Ideas for Modifications of the LAING M02

That's a collection of ideas and suggestions of reduser.net members on how to redesign the Laing M02. I sent it out earlier to Laing and CAME.

• Stronger arm springs for a payload of up to 11kg or more. Maybe replaceable springs for heavier loads
• Easy and fast adjustment of the springs. Right now, an allen wrench is required even though there is a hand knob
• All parts milled and not made out of folded metal
• Monitor mount on 15mm rods
• Battery plate on 15mm rods, angle adjustable (either V-mount or AB-mount depending on every individual order) with LEMO 2pin out
• Quick release dovetail system with two 1/4" and one 3/8"
• Additional forward travel for the camera mounting dovetail plate
• Additional clearance of bottom of tilt head when mounted on the sled cradle. A thicker docking ring or additional spacer would solve this problem
• Docking plate which mounts to any light stand
• Sturdy carbon pole with diameter between 1.5“ to 2“
• Improved vertical adjustment length of the arm
• A 90 degree mark for camera head tilt. Also markings on the center pole to align the monitor and battery sleds.
• Bubble levels on both stage and bottom of the sled (with back-light)
• 2x 2pin LEMO, HDMI and an HD-SDI socket at the bottom of the sled
• 3x 2pin LEMO (2x 12VDC, 1x 5VDC), HDMI and HD-SDI socket at the top of the sled
• 1x 2pin LEMO to 6pin RED LEMO cable
• 3x 2pin LEMO to flying wire cables
• Junction box with 1/4" thread or rod clamp: 2pin LEMO in / 2x D-Tap, 2x XLR and 2x USB 5v out (at additional cost / not included in the base package)
• No generic printed text or labels like "Camera Stabilizer"or "Hotwheel"
• All aluminum parts black anodized

Basson offer

List prices:

Bumblebee pro 6 USD 5840.-
Blackbee pro 6 USD 6.220.-

Discount for 10+ units: 10% + free shipping + a "special invoice":

The good news is that to help our customers to pay nothing or to pay less to their country customs we will ship your order with an invoice with a lower price, the invoice will say that the price of the steady is u$s 499.- Then if your country customs will charge you any import tax, if applicable, they will do it over the amount on the invoice. So this deduction on the final amount of the invoice is very important in order to save some money.

Floatcam offer

Regular prizes (excl. VAT):

FC12 4100,-€
FC14 7100,-€
Back Mounted West Upgrade 350,-€
Shipping 30-80€ depending on system and country

Our offer for the reduser forum:

FC12 when ordering:
2-4 pieces discount 7%
5-10 pieces discount 9%
10-20 pieces discount 11%
20-30 pieces discount 14%
35 or more pieces discount TBA

FC14 when ordering:
2-4 pieces discount 9%
5-10 pieces discount 13%
10-20 pieces discount 17%
20-35 pieces discount 20%
35 or more pieces discount TBA

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First Post

I truly never ever thought about writing a blog... but here we are. Right now, this blog has one purpose: sharing information and organizing a group buy of a stabilization system, often also called a Steadicam.

The idea came up on reduser.net, a forum to share information about cinema gear and of course the art of cinematography.

You can find all the information about this group buy in those two threads:

Discussion about a Steadicam group buy
Ideas for a custom redesign of a Chinese Steadicam

In the next posts, I'll write a little bit about the different models and manufacturers, their offers and how we can organize a group buy with more than 100 participants all over the world. The main reason I thought about starting this blog is that manufacturers asked me not to publish on a public website their offers. On this blog, I can password protect posts so that only interested buyers who are on a list on the reduser.net thread can access them. So write me a pm on reduser.net if you want to join this group buy.