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No need to apologize. I certainly appreciate the suggestions and info. I didn't have a budget listed but I do want to keep the cost down. However, once I start doing more TVC's, I can budget a Leader monitor.
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Unfortunately the next jump up from the Flyer puts you into a rig that will cost 25 to 40 grand. That would be a setup from either Steadicam/TIFFEN or MK-V in the UK. Steadicam operation can require lots of farkles that are expensive (4 to 5 grand purchases are commonplace) with the big thing being wireless gear but again take the course as it will straighten your head out on operation and what you are getting into financially, physically and aesthetically. I am planning to either seriously modify the bottom of the Flyer or get a bigger (more expensive) rig. Probably the latter. |
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Just to finish off some of my thoughts on the monitors. There is a good medium priced monitor with scopes/waveform in the TV-logic monitors. Go to their website and check out the LVM-071W, there are a few good reports on it and the price range is in the $3000 to $4000 range. It appears this right now is "best in class" for that price point. This monitor sucks for outside use according to user reports.
[Digital Broadcasting System TVLogic!!!] The other one I neglected to mention, and I mention this for the posterity of this thread as it is in the nosebleed end of the pricing spectrum, is made by Transvideo. It costs 8 to 9 grand. Although I have heard (somewhere) you can pick it up for less. Transvideo - CineMontorHD HDTV precision lcd monitor This monitor is pretty much at the top of the pile for outdoor use monitors. It has all the scopes in it along with adjustable frame lines, an electronic level for steadicam use and a whole bunch of other stuff. So if you are up in the top end of portable outdoor monitors, Transvideo's product should be on your list. And finally... There is a "Monitor Shootout" thread on the Steadicamforum site that is useful for those interested in outdoor & portable monitors. Charles Papert, who is a well noted DVINFO forum member, organized the "physical shootout" of something like 30 monitors and professional steadicam operators weighed in on the evaluation. They don't go into scope use but if you are going to buy a portable monitor you should be thinking about outdoor use as this is a significant portion of its functionality in real world use. |
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