transmittong for broadcast, or just for a director's monitor?
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:-)
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Trevor Crump
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Are you planning on transmittong for broadcast, or just for a director's monitor?
Direct to air (or at least to the control system for selection for transmision) as in the pit lane |
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Joe Sanders
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Can I come there and work with you on that project?
Please.
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If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves....
Thomas Edison
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Brad Jefferson
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Per Mikko's suggestion for the on-air camera transmission, I checked out the D-Cam link ( www.gigawave.co.uk/), which led to the www.dcam.tv/ link. There, I noticed two pictures of the video transmitter in action --- but with some kind of steadicam support. I can see it now, an HBS Board user in action: Trevor Crump. |
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"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is." -Albert Einstein
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Trevor Crump
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Can I come there and work with you on that project?
Please.
Would love to have you down here as a second unit.. but I don't think they will spring the ticket...  |
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Sunny North Queensland, Australia (the land Down Under)
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Trevor Crump
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Per Mikko's suggestion for the on-air camera transmission, I checked out the D-Cam link ( www.gigawave.co.uk/), which led to the www.dcam.tv/ link. There, I noticed two pictures of the video transmitter in action --- but with some kind of steadicam support. I can see it now, an HBS Board user in action: Trevor Crump. Hold the phone Brad, that's not me in the photos, but I have done quite a bit of similar work.. Just finished working on a Bee Gees Tribute Two hours of steadicam, video transmitted via 2.4gig domestic transmitter, not a good idea..... Soon Brad, I have been in touch with the Australian Distributor for D-Cam. |
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