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John Reese
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« on: July 21, 2009, 12:21:12 PM » |
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My name is John Reese, and I plan on retiring as a Computer Science/Electronics Instructor sometime in 2010. I thought it would be fun to play around with video, mostly as a hobby but may be in the future make a few training videos in mechatronics. I have almost no experience in this field but I have purchased a Panasonic HMC – 150, an HP Z400 workstation, lights and a tripod, along with Sony Vegas. Since I will be retired I will not have much money to spend on additional items so I am thinking of going with PROAIM7000 MINI REVERSE ARM + MINI VEST + FLYCAM ULTRALITE Stabilizer. I have been looking at this site and hope to find a review on these items. It’s nice to see that there are many sites on the Internet covering this field. It’s also nice that I do not have to create an income from this venture.
John
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Charles King
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Re: Hi
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2009, 12:46:12 PM » |
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Hi there John. Welcome. A cool hobby to rest your retirement hands on.  Aaaahh! I see you're interested in the flycam. Can I ask how much you want to put into this hobby? |
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John Reese
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Re: Hi
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2009, 12:58:28 PM » |
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Sure no problem. I have about $10,000.00 US so far into this hobby… maybe I should just buy a boat ; ) In the mechatronics area I would like to video some wind farms. One field I visited has over 750 wind turbines. That is why I thought a flycam might be helpful for some of the field shooting. I would like to keep it under $2000.00 US for a stabilizer kit and the HMC-150 is reasonably light at less than 4 pounds.
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Vladimir Korshunov
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Re: Hi
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2009, 02:31:22 PM » |
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Hi John. 750 wind turbines!!!  I can imagine the wind they can produce. Please do remember that the wind is the enemy of the steady shot.  |
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John Reese
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« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2009, 01:06:59 AM » |
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Hi Vladimir,
These wind turbines are well behaved because they just take the wind and convert it into electrical energy. You do bring up a good point because the day I was up there it was really blowing… I guess that is why they put the wind turbines there. I will probably have to do the shooting behind one of the control buildings to keep out of the wind.
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Vladimir Korshunov
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Re: Hi
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2009, 05:19:54 AM » |
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Heavy crane, dolly is easier in the wind. I was always wondering about frequency synchronization in this el-producing technology,.. might be not very easy  |
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John Reese
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Re: Hi
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2009, 08:16:21 PM » |
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Well I went ahead and ordered the PROAIM7000 MINI REVERSE ARM + MINI VEST + FLYCAM ULTRALITE Stabilizer today. I will start a new thread in the proper area and give updates on how this purchase goes and I know there will probably need to be modifications as pointed out on this site.
Vladimir,
I believe all the wind turbines I saw are DC and then at their on-site substation they use inverters to convert to AC and match the line frequency.
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Charles King
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Re: Hi
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2009, 09:31:42 AM » |
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This Flycam seems to be very popular.  Well, as long you did your homework |
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John Reese
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Re: Hi
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2009, 12:34:36 PM » |
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Thanks guys, I will keep you posted.
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Bernardo Gutierrez
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« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2010, 12:52:14 AM » |
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Hi John, I'm curious if you ever received the Mini reverse arm kit? I was thinking on purchasing it but it seems to be out of the market now.
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