Below is a list of various Chicago area Steadicam Operators, several of which I typically refer to clients when I am unavailable for a particular date. Also: several of these operators have rigs which are better suited for flying heavier cameras (ie. 35mm Panavisions ,the Genesis, Imax format, 3-D shoots with two Red Cams) than my gear, which tops out at 35 pounds of camera capacity. Both Tom and Mark are also highly experienced jib owner/operators which may make them a great fit for your production. I believe that John is on full time with HMS Media, but check out their site if you need a full service production company with an experienced Steadicam Operator on staff. I think that Lawrence is currently busy running his rental house (Daufenbach Camera), but he does maintain an SOA listing. You can also contact Mitch Buss via Daufenbach Camera. Mitch does not own a rig but has a great deal of experience working with Janice Arthur’s rental gear. I'm not sure what range of steadicam services
ChicagoSteadicam.com is offering, but they've utilized this URL for several years.
Chicago Steadicam Rentals
Both Janice Arthur in Chicago and Red Star Pictures in Madison have Steadicam gear available for rental. Magnanimous Media is renting a Steadcam Pilot at a very reasonable rate. In this setup video they note that Steadicam shooting requires an experienced operator. If you’re looking for an operator for a Pilot rig (and I am not available/affordable) I can refer you to Jaron Tauch (who does not own a rig but has experience working with both the Pilot and Flyer rigs and has access to each).
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