Rod support alternatives?
 

Hey,

So naturally I'm looking to save a few bucks on rod support for a 35mm adapter and I came across these rod supports from those dudes in India on ebay.
Has anyone order these?
Universal Rod Support fr matte box and all DV / HDV Cam - (eBay.ca item 110320286302 end time 06-Dec-08 06:28:02 EST)

I'm familiar with the phrase "you get what you pay for" but I just don't feel like spending 500-700$ on rails, it ridiculous!

Or apart from these dudes, has anyone else found other affordable companies?
Thanks

yes I use without any problem...

and I have a ProDOF kit -A- (accessories)
with this rod support + mattebox and top handle for 35mm dof adapters and small cameras

check the pic

The link you provided on ebay appears to be a knock-off of the Cavision rod system design. I would be wary of buying an inferior product. Cavision is relatively inexpensive yet robust; I have a support system from them that cost maybe $200-250 and it is very adaptable.

You can get some 15mm stock aluminum if you want to save money on the rods and see about other ways to mount equipment to the rails.

I bought some 15mm stock when I was in Japan over the summer, since I had trouble finding that size in the US. That pipe cost me $10 for 4 one meter sections, which I cut to size.
I've always stuck by my personal feeling that spending over $100 on pipe just seems like a sucker punch.

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I've just done a review of the Cinevate Proteus rails...

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Do you have add-ons turned off? It works fine for me in IE on the PC unless I run it in (no add-ons) mode.

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paul.

Add-0ns are enable. All three computers have the default IE7 settings.

Thanks for letting me know Marcel, much appreciated. After a bit of digging it seems the problem might be with an anti-spam plug-in or the image display script. I've disabled both for now, hopefully that will help.

I'll look at fixing the plug-ins tomorrow.

Paul.

Oh you silly people and your PCs + IE lol

Just messin' guys. Hope you get it figured out.