That same year, with the system gaining greater traction in Europe, a DP/camera operator named Igor Savatovic SOA took notice: “In 2004 I went to IBC to buy my first big stabilizer rig,” he says. “I saw Curt on his booth with the artemis and asked if I could try it out, and immediately he started putting the vest on me! The thing I remember is that he completely disassembled it first, and then adjusted it strap by strap as he helped me put it on. Nobody at any of the other manufacturers’ booths had done that, and for the first time in my life I felt completely comfortable carrying a rig. 

“So, I bought the artemis and it still works perfectly today. I stayed in touch with Curt and would call him a friend; he has introduced so many new and useful innovations for operators. That’s what makes artemis stand out—not just its modularity and ease of use, but it is the only system that has been regularly updated over the years. It was the first rig to be designed for HD-SDI, the first with hot-swap batteries, the first to use carbon fiber.”