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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

ProLine Film Gimbal co-developed by me :)

Brett Harrison said:
David, would this be some kind of sensor-driven balance system? Using the sensors and small motors to center the load automatically?
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Well, yes. Again, it's not as much the stabilization system that we'll change (we'll be using the ALEXmos board like most other companies). It's the way it's constructed, to make it fit on a film set.
 
Pre-orders will probably start late next week. There will be a deposit, but we haven't decided yet on the price.

Again, it's not so much the stabilization that's unique about this rig. It's all about it's integration into a normal workflow.
 
David Kellermann said:
Well, yes. Again, it's not as much the stabilization system that we'll change (we'll be using the ALEXmos board like most other companies). It's the way it's constructed, to make it fit on a film set.
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I mean the balancing of the rig pre-usage. I.e. cutting down on setup time.
 
Brett Harrison said:
I mean the balancing of the rig pre-usage. I.e. cutting down on setup time.
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Sorry, didn't got what you meant in the first post. No, unfortunately, it's still manual work... sensor driven would be awesome! But we developed a system to shorten the time needed for balancing to half a minute / one minute maximum. And it's tool free!
 
David Kellermann said:
Sorry, didn't got what you meant in the first post. No, unfortunately, it's still manual work... sensor driven would be awesome! But we developed a system to shorten the time needed for balancing to half a minute / one minute maximum. And it's tool free!
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Well that's certainly fast enough.

I can imagine some kind of x/y readout to estimate where the center of gravity is after moving the rig around a bit, which could be translated to a number of turns of the threads that move the payload in x and y to optimize balance. I'm not an engineer so I don't even know if this is feasible, and it might be redundant.
 
Brett Harrison said:
Well that's certainly fast enough.

I can imagine some kind of x/y readout to estimate where the center of gravity is after moving the rig around a bit, which could be translated to a number of turns of the threads that move the payload in x and y to optimize balance. I'm not an engineer so I don't even know if this is feasible, and it might be redundant.
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Again, I think that something like that would be possible, but we want to ship still this year, and such a system might take up a lot of time. You would need a special controller, extra motors which would add a lot of weight, and the controller would have to interact with the ALEXmos board.

What was most important for us in the development, is that it's easy, tool free and repeatable settings to adjust the balance and that you can re-balance it quickly on set (for example after changing the lens)
 
'Standard' & 'Elite' option maybe?
 
I would make that an option - for me personally I am looking for the cheapest/ highest quality solution out there (sounds like yours could be it!) so I would say joystick. By the way, what do you think the rig will be rated at holding weight wise?
 
Adam Johnson said:
I would make that an option - for me personally I am looking for the cheapest/ highest quality solution out there (sounds like yours could be it!) so I would say joystick. By the way, what do you think the rig will be rated at holding weight wise?
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roughly 20lbs
 
HOLY AWESOMENESS!! That will hold a light weight RED ONE configuration
 
I know I'm just one of many people David has generously helped a great deal, and just wanted to say how excited I am about this announcement and now anxiously await more updates...

Thanks again, as always for your fine work sir...


Warm Regards,

PCG
 
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Adam Johnson said:
HOLY AWESOMENESS!! That will hold a light weight RED ONE configuration
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~20lbs will be the maximum weight. We are also working on other option for heavier cameras (3D, Alexa), but don't expect them before Q2 2014.
 
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