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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 :)

Slider for Epic?

i just got my new milling machine, and will be spitting out some sliders in about 4 months or so , a bit similar to the modern grip , mse types. but i have a design to quickly change the length while keeping lightweight and sturdy .
wish me luck and ill post when i have something to show
 
The MYT does look nice, but way overpriced, the little Dolly they can keep, as it is just abut worthless, I can build one from scratch to go strait as it does for pennies w/ pieces from any Hardware Store, or if I fill least, I just order the pieces at a local Mill shop, you'll be surprise how cheap Metal is.

The Slider and transport system do look very well built, but with No motor controls and no remote Control, its an all manual for 3k on the large unit, no thanks I way prefer the Dito Gear Omnislider with their Servo motor w/Remote unit, full control time lapse, repeatable motion stow for FX work, and can handle even an Epic 3D rig, for less then the price of the MYT, no brainer really.

But to each it's own, that is the great part about been there so many choices on gear, just check well before you buy and make sure you know what is out there to cover your needs best.
 
It is a incredibly solid built slider, and with the new look, and Servo motors with V.2 controller SW, is very stable for Video and FX repeatable shot in slow motion or fast moving, the Servo motors is also almost silent when at regular speed, gets a bit noisy when full speed, but that is fast!
 
Mark George said:
The MYT Works glider looks really well built. Did you go with the 4-foot version, or longer?
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I have the 5ft version.

As to a later post here sating you can easily build a MYTglider on your own for far less. You can't. NOt even cloe.
Tired of listening to these sort of stupid remarks, I let a professor in machine engineering have a go at it,and guess what. They gave up without ever coming close to the same smoothness that MYTworks can manage.

I do miss the supposed-to-come motor though.
 
Don't get the post wrong Emil, I am not just arrived in this business and have owned 3 Mill-shops... If you are referring to me that is, I said the 4 wheeled little ground dolly, with no turning wheels, I can build one in 1 hours with Hard Store parts, or have it made my configurations for penny on the Metal, that I said I surely don't care ofr, as they advertise the 3 in one thing, for me is only a Hand Slider, the rest can't care less, as I have a real Hi-Hat, as for the slider aI stated it is well built, but not suited for my needs, definitely not for the cost either, and yes No motor!!
 
Maybe with we could find someone to CAD up some plans and have a group project of having a simple engineering and mill group take on a project for us and make us a slider that would work for most of all our needs.. If we could give them a number of units maybe we could get something really nice that is just for us???

I for one only need 4ft and something to hold around 30 lb's.
I know for a fact that Ketch is right the hardware to make something like this is probably around $1000.00 max and that would be with some of the best parts available..

Or we could wait until a possible Dito Gear Group buy?
 
I've been using a CamTram and a straight aluminum ladder. It's pretty bulky but you can get long moves up to 16ft. Or as long as the ladder can be. CamTrams can also work on traditional dolly track with a bit of trickery.

What I want is a travel solution, something 2 or 3 guys can fly around with.
 
I had a renter come back and tell me about a shoot he used my Dana Dolly on last week. They had four cameras, and all were on different types of sliders. It was an interview-type setting in a fairly small set, and the other sliders were often picked up on the audio track during camera moves. The Director actually complimented my client about the Dana Dolly being so quiet...

I'll just leave it at that :)
 
Trevor Meeks said:
I had a renter come back and tell me about a shoot he used my Dana Dolly on last week. They had four cameras, and all were on different types of sliders. It was an interview-type setting in a fairly small set, and the other sliders were often picked up on the audio track during camera moves. The Director actually complimented my client about the Dana Dolly being so quiet...

I'll just leave it at that :)
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I have used the Dana Dolly derivatives but I really enjoy the Myt Works Slider system... But with that being said, it's all about whatever slider system that meets your needs at the time of one's shoot.
 
BrendanLeahy said:
I have the Rhino Slider Pro, but the 4ft one really requires two tripods on either end (and maybe sometimes a light stand in the center). I purchased the 2ft travel version, which might be better to help with the flexing. Regardless, it's great and super-affordable.
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I strongly disagree. I want to sell mine, very disappointed. I don't know why these companies get away with claiming their sliders can hold up to 40 pounds or whatever when a simple naked Epic setup wobbles like crazy with the least bit of perturbed motion.

My 2 cents: do NOT buy the Philip Bloom Pocket Dolly or the Rhino Slider, both have worked very poorly for me. The only other one I've tried that I've liked recently is the Kessler Stealth (though I admittedly don't get to try a lot. The MYT ones look the best to me, and the Edelkrone is really intriguing also).

I adore the Dana Dolly as well but it just isn't all that quick to setup and not one man job friendly.
 
I'll chime in. I own the Kessler Cineslider and Dana Dolly. I've also used "a grip" of other things out there.

I tend to use the Kessler when I need to be super duper portable or if I'm focused on motorized moves.

However, it's a narrow track and would benefit from being about as wide as 12-14 inches to handle the center of gravity that larger cameras provide.

So for "standard operation", meaning big moves, small moves, subtle moves, etc.... I prefer to use the Dana Dolly.

I'm pretty comfy one man banding a Dana Dolly, but I don't mind carrying a case like that. If I was hiking into the woods on my own though, that's a different situation.
 
When I was deciding on a dolly or slider, I was looking at the dana dolly at first, but the Romans Cine Gear booth (www.romanscinegear.com) caught my eye at Cinegear last year. I went back to the dana dolly booth and the Roman's dolly won hands down. It has the ability to spread it's wheels to adjust for different sized track, including curved track and the base is a cheeseplate, making it handy to attach anything you like. I've been using it for about a year and have zero regrets.

The footprint is large when using any dolly like that though, so we recently purchased the new Gini Rigs dolly that seems to be mimicking the Edelkrone Slider http://www.amazon.com/Gini-Rigs-Sli...d=1372797620&sr=8-1&keywords=gini+rigs+slider. It says it will handle a RED, but I'm skeptical and still waiting for it to ship. Good luck!
 
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