Camera pedestal - need HELP

[briscoe]

Sorry to double post, but I was afraid my last post looked more like an advertisement than a request for help.

I seem to remember reading about a column that you could mount a video camera to and move the camera vertically up and down the column, perhaps with a pulley system. And the base of the column had wheels or you could buy wheels for it or something.

Does anybody know what this camera pedestal/column/vertical movement thing I'm talking about is?

 

[Rush]

Well there are pedestal tripods that can be had for about $6000, used in live studios and TV, but you may be looking for the simlpler version, found in tripods like the Provista Air 18: http://www.evsonline.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=PROVISTA18

It has a pneumatic system that can raise and lower te camera.

 

[briscoe]

It wasn't like that. The camera was off to the side of a central column and the column didn't move. The camera moved up and down with some kind of machinery inside the column.

 

[briscoe]

I found it... It's called the Camriser and is available at
http://www.roadrunnerproductions.tv/camriser.html
This thing is so cool!