This guy is one of my mentors. It make me happy to still see people watching this video 10 years after it was made.

I've watched a few of these C-Stand videos on KZfaq. This is by far the most straight-forward and helpful information.

Thanks everyone for the comments and feedback.

No doubt the best info on C-stands I have seen. Great post, Great tips, Great stuff. Thanks.

You should sell this video to every retailer of C-Stands in America, no joke. This is what people should show their helpers & as their first introduction.

Spring-loaded: Yours is the ONLY online tutorial I've found that shows us how to open a spring-loaded c-stand. I also never knew what Rocky Mountain Leg stands were for; yours is the only one that shows us. Thank you!

I've watched 5-8 C-stand videos and this is the most informative video. Thank you!

How can anybody not like straight forward information? Puzzles me every time.

Thanks for this info - great detail - assisting lighting gurus atm and these little habits go a long way

Excellent video. Answers all my questions.

Possibly the best video I've seen on C-stands so far. Great job.

A superior video series covering c-stands. Thank you

Studying for production assistant, on-set, and this video is really helpful. One of the best on KZfaq.

The best tutorial on c-stands! Thank you!

Thank you for sharing, this is a brilliantly comprehensive and clear video. Much appreciated!

Listen to me when I say, I've been fighting with my stand like the last remaining teeth on the torn up gum line of a crack head . I needed this video! Edit: Also, I made a B line to my C stand and D-Damn it worked! Can't wait to show these skills off in the field .

I am so grateful this is still up on KZfaq, as I am just learning how to my C-stands effectively. Also, it is reminding me that gloves are a good idea when handling this heavy gear.

The best, most thorough, correct, to the point C-stand information I have seen on KZfaq. Thank you Eric!

VEry straightforward, patient, easy to follow and detailed. Thanks for taking the time to pull this together.

Thanks Eric, this video is the best of it's kind. Thank you for sharing all these helpful tips and safety concerns.

Why does this type of video get me excited?

Really helpful in understanding the best practices as well as the hidden and not always obvious features of C Stands. Thanks for making and posting this.

Eric Jang You crushed it! Excellent to the point information

Finally someone who knows of what they speak. Thank you very much. You may have saved lives out there.

Thanks for a really well made, informative video. Mr. Jang clearly knows what he's talking about!

Thank you for this video. I purchased my first c-stand yesterday. I found this video very helpful.

straight to the point, informative, factual and very helpful. thank you!

This is amazing. Thank you for taking the time to do this. Well done and very easy to understand.

Great Video! Very Helpful, Thank you!

Thank you making a video with all your tips.

Great video. Just got my first C-Stand and now feel more secure in how to use it properly.

Thank you! Really a great introduction in everything to know about C-Stands.

I agree, Eric, Very informational with safety emphasized, which is essential to know and practice always. Thank you, Nathaniel. Quite helpful and enlightening.

so far the most technical and detailed video about c stands out there !!!

This was a TREMENDOUS help! As a newbie who just bought my first C-Stand, I had no idea about the right hand rule, the fact that the back of the arm is a "baby" mount, and the different types of legs. Thank you!

This is truly informative. Thank you!

Excellent - learnt a lot - very thorough - thanks Eric

Fantastic instruction!

Thanks...sold on this approach to c stands!

This is a fantastic, informative video, thanks for sharing. Great job!

Awesome video! Thanks a lot!

Thank you very much for this insightful video.

From now on every time I see "Grip" at the end of a film, or tv program my respect will be heightened, and somehow I think this is just scratching the surface of one percent of what they do and know.

Awesome Video!

WOW! That was an excellent and very informative video. It was well-presented and packed full of helpful information. I'm going to be buying my first C-stand and had so many questions. I think they were pretty much all answered here. Thanks a bunch for producing and sharing this video.

Great video! Very comprehensive.

Thanks, Nathaniel, really helpful and well presented. Subscribed!

great video! better than you can learn from film school

Fantastic, well explained!!

Thanks a lot :) this video is done just right and is amazingly informative

Thank you so much what a awesome video

Great video, thank you for sharing!

Best Instruction Yet !

Great video. Wish to see more. really could use this tutorials... sure helps you with your life on set!

Very informative! Thank you!

Outstanding Video Thanks

Very helpful video. Thank you.

This should be the last video you see before filmschoolstudents go out and film. Wish someone had shown me this stuff way back then. I eventually learnd but this would have saved me a lot of headechs. :)

Very Inspirational

Great demonstration.

Very cool, thanks for this...

"Now, you are totally secure." Perhaps, in a windless humanless box, but I really think the video should cover the science of how much sandbag for how much boom reach/head weight/etc.

Thank you for sharing!

great video :-)

Thank you a lot!

Very informative, thanks.

Thank you so much it is very good :)

Thanks! this was very usefull

awesome instruction, thanks!

thanks for the video, peace

thank-you

good instruction!

thanks for this post

very good post !

Better than loctite clear fingernail polish great video btw thank you

good tips.

1.) SAFETY CONCERN: For my spring loaded stands to stack well with my other c-stands, the head has to be set up with the knobs over the long leg. Unfortunately, when I open the legs and stand it up, the knobs end up over the long leg instead of being on the left. If students are too focused on standing them up with the knobs on the left and gobo head on the right - as they're supposed to - the load ends up BETWEEN the legs, making them very UNSAFE and likely to tip forward, causing injuries and damage. 2.) The springs on my spring loaded stands are way too tight. Is there a way to loosen them? I've heard the only way is to take the head off and get a really long extension to hold the bolt head while loosening the nut.

Its kind of funny he didn't use the colloquialism for the junior to baby adapter; "butt plug"

And here I am bending over to pull dirt off legs for years. Thanks for the kung fu kick tip!!

Great video... what is the difference between 30", 40", etc. cstands?

Very descriptive and informative video! I can tell this isn't your first rodeo with C-Stands. It shows in your presentation.

+1 for safety!

Great tutorial! How many c-stands is a good number to own for an indie filmmaker? I'm just thinking the number of lights times the number of diffusers times the number of black negative fill can really start to add up. From experience, how many c-stands do you tend to use per scene?

MPS Dallas? Those are my peeps

8:05, On the field you may find this adapter is commonly referred to as a buttplug.

Great video on c-stand basics but I would never turn a c-stand over to open it. It's not only time consuming but unsafe and unwieldy. You can open it the same way you demonstrate how to close it, except with the big leg on the inside of your right leg. You pull the small leg out, then the middle leg. 2 seconds and it's open.

me and the dude went to the same barber!

anyone know what the intro music is

At 8:00 you were about to say buttplug... You can admit it

where can we find more of these

do you want to fight?