Recent content by bob'slaststand

I’m selling a collection of the six most sort after Zeiss Contax primes and 2 Zeiss Contax zooms all cine-modded and in excellent condition. 2.8/21mm 8094790 MM 2/28mm 6090185 AE 1.4/35mm 7336689 MM 1.4/50mm 7494581 MM 1.4/85mm 7156019 MM 2/100mm 7010403 MM 3.4/35-70mm 7016527 MM...

I was watching a presentation on the Sony Venice camera and the 8 stops of servo controlled ND inside the body and was wondering why they did not put the electron ND system in there from their smaller prosumer cameras like the F5 and F7. An electric ND that can be adjusted in a stepless manner...

I've recently got my hands on a second hand Cinivate Darius follow focus unit and though I was very pleased to find it built as well as I had hoped I also found that it was a little stiff and there was also a slight sticking when first turning the knob. If I loosened the marker off, this...

I’ve recently picked up some pump suction cups off eBay. I then tried fixing them to a surface and left them there, after a while they lost the pressure and came off but not having owned these cup new or second hand before I was at a lost to know if that’s fine or if they are not working as they...

I’m looking for somewhere to buy Speedrail, 1 ¼ inch scheduled 40 aluminium pipe here in the UK or if not the EU. It’s been a struggle and as of yet I’ve had no success, it’s not something that the usual metal suppliers have in stock and I don’t know what the cost of ordering from the US will be...

I’ve a Came TV Prodigy gimbal and there is a small box with an aerial under the camera plate to transmit wireless video. This is very important for me as I’m mounting it on a Steadicam but it only needs to transmit to the mount on the arm so 4-5 feet at the most. I’ve never bought a wireless...

I’m looking at rigging a gimbal onto my steadicam but I’ve not really used them much before and had a question about weight. Different gimbals have different weight capacity's based on the strength of their motors and if the payload is too high there will be problems but what happens if it’s too...

There’s some pretty amazing budget LED lights about these days. Right now I’m trying to find a light that can change colour through the full spectrum, red, green, blue etc and I’m looking for any advice. Anyone come across any panels like this? Anything anyone’s spotted lately would be welcome...

I’m currently finalising some grip kit I’ve been designing and numerous parts must mate with speedrail/scaffolding. There is 1 ¼” and here in the UK its 48.3mm for the scaffolding. I know in the US 1 ¼” speedrail is pretty prevalent but I presume a larger tubing is also used. The 48.3mm...

I can check continuity but as there is 15V coming out of the video I know the answer is going to be yes, the question is whether it is intentionally wired up that way for some reason. I can’t see how it would happen otherwise, maybe a failure at the pins inside the Lemo socket but it was working...

Lynch must be such a character, I came across his book “Catching the big fish” about how he has ideas using transcendental meditation and all that lark, it’s crazy read. I know it’s unfair on the Flyer. I guess the kind of cameras that were in its weight range when it came out meant it didn’t...

I bought an old steadicam by Floatcam. It was really cheap and I know their kit from their jib/sliders and it’s always well made so I was curious. When it arrived I was amazed at how well put together the thing was, made my Steadicam Flyer look cheap and flimsy. So I set about doing it up. It...