Rethinking the sled

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PASCAL:

I, once again, took the sled apart, and removed the base plate. Instead of the base plate I mounted the two Manfrotto sliding plates, so I now have the adjustable stage at the bottom of the sled. Tomorrow I will build myself a nice little cage for the batteries, and a bracket for the monitor. The battery cage will be mounted to the Manfrotto plates, and the monitor will go higher up for better viewing when I have the post fully extended. On top of the post I mounted the battery Manfrotto plate (or the plate where the battery should be mounted on if you'd follow the setup schematics) and this will serve as the new camera stage. this way the stage will be a lot more solid, less chance of vibration ruining your footage! Well that's my big plan for tomorrow

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ROBERT:

I am thinking the same thing, looking at the new version. I us np 1 and have the sone dual battery box to install. and because I will be using mine with both a JVC GYDV 500 and a Ikegami HC400W with triax and am now trying to get a 7"lcd 4:3 and 16:9 monitor. Now I have to do somyning with all these other lcd monitors.

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PASCAL:

You could mount a second monitor on the other side of the post. This way you have a good view even when the lens is pointed backwards (Don Juan style operating) MK-V has this as an option on their modular sled system.

http://www.mk-v.com/images/Dual-monitor-11.jpg

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