[Konvas] Adam YOU NEED 2 TRIPOD

[FauxFilm at aol.com]

Adam is indeed right... I'm an Oconnor man.  Love the Oconnors, I have  
several sets of sticks and heads.
 
A great bang-for-the-buck is if you can find a 50D  head/sticks  combo... 
occasionally seen on eBay for real bargains (the 50 head  crops up more often 
than the 50D head, but the 50D is, in my opinion, far  superior to the 50).  Even 
though this setup cost several thousand bucks  when new, you can sometimes 
see them going at auction for less than a grand...  sometimes a LOT less.
 
The 50D is a fairly big and beefy head... the complimentary sticks will  
usually support a lot of weight, too.  The most I've even head on my sticks  
included a Porta-Jib (which is one of the heavier jibs, and toungued out as far  as 
it will go), 35lbs of counterweight, a 50D head, the big BolexPro I used to  
have (fairly Kinor-esque in size/weight), and teleprompter.  A pretty heavy  
load, altogether.
 
One thing to note, in the 50/50D line Oconnor made two different sizes...  or 
rather but two different bases on the same heads.  Some are 100mm bowls,  but 
most of the ones I've seen have a fairly unusual-sized 120mm bowl.  I  really 
like the 120mm size (which is what two of the ones I have are), just note  
that if you want to put them on sticks OTHER than the ones they are usually  
paired with, you'll have an easier route if you choose the 100mm model.
 
And YES... hang on to the wooden sticks... they are very cool... I have a  
couple of sets of older wooden sticks and haul them out now and then, usually  
paired with an Oconnor or Miller head.
 
T2
 
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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
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