1. You take a caribiner and using either gaff or black tie line, you attach it to the triax in a spot that allows you enough slack to move the camera freely. Then attach caribiner to you your belt, not a belt loop. Black tie line is preferred and much less messy than gaff.
2. With Steadicam there are different methods of hanging the cable from the camera, but 99% of the ops use a jumper cable that is thinner and lighter to go from the camera to a connection that is attached to their vest between their jumper and the main line. This is true for triax or fiber. Most of the time, it is a caribiner to the vest for quick disconnect. There are variations on this process that are debated on the forum, but this is the basic set up description.
Live camera operator Triax belt technique
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Typically it is done two ways.
1. You take a caribiner and using either gaff or black tie line, you attach it to the triax in a spot that allows you enough slack to move the camera freely. Then attach caribiner to you your belt, not a belt loop. Black tie line is preferred and much less messy than gaff.
2. With Steadicam there are different methods of hanging the cable from the camera, but 99% of the ops use a jumper cable that is thinner and lighter to go from the camera to a connection that is attached to their vest between their jumper and the main line. This is true for triax or fiber. Most of the time, it is a caribiner to the vest for quick disconnect. There are variations on this process that are debated on the forum, but this is the basic set up description.
John