Greg, Thanks, I probably will rough it myself or come up with something.BOB

Greg Hartke wrote:

> On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, BOB BURNS wrote:
>
> > Is there a "roller or dolley" system which works best with a LX200?
> > Comments welcomed.
> > Thank you in advance,
> > Bob Burns
>
> Hi, Bob,
>
> I considered getting one of those at one time myself. I noted that
> Randy Rubis used one and the picture on his web site showed it to be a
> very fine piece of equipment and Randy spoke highly of it to me himself. I
> checked it out (I had trouble finding info on it but eventually managed)
> and discovered that the Bogen Heavy Duty Cine/Video Dolly (model 3067)
> would probably be the appropriate one for our usage. This model, though,
> would require the spread of the tripod legs to be confined to a 38"
> diameter circle. This could be done by not fully extending the tripod
> legs, of course, but I decided I didn't want to constrain myself in this
> way. This might have been a non-issue for Randy because he uses a
> wheelchair and, I might add, would be more a matter of personal preference
> than anything else. If you remain interested, you should check Randy's
> nifty web site (URL=<http://www.look-inc.com/rrubis>) because he also
> added some neat levelers to the dolley. I found the dolley at Video Direct
> Distributors (in Virginia), URL=<http://www.video-direct.com>. They quoted
> me a price of $237 + $10 S&H.
>
> As I mentioned, I didn't get one, deciding I could build one more
> suitable to my own usage. I deemed it too expensive for what I considered
> compromises I wasn't sure I wanted to make. Keep in mind I'm not saying
> it's not a fine product (just ask Randy!); it just didn't quite fit my
> needs.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg Hartke
> Sykesville, MD

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