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Michael Daley
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have just ordered on of the 6000 units and should have it in a week or 2. Will e able to give you a perspective from a newbie and an experienced operator soon after.
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kevin Jones
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I look forward to what you have to say Michael. Can you tell me if you live in the USA or in the UK? Check out my website if you want at www.avant-gardefilms.com I would love to include your review there as well if that is OK with you & HBS? |
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Michael Daley
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I look forward to what you have to say Michael. Can you tell me if you live in the USA or in the UK? Check out my website if you want at www.avant-gardefilms.com I would love to include your review there as well if that is OK with you & HBS? I am in Australia. |
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Charles King
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Yes, Michael, we would love to hear what you think about it. You could put it in the review forum. I'm sure others would appreciate it. Thanks.
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Michael Daley
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Really. I have noticed that Cinecity has the same exact pictures of the complete magic kit on their site but not on Ebay.
Also noticed that this guy dvaccessory23 , dvaccessory and DV-shop23 (Cinecity) all 3 are the same people maybe.
Just noticed that the payment for the flycam was to DVCITY while the ebay user was dvaccessory23. |
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Nick Milo
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Hey Michael- once you get it, do you think you could post some up close pictures of it?
I cant really see much from the pics they post on the ebay ads and I am real interested in seeing some of the internals of the arm and what not...
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Job Scholtze
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LOL, that youtube movie on there add. See how his hand is to looooooow on the post. I stopped watching after 20 seconds. This guys are trying to make money, not to be innovative. I'll bet the never used there stuff in real live. Remember, its cheap but you get what you pay for |
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Michael Daley
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Hey Michael- once you get it, do you think you could post some up close pictures of it?
I cant really see much from the pics they post on the ebay ads and I am real interested in seeing some of the internals of the arm and what not...
No problem but at this stage it is over a week since I paid for it and I wasn't getting any replies to emails so I sent a not so nice email to him and he finally replied saying "I will post it today" Not holding my breathe. |
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Michael Daley
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Guys there seem to be some serious problems with the sellers of this product.
On Friday They sent me a tracking number for the flycam. However this product
seems to weigh only 50 grams and is on it's way to the other side of Australia.
Have sent an email to them to try and find out what is going on.
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Nick Milo
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Thats gotta be nerve-racking...  Hope it works out, keep us posted. |
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Burt Johnson
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Michael, I think you should contact EBAY immediately. Burt  |
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Michael Daley
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Have just received an email from them.
They gave me the wrong tracking number.
With a little luck it will be here in 2 days.
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Michael Daley
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Yeah it has arrived. Just putting it together then will try to put some shots up of the unit for you. What is everyone mostly interested in seeing with it?
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Jake Danilchik
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close up pictures of the arm components, what the arm components are made of ( aluminum or steel ), etc.
thanks for being the guinea pig :-)
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Michael Daley
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Ok here we go. Please forgive me if I haven't got quite what you are after being very new to steadicams. First thing I noticed is why all the people in the promo pics are either woman or very thin men. The vest is terrible for anyone over 70 kgs. (about 150lbs) It seemed to put most of the weight into the centre of my back. Also the clips on it can come undone The rest of the unit seems well made. The arm is made of 4 mm thick Aluminum with the joints in the centre and at the ends made from steel.    The spring system is a mixture of wire and springs with a screw used to adjust the tension.    The plate is easily adjusted via 2 screws and is also made from metal components so should last pretty well.    Have done a couple of test runs with my JVC 5100 (not game to use my DVCPRO just yet) and even with it being my first time ever am starting to get the hang of it. Will still have to get a monitor and battery attachment for it. So in the end will have spent about $2000. Would cost me that to get an operator for one day. I will have to rebuild the vest but all in all it is a pretty good start. |
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