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Posted by Steve Wills on 12/08/05 15:21
Peter, where are you located?
I'm a Jimmy Jib owner/operator.
If you need to find a operator, look here:
http://www.jimmyjib.com/owner_op.html
Depending on the gig, check with a few guys and you'll find the pricing is
flexible. It definitely will give it a much larger look. You can see some
pictures of my Jibs working on my site.
Steve
www.kyvideoservices.com
On 12/8/05 9:06 AM, in article
1134050803.406853.251120@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, "blackburst@aol.com"
<blackburst@aol.com> wrote:
>
> peter wrote:
>> <blackburst@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:1133977698.506571.194410@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>>>
>>> I freelance at a news network. When we do a big event, something with
>>> an audience, we "rent" a guy with a crane. He uses our camera. HE is
>>> static, but the camera can do a lot of movement. It has improved our
>>> look quite a bit.
>>
>> How much does it cost to rent such a guy, and how do you find a local guy
>> that do that?
>
> We're in MA and got a guy from NY. I recall paying him about $1800
> total. What part of the country are you in? If you're near here, I'll
> get his info. Or you might want to call a nearby TV station or
> production house and ask if they have anyone nearby.
>
>>
>> And, while the camera is on the crane moving around, how do you adjust
>> focus, exposure, etc?
>
> The guy used our camera (Ikegami). He had extensions for zoom, focus
> and iris and a monitor on his end. We took it BNC/comps to a frame
> synchronizer, which gave us some control over color, phase, gain and
> setup.
>
> It's never perfect, matching a FS/composite camera with triax CCU
> cameras, but with a little patience, the differences are minimal,
> especially if you use the same camera. He had to white balance on his
> end.
>
> Exposure: We were lucky that WE did the lighting, and kept it
> consistent across the stage (with a meter), so there were very few iris
> problems.
>
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