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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 :)

The R90

Interesting.

One question though - if there's no motor driving this, how did it move in the video?

What would also be good is if one CAN attach a motor to it somehow via a gear (0.8 pitch cine gear would be ideal).

Thanks for the peek behind the curtain, as always :)

Cheers from Tokyo,

Paul
 
Very cool guys. One question. How is the camera attached. I assume by the tripod mount but it's not that obvious. Can we see renders or the unit from some other angles? I'm inventing shots already.
 
hypnotic...

Congrats.
 
Jannard said:
To keep the axis centered takes a rig that is much bigger.

Jim
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I thought about this, roughly ...

... with THIS CAMs CONFIGURATION and its dimensions, it would need about a 28 mm bigger radius of the gliding element (estimated, given a 77 mm diameter of the lens)

In order to make ALL CAM CONFIGURATIONS centered, it would need an X and Y sliding mount to match the center of the glide and the lens, which would make it much bigger ...

Having a fixed "position mount insert" for each cam model ...
it suddenly becomes much more useful, ... :-)

... for still as well as motion photography

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Peter Matthes said:
It's certainly cool.

... but what exactly is it for?
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I got to see this in person yesterday - and it is mad, mad cool.

Without a doubt I will buy one for every EPIC.

In addition to an elegant way to shoot 90 degrees for fashion and green screen / VFX (we do this often to maximize resolution to subject) - in most cases it replaces the need for a TANGO HEAD -

http://www.tangohead.com/tango.html
 
Also I found out that on R90 center lens axis is changing its position that could be a problem for some sort of shots that would need it.

Is it possible to fix that issue?

What I'm talking about is close connected with capabilities of Bogie-A Dutch Angle Camera Support by Denz-Deniz Germany.

The main feature of the Bogie is the movement of the camera 45° left and right,
whereby the optic always stays in the center point axis which enables a lot of new framings.
The design is based on stable and save operation with Film and Videokameras.


• fits any head with touch & go camera plate
• quick-release with savety lock at touch and go
• manually adjustable to 45° right and 45° left
• brake possibility in each position
• 100 mm front and back move possibility for balancing the camera
• made of high-graded aluminium
• robust and indestructible
• for fast or soft swings a different grear transmission ratio can be chosen
• weight: 2,9 kg

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Bogie in action.

LINK>>>

So I don't say that Bogie is better than R90 but will ask now one question:

Would it be possible to fix that kind of losing center point axis issue with a bit of R90 re-design?

I mean that "rotating shell" of R90 for Epic should stay in the center point axis of the lens all the time during its 90 degrees of rotate spin.

It's just a suggestion and nothing more.
 
Looks like this shot was done sideways, perhaps with another R90 rig. As the R90 is un-powered, the center of mass appears to be moving to the bottom, which is the left of the rotation axis.

Its helpful to see the Manfrotto q.r. plate as a size reference.

Nice to see some news from the Epic program. Even compressed web videos.
 
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