Steady Cam Rigs
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Re: Steady Cam Rigs
I own one- I've been pleased with it, I can't comment on how it performs against other types however, because my only other experience was with a steadicam jr. - since the steadicam jr. is made of plastic and it snapped at the pivot point - I would say that the magiqcam beats it handsdown just by construction quality.
For me, the magiqcam gives me less than expected results when I'm moving slowly.
Yet, when I run or walk quickly, it performs much better than I expected. The secret to it might be in the tension settings in the arm though. It takes a long time to become a steadicam expert, but the magiqcam is easily the best constructed steadicam for the money.
Every time I've ever used it on a paying job - the clients are like "Wow". They figure it is a $10k system - and I don't tell them how much it actually cost. So, you could easily recoup the purchase price through charging extra for steadicam work.
One note - the creator of magiqcam is (or at least was) very behind in filling orders. I think I waited almost 2 months to get mine. This was a couple of years ago though...
-Joe
I own one- I've been pleased with it, I can't comment on how it performs against other types however, because my only other experience was with a steadicam jr. - since the steadicam jr. is made of plastic and it snapped at the pivot point - I would say that the magiqcam beats it handsdown just by construction quality.
For me, the magiqcam gives me less than expected results when I'm moving slowly.
Yet, when I run or walk quickly, it performs much better than I expected. The secret to it might be in the tension settings in the arm though. It takes a long time to become a steadicam expert, but the magiqcam is easily the best constructed steadicam for the money.
Every time I've ever used it on a paying job - the clients are like "Wow". They figure it is a $10k system - and I don't tell them how much it actually cost. So, you could easily recoup the purchase price through charging extra for steadicam work.
One note - the creator of magiqcam is (or at least was) very behind in filling orders. I think I waited almost 2 months to get mine. This was a couple of years ago though...
-Joe
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Re: Steady Cam Rigs
JoeC:
Did you order it straight from France? How did it work dealing with them as far as payment and shipping/taxes? Or is there a U.S. distributor?
UPDATE:
Sorry JoeC; ignore me. For some reason I got them mixed up with:
http://www.laigleparis.fr/
My bad.
JoeC:
Did you order it straight from France? How did it work dealing with them as far as payment and shipping/taxes? Or is there a U.S. distributor?
UPDATE:
Sorry JoeC; ignore me. For some reason I got them mixed up with:
http://www.laigleparis.fr/
My bad.