Comments on: Review: Laing X-15 Vest Arm kit with Laing P-04 Video Stabilizer

By: Kyo

Kyo — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 23:54:14 +0000

What's the difference between the M30p and M30s vest? There's auction that have both come with the X-15 arm... One seems to have red rings and the other one is plain...

By: Noel M

Noel M — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 16:32:18 +0000

Hey Emm I bought this kit based on your review for my 5D MKIII. It's all working well the only problem I have is the two arms of the spring arm clash with each other quite a bit. Any experience with this or advice on how I might remedy it? I'm not an experienced steadicam guy so apologies if this is obvious! Newbie! Thanks for any help.

By: Emm

Emm — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:19:49 +0000

In reply to Jiri K.. @Jiri K. - Anything is possible =), but there's nothing off-the-shelf to do this. As far as I know, you would have to craft your own adapter to replace the post. If you know of a machine shop, they could probably do this for you.

By: Jiri K.

Jiri K. — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:01:09 +0000

Hello,

is it possible to combine this arm and vest with Glidecam HD4000 (HD2000 etc) like you can with Steadicam Merlin Arm&Vest? I mean to replace the original connecting socket with some reduction.

Thanks.

By: Emm

Emm — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 03:27:36 +0000

In reply to J&T Photo Paris. @J&T Photo Paris - The Wieldy should be able to support your setup. The Wieldy is lighter than the X15, but both of these vests do not work directly with the Glidecam. You'd have to be clever to mod it to work, I myself have not even done so. Since the price has dropped on the Steadicam, maybe look into another one? Or contact Tiffen and see if they can send just that part.

By: J&T Photo Paris

J&T Photo Paris — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 02:57:49 +0000

Hi Emm ! My merlin vest broke just like yours... err... but I didn't use it quite as much, actually, a friend borrowed it couple of days and broke it. But I never liked the vest itself anyway, so whatever... would there be a way to adapt an other vest and keep the arm ?
I think it might be complicated and the Wiedly seems pretty good, I'm tempted to try this + the P-04 that seems really awesome... look so much easier and precise to balance than the HD-4000 ! The only downside is that I travel a lot, and as you said you can't disassemble it... much harder to pack.
I love how the X-15 Vest pack, is it more compact than the wiedly ? the wiedly is leighter right ?
I'm flying with a D800 + fixed lenses or 14-24 for now, but I'm thinking of adding a monitor sometimes... do you think the wiedly would be able to support all of this ?

A lot of question I know, sorry about that !

By: Emm

Emm — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:17:32 +0000

In reply to Mason. @Mason - The Laing is a better stabilizer than the Flycam stabilizers. Better build quality but also easier to fine tune balance.

By: Mason

Mason — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 00:26:49 +0000

Hey Emm, how do you like the Laing compared to your Flycam setup? Do you find the Laing flies better?