Hi Eric & Your Magnificent Crew In many ways I’m just like everybody else. I’ve accepted mediocrity very slowly. I’m old enough to remember when a camera had a thousand machine parts in it made of brass, nickel, aluminum, steel and real leather. Slowly but surely I became accepting to the fact that anything from chairs to automobiles to tripods would just become garbage in a short period of time. I know you’ve probably heard it from hundreds if not
“Innovative, progressive thinking is what the Canon 5D and the Kessler Cine Slider gives filmmakers.” Shane Hurlbut, ASC Shane Hurlbut, ASC recently did a great story about a recent production he shot for Pirelli Tires. The goal: “…be one with the Tire.” How was this accomplished? Shane explains how they grabbed their road gripping shots: “Taking a 3′ foot Kessler Cine Slider and a motor from one of Kessler’s crane remote heads, we flipped the slider over and then mounted
Selta Films CEO Talks About Why Kessler is the Company He Won’t Do Without… CEO, Paramedic and Cinematographer Rev. Here’s what Thaddeous had to say: Kessler Crane, let me explain to you the experience I have had with them. The due date had been set and I had to purchase a couple of the pocket dolly’s from them (Lord knows I wanted the Bloom Dolly based on what I researched and knew was a bit superior) but I ended up
San Diego based production company Hepburn Creative were kind enough to publish a review of our Pocket Dolly. Here’s what they had to say. Recently we sold our old camera slider in order to upgrade to the KesslerCrane Pocket Dolly. Many of our fellow videographers and filmmakers on Twitter made it resoundingly clear that KesslerCrane was the company to trust with our slider needs. Less than a week after we placed our order, it arrived on our doorstep. Included in
I just wanted to thank you for your outstanding product and want to inform you that your product stands alone in its field. The concert series that we are filming is now exceptional thanks to your product! ___ Ryan Scheer Lucky Rabbitt Films
I’ve been meaning to write to you for some time now, i just wanted to thank you for such a great product, wherever I go and shoot w/ this, heads are always turning and people are always so excited to see the crane on set. I’ve been using several variations of the cranes’ set-up for all sorts of gigs; be it live to tape, student films to budgeted films. Without owning a crane like this I may have lost some
Wow I got my Kessler 12/8 crane yesterday and we set it up today for the first time. We had it up and running in under 20 minutes for my first time it was very user friendly ” I LOVE THIS THING” I am getting some great shots. With it I ha some buddies of mine that are in the business that came over to see it, and they wanted to borrow it already, “LOL” But I told them to
I bought the Kessler Crane to do “higher-end” productions. This was the first of many projects I’ve used it on. It has great functionality and portability. But most importantly, it allows me to get really cool and creative shots! ___ Mike Benton Video Pro www.kyvideopro.com Please visit our Video Gallery to see the video for “Almost Home&#
Just wanted to thank you for your outstanding product and excellent service. I received my crane right when you said I would and had 2 days to get familiar with it before an all day shoot. It was easy to assemble and performed perfectly. I received comments all day about how “cool” the crane was and it was the reason why we had many more video orders on that day. Thanks again. I plan on bringing it in to work
I love the crane! I was the Director of Photography on a music video shoot for the band “Greyscale”. We produced a video of their song “Weep” . I have forwarded your request to the projects Director / Editor: Erika Frick. She will compile some clips from the HDV we shot and send them to you sometime next week. I think you will like a lot of it. In one scene we modified a power company wooden wire spool to
I purchased an 8′ Crane from you about 8 months ago. I just wanted to say your crane is incredible! I have used it many times now with my Panasonic AG-DVC7 and it works perfect! I have attached a short Video Clip of some Crane Shots just in case you wanted to use them on your Web Site. They were shot by me this last Christmas as a test and I release the rights if you want to use them
After building and working with several cranes, we decided to give your 8 ft. crane a try and are pleased to say that we got amazing results with it. The frustration with other designs was totally resolved for about half the price we were into with any other product. We really like the sleek no-nonsense design and expansion options. We are shooting a 16 episode music series for PBS broadcast this fall and we’ll be using it on every shoot.
I purchased your 8′ model back around April and I am very VERY impressed and satisfied with it’s ease of use and stable characteristics. This is an aqusition long over due in hind sight. I should have bought it along time ago! Of course when I use it, everyone is totally awed and the word “cool” is in constant use to describe it’s abilities as well as it’s physical appearance. One heck of a deal Eric! Very solid construction. All
Crane has now arrived in Scotland and thought we would just drop you a quick note to say. Very nice bit of kit, very well made, good finish, easy to set up and break down and works very smoothly, we will probably be adding some of your extra bits to it later on. We will be filming 2 high profile projects with the crane over December & January. Many thanks for a very nice product. ___ Kind regards, Stewart Menelaws
Buying the Kessler Crane was the best investment I’ve ever made! When preparing to shoot my new short film, Flip, I knew I needed a crane that could provide: a variety of heights, easy portability, the option to attach a fluid head and of course, it had to be sturdy. For the price of renting one of those “Major Name” cranes for one day, I was the proud owner of my own 8 foot Kessler Crane! And the different size
We used the crane on its first commercial shoot on Tuesday at a local car lot, and it performed admirably. My Key Grip was impressed with the ease of assembly and the light weight. We had been using a “Seven” which though a good unit, was awkward, heavy, and prone to removing fingertips. The unit mounts on an O’Connor 50, with a small LeBec head on the front, and the whole shootin’ match rolls around on a set of Manfrotto
Just wanted to send you a quick note of thanks for your speedy service last week. We ordered our crane on Friday and it was actually delivered on Monday, so we had plenty of chance to get ready for our shoot on Wednesday. Our first shoot went well and the crane worked great with our Beta cam. Thanks for the great product and excellent customer service. ___ Gary Ellis Jim Wilcox Ibex Communications
My name is Clint Lealos and I have been meaning to write you for some time now. I just returned from shooting for three months around Europe for a new History Channel series called “Cities of the Underworld”. Our host explores all sorts of underground sites like, ancient ruins, 2,000 year old sewers, WWII bunkers, and even tombs. At each one of these locations we were determined to get smooth, well composed jib shots, no matter how cramped, dirty, or
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