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NefCanuck,Apr 5 2006, 09:55 AM Wrote:Wow, that's a nice rig, looks like it weighs a fair bit though.  You investing in a tripod for it fairly soon I trust?  As for much it set you back, I know I don't wanna know how much that was, but I'm betting that's dangerously close to the cost of going FI would be for me :D

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if you consider that a 3CCD HD video camera costs around $9G US, I think a regular def 3CCD would be between 3 and 5G.. haven't checked the specs of that particular camera, but it depends on the featureset.

I remember working with the betacam systems from sony... the base of the camera cost $10,000, the lense cost $20,000, balanced mics came in around $500-$700... fluid mount tripods were about $700-$1000/ea .. and most steadycam rigs I've priced for a full size camera start at $5,000 and accelerate up from there.

you can get a steadycam jr for under $500, including ones with built in mono-pod-- if you shop around, and anyone with a camcorder should consider getting one... it makes ALL the difference.