Question; manual dutch roll head for R1

[Jonas Nyström]

Hi all

Maybe a little bit off topic; but does anyone have any suggestion on a dutch roll head. I need to turn the picture 90 degrees, with the lens in the center. I would prefer any manual rig.

 

[Evin Grant]

Do you need to have the adjustments? Why not just use a "L" plate?

 

[Jonas Nyström]

Yes. Sorry, I want to wheel from 0 degrees to 90.

 

[Michael Hardwick]

Lens in the center... there's the rub.

If rotation around the nodal point isn't a dealbreaker, you could use a Tango Head, A Cartoni Dutch Head, or even mount the baseplate at a 90 and turn your tilt axis into a roll if you are comfortable sacrificing the tilt. Evin's right, you could use a 90 degree L plate, also. Does it has to happen live during the shot?

If nodal is a must. Look into Weaver Steadman with the Third Axis, or Cartoni Lambda with the same. Panavision used to have the Panatate rig... not sure if those get used much any more. Or you could use something like a Frazier Lens or A T-Rex lens system that can rotate the aerial image generated by the objective lens. Many remote heads have a 3rd axis that will allow you rotate around the nodal point.

I once bungee cord mounted a super 8 camera inside a spinning drier in a laundrymat. It was close to nodal.

 

[Richard Foster]

I like the spinning dryer mount. You could definitely market that. Now if we could just mount the dryer on a Jib...

 

[Michael Hardwick]

You know - those drier assemblies aren't that heavy.
Plenty of dead driers at the junkyard.

Or just make sure you bring lots of quarters with you to set

 

[Michael Hastings]

I like the spinning dryer mount. ...

Great first shot for HDRx ... Pov shot from inside the dryer

 

[Michael Hastings]

But seriously I have a mount which is a 360 degree ball bearing unit with about a 14" inside diameter so probably get a redone on there. It's on a shelf about 20' high so I have to get a ladder to make a photo.

Iirc If you move it quick, you hear the ball bearings if that's a problem.

 

[Jonas Nyström]

I like the spinning dryer mount. You could definitely market that. Now if we could just mount the dryer on a Jib...

Dryer mount....

 

[Jonas Nyström]

Hi

I got a Ronford 7 L-head. Great!

Everyone who doesn't dutch is a _ _ _ _ _ _.

 

[Damian Holman]

I just shot you a dm Michael. I'd love to know more about the 360 degree ball bearing unit.

 

[Michael Hastings]

Wow, there's a thread from the past

I'll try to get a pic later today