Alright all. It took some time for reasons that you all know already. I had some other issues with quality, sound and clips from te original clips but I think I managed to pick out the most important clips that I think everyone would appreciate.
One thing to note. footages from the the flyer point of view which I was flying are very short moments simply due to me not providing anything worth seeing. The ones you will see at the end was pretty much it but I think it will give you a sense of the ability of what the flyer can achieve. In the beginning there is no sound as that was messed up some how. Sound will come in arounf the middle of the video clip at the points where I tried to explain some of the features of the rig.
So, I hope you are not dissapointed by my results. Oh yeah, go easy on me. I havn't been shooting anything for over a two years now, simply due to other piorities and most of all, no rig( Still workin gon completing my rig).
So enjoy. Again, I apologies for the quality.
Please note that this clip is big. It's a 13 min clip which makes this a 25.5MB using wmv codec.
Charles King
« Last Edit: May 01, 2005, 11:27:56 PM by Kevin Clark »
Very cool Charles. That rig looks like a dream to fly. It looks like there is still some friction in the gimbal, especially in the pan bearing. Is that true?
And with the arm adjustments, well, let's say I'm glad I don't have a socket block on my rig.
Very nice Charles! Glad to see one of the cheaper rigs in action for once!
-Tom
"If you can build it, I can build it with $30 and some duct tape."
Just watched the demo--very nice. The only thing that puts me off is the post is so small. Do you know the size? I went to a 1.5 for a lot of reasons--matches my gimbal, etc,--I just like size in a post. Now if I could match that arm to my sled--does it use the standard arm post? On another note, it was good to hear your voice and see what Sweden loks like. Not familiar with either.
Glad you liked it guys. Phil, I did mentioned that the post was was very small in my review and that's one of the things that put me off but I guess they had a reason for that. Weight.
Nope, there wasn't any friction in the gimbal, at least not that i could detect.
Charles King
« Last Edit: May 01, 2005, 11:28:48 PM by Kevin Clark »
Wow, if this had been around when I started thinking of making my rig, I probably wouldn't even have bothered building it. I just would have run out and bought the darn thing, and spent the next four years flying it instead of building it. BUT, now that it's done, I wouldn't have it any other way. Asside from the huge amount I've learned, I've also met some really cool people, that means you guys.
Cheers,
Franco
PS -You's a cool looking motha with that rig Charles, nice shades.
Quote:Wow, if this had been around when I started thinking of making my rig, I probably wouldn't even have bothered building it. I just would have run out and bought the darn thing, and spent the next four years flying it instead of building it.
just finish download the whole video. love every aspect of the rig especially the arm. would like to get a chance to fly it at the coming broadcast show here sometime in june. also, great effort in producing the video. thank you for that.
btw, have you any close up photos of the gimbal section? if you do, would help alot. looking for ideas on how to mount the bearing.
If you look in this same forum under steadicam flyer review you will see a link to the pics I had put up a long time ago. There should be some pics there. Thanks again for your comment.
i hope the generosity with which you willing share to others comes back to you, Charles - thanks for giving us a taste... Lonnie Bell mamas boy productions
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thanks again charles.
