Other news...
We are producing our new double upgraded arm known now as the 214 arm and are showing it on the Flash Video page. On our new arm we are flying a TRV-900 on a Steadicam JR™ one minute and the next minute we are flying a Sony Z1U on our Indicam PILOT™ sled. BIG weight difference! This change is done right before your eyes because seeing is believing.
Important news for our customers...We will be visiting many islands in the South Pacific as well as New Zealand and Sydney, Australia. We hope to be able to show our stabilizer system to VIDEOGRAPHERS and INDIE FILM MAKERS in those areas. We will be leaving on Sept. 24th and returning on Oct 26th. If you are planning on purchasing an Indicam system or accessories soon, we will be filling orders and shipping until Sept 23rd and then again starting on Oct. 27th.
Our itinerary is as follows:
Mon 09/29 Honolulu, Hawaii
Tue 09/30 Kona, Hawaii
Fri 10/03 Kiribati, Christmas Island
Mon 10/06 Bora Bora, Tahiti
Tue 10/07 Papeete, Tahiti
Wed 10/08 Moorea, Tahiti
Fri 10/10 Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Sun 10/12 Pago Pago, Samoa
Wed 10/15 Suva, Fiji
Sat 10/18 Auckland, New Zealand
Mon 10/20 Wellington, New Zealand
Tue 10/21 Christchurch, New Zealand
Wed 10/22 Dunedin, New Zealand
Sun 10/26 Sydney, Australia (fly out)
If any of you would like to meet with us while we are in your area please send us an email via the "Contact Us" link at the top of this page.
Thanks
Latest buyer comments
Hi Terry,
Sorry for not replying earlier, I wanted to let you know that we have received the Indicam and she's a sweet ride! Just used it fully for the second time to shoot a wedding over the weekend. At the end of the day, even sore and wore out from a full day of shooting and photography I thought to myself, "I can't imagine shooting ever again without this thing on location". It is *that* impressive.
Lastly, comments for your website:
After only owning the Indicam a couple weeks, and having tried it twice, I would recommend this rig to *anyone* serious about improving the quality of their video. It only takes a couple hours of running around before you have a really good handle on the sled movement and start getting some really quality shots.
Some tips after my second day of shooting:
Practice lots like the DVD says (worth the $35),
test-run your shots, plan your routes,
make sure your batteries are the same weight,
keep a couple little magnets to stick to the bottom of the sled if your balance goes off and you don't have time to re-balance (don't get them *anywhere near your tapes*)
take the extra 10 minutes to get the balance *just right*, it's frustrating (XL2 is oblong and lens is off-center) but in the end the *perfect* balance is worth it.
keep your mic stand set up so you can take the camera off every once in a while, it starts to wear on the shoulders
If you find you are needing to tilt the camera forward or back for a shot, hold the sled post near the bottom instead of the grip, it's much easier to control (leverage advantage)
That's all for now, thanks for the great product. I'll follow up with some video when I have it put together.
Cheers,
Aaron Fay
Discreet Vest™
We're producing our new Discreet Vest™ (so named by Peter Chung) in two sizes... Regular and Slender. It's called the Discreet Vest as it can fit under a jacket or coat. In many situations i.e. weddings, the operator needs to keep as low a profile as possible. The Discreet Vest can help with this especially when wearing a dark outfit as the color of the PILOT™ will blend in. Selling price is $90 (plus shipping).
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