ProLine Group Buy Update

UPDATE: The group buy is over, but you can find more info about the steadicam rig on my store, where you can also order it. Please send me a mail if you any questions about this or other ProLine products. 

Updated info

The needed amount of orders for the price in the webshop was lowered to 40.

New deadline is April 2nd.

Until now, 30 people (out of 66 who voted for the ProLine rig) ordered a unit. Hopefully, most people just hold out until the deadline is reached before ordering.

I attached the ProLine offer, so that you don't have to look for the old post.

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Partner - a short film produced by stage5 and Continuum

The boring and exhausting part of the group buy project seems to be coming to an end. The fun part should start in 45 days, when we take delivery of our rigs and can shoot with them :smile: Vitaliy seems to be in charge of the Laing group buy on reduser, so my work there is also done.

Many of you wrote me mails and personal messages to thank me for my work, which I really appreciated, especially in times when chaos ruled the threads.

Now I would like to ask you all for a favor. My short film, which I produced and directed for stage5 and Continuum, got published today. The film's executive producers are Mark Kern and Cindi Rice. Mark posted some months ago here on reduser about his ambitious project of funding short films (check out the thread).

Nowadays, views on youtube are a currency. I do have a great new film project which I want to shoot for stage5, but to get the funds, this first film has to be successful. So please have a look at my film "Partner" and, if you like it, share it with your friends.



Cheers
David

Password for the ProLine T2000 Reduser Edition

I started the first steadicam group buy thread on REDuser on 01-29-2013. We went into discussing a complete redesign with a Chinese manufacturer, got offers from many European, Chinese and American manufacturers and can now finally order a system which most of us (at least I when I started it all) would have never even dreamed of.

Again, you can order the ProLine T2000 for the 40+ price, which is very close to the 60+ price. If not enough orders come in (<40), all the orders get canceled. If more than 60 orders get placed, the price will be further reduced to the price posted on my blog or some stuff like cables will be added.

There are two version, one with flight case and one without.

And one more important info: monthly installments are possible for US citizens via Bill Me Later. Non US citizens have to take their credit cards installments plan, if they want to purchase via installments.

Here's the password for the ProLine webshop

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ProLine final price update

The final price for the ProLine T2000 is updated in the original offer. The password for the webshop will be posted here later today or tomorrow.

Action Products Offer

Action Products, the well known Swiss company, also sent me an offer for their new product, the ActionCam Raptor, which will be ready to ship around NAB2013.

Action Products was one of the first companies I contacted concerning this group buy, since they already created once a special RED edition of their ActionCam for redusers.

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Pros & Cons - ProLine vs. L'Aigle

Please leave comments about other pros and cons and I'll add them to the list.

L'Aigle

+ Latex system is silent
+ Experience (10 years in the market)
+ Made in France
+ vastly improved over last version, i.e. easy tension adjustment via knobs (see reviews on HomeBuiltStabilizers and NAB2009 article which I posted earlier)

+/- Cables can be run through the pole, so it's an open system
+/- double V-mount / AB-mount battery plate
+/- Payload adjustments from 4kg to 12kg / 8.8lbs to 26.4lbs
+/- trolley suitcase with three compartments
+/- warranty (2 years for everytihing and 10 years for latex)

- arm is mixed folded metal and cnc machined
- no cables included
- no J-Box (upper junction box)
- no D-Box (lower junction box)
- no low mode (low mode cage available for 349€; will ask for a discounted price)
- thin(ner) pole (than ProLine)
- not well known outside Paris...

ProLine

+ Payload adjustments from 0.45kg to 20,4kg / 1lb to 45lbs (2 sets of caliper springs)
+ arm completely cnc machined
+ custom made 6pin LEMO power cables for the RED one and Epic / Scarlet are included
+ 4x 12v and 1x 24 volt power cables
+ 12 / 24V for RED and film cameras
+ J-box with LEMO / HD-SDI conenctors
+ D-box with LEMO / HD-SDI conenctors
+ Arm and Sled made in Argentina and the US
+ possibility to pay via monthly installments
+ tripple V-mount / AB-mount battery plate
+ low mode

+/- Cables can be run through the pole, so it's an open system
+/- classic spring system
+/- Vest made in India, but modified in US
+/- young company
+/- 2 years warranty

- the spring system could be noisier (mechanical springs vs. latex bands)
- not well know either
- fly case not included for the two lowest prices (extra 150USD for the case)

L'Aigle test in Paris

Quentin Devillers will test the L'Aigle unit on Monday the 11th in Paris. Contact him on REDuser, if you want to join him.

EDIT: The test was postponed!