Steadicam & Gimbal Services

Here is how the work lines up. Stabilised camera work in New York is shaped by the city's continuous run of prestige drama, indie features, half-hour comedy, late-night live, and brand commercial shooting days flowing out of Steiner Studios in Brooklyn Navy Yard, Silvercup Queens, Kaufman Astoria, York Studios Bronx, JC Studios Brooklyn, and Broadway Stages throughout the year. Our roster spans the SOC East Coast chapter — owner-op Steadicam talent with Tiffen and PRO sleds built up over careers on Severance, Mrs.

Maisel, The Deuce, Boardwalk Empire, Succession, and Stranger Things New York shooting blocks — alongside Local 600 East Coast camera ops running DJI Ronin 2, Freefly MoVI Pro XL, and ARRI Trinity hybrid rigs from Tisch, Columbia, and SVA-trained op backgrounds. Many have built their reels on the long-take work that defines HBO, Netflix, Apple TV+, and Amazon New York drama, plus the Adam McKay and Noah Baumbach features that pull continuously from the East Coast op bench. Camera packages route through TCS, AbelCine, Panavision New York, ARRI Rental NY, and Adorama Rental Co., with ARRI Alexa 35, Alexa Mini LF, RED V-Raptor, and Sony Venice 2 bodies prepped and balanced before call.

Productions briefing a one-take Washington Square Park walk-and-talk, a Steiner sound-stage corridor reveal, a Brooklyn DUMBO follow with practicals, a Wall Street rush-hour run-and-gun, a Times Square crowd push under MOME film permit, a Coney Island boardwalk sequence, or a Madison Avenue fashion follow receive op recommendations matched to camera weight, lens choice, vest type, and shot length rather than a generic day rate.

Our coordinators arrange rehearsal blocks and blocking sessions for complex choreography, plan vehicle-to-ground transfers using Chapman/Leonard Russian Arm and Hydroscope camera cars and process trailers, and blend Steadicam with crane, Technocrane, cable cam, ARRI Trinity hybrid moves, or vehicle process work when the script demands it.

Equipment is insured to NYC industry standards through dedicated production cover, NYPD Movie & TV Unit and FDNY film safety officer coordination is built into the call sheet, and our crews are familiar with the Local 600 comms, Preston follow-focus, and monitor chains favoured by East Coast DPs moving fluently between drama, feature, music video, and commercial sets. NYS Film Tax Credit paperwork at 30%-plus-10% NYC uplift is prepared wherever the production qualifies under one lined up camera-department contract.