ProAm - Has anyone bought from these guys?

[Joe Robbins]

I'm Looking for a camera crane and stumbled upon these folks and thought I'd ask you all if you have heard or experienced anything good or bad you can report?

 

[habragg]

Bought a DVC250 with a stand from them (5 years ago, so this may all be out of date). I can't say it's seen heavy use, but when we need it, it's worked well for us. Set-up and teardown is quick and easy, it's not crazy heavy, and came with a case. It takes some practice to get a smooth tilt, but it's completely doable. The monitor that came with it was not particularly good, if I remember correctly. Keep a set of velcro straps on the arms at all times, just to keep the monitor cables from getting out of hand.

 

[Rhymemaker]

I'm looking at one of these too as a first jib. Did you get one eventually Joe? Any good?

 

[metrospace]

Don't know about the jib, but I had one of their follow focuses. Absolute junk. Didn't last a year.

 

[LiamR]

I've got one of the jib's they sell, it's heavy and not exactly easy to pack-up each time, it's a shame it uses it's own Tripod sometimes, when you want to run around light it definitely hinders that. It's fairly smooth, has a bit of play in it and uses a lot of bolts in the set up process, if I where to purchase again, I would think otherwise, Kessler most likely.