Joystick controls on Gimbals...?

[Steve Das]

Are people finding useful joystick controls to directly control
the framing on gimbals ?...or not so much useful or not at all useful and a bad idea..?

 

[Nick Gardner]

Totally depends on what you are shooting. They can be usefull for certain shots, others not so much. I did a commercial with a 2 axis gimbal mounted at the end of my steadicam and had a joystick on the post to control tilt. They certainly have their place, but in general I find gimbals just too imprecise for critical framing. A joystick doesn't make them any better. The day they come out with encoded precision positioning for handwheels, will be the day they compete with full sized remote heads. Although I think there is a reason those heads cost upwards of $20k.......

Nick

 

[Mike McMillin]

I personally can't think of a time I would ever need it. I find the manual operation more precise. I feel once you get a touch for the manual operation and get it down the joystick seems useless

 

[Ruff]

I use the MoVI Controller on every setup.

Having an experienced MoVI Grip move the camera in space, and I adjust the framing.

Just like a dolly. Just like a crane.

It works for me.

 

[Blair S. Paulsen]

Meat dolly

Cheers - #19