Steadicam ARCHER2, Руководство по эксплуатации

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Fitting the Vest
The vest is the major connection
between your body and the Steadicam.
It must be adjusted properly and feel
good on your body. The vest is not
intended to be a
straightjacket
. You
should be able to move and breathe
easily.
The socket block for the arm should
move with you and not shift under load.
The overall length should be adjusted so
that lifting your legs while taking a step
up doesn’t disturb the vest. The hip pads
should comfortably grab your hips.
Start at the top
• Be sure the shoulder pads are
firmly down on your shoulders.
Note : A few operators have
body shapes or sizes that
are out of the general range
of adjustments. You may find
you have to add or remove
padding, shorten or extend
straps, etc. to make the vest fit
perfectly.
Available options: a compact
vest, and longer chest, hip,
and cross back straps.
• Pay close attention to the good fit
of the vest in the photo (left). It’s
very important how the shoulder
pads contact the shoulders and
the shoulder connectors are not
too high (a common mistake).
Tip: While wearing
the vest and resting
between takes, release
the vest straps to
increase blood flow and
ease tension in your
muscles.
• The chest pads are snugged
up next. You should be able to
breathe a little, but the vest should
not be able to slip forward and
down. Diaphragmatic breathing
(like a baby) works best.
•
Push the vest down on your
shoulders again,
be sure the spar
is vertical, then snug up the hip
pads. If the hip pads are tightened
first, the vest will tend to ride high
until loaded, and then it will slip
around under load.
• Closing the clips on the hip and
chest straps is the final step.
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