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What slider do you use and would you recommend it?

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As I wait for my Scarlet-W to arrive I have been shopping for a slider that is fairly lightweight and is made to be mounted on a tripod. A lot of stuff on youtube seem to be for DSLR based set ups so thought I would come here.

I intend on using a Dana Dolly but would like any opinions on something a little smaller for my scarlet/tripod set up too. I have been looking at the IFootage Shark and a Kessler Stealth Slider (the motor upgrades like the 'second shooter' would be a nice addition later down the line). Looking for any opinions and recommendations on a range of sliders that are out there.
 
people like the trost, I have a rhino slider and I want a myt slider

Steve
 
I wanted to go Rhino but they were missing a length between 24 and 42....I've found 32"-36" to be my sweet spot. I have the Cinevate Duzi V3 32" for regular slider work and motion control timelapse. Big fan that it can carry the weight.
 
Used the Trost Motion and now the newer version the M series with an added DitoGear Motion Control system and love it!

Nothing else out there is as sturdy, solid and precise, and now with the Motion Control system it's just the best I have ever used.

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Brendan_H_Banks said:
I wanted to go Rhino but they were missing a length between 24 and 42....I've found 32"-36" to be my sweet spot. I have the Cinevate Duzi V3 32" for regular slider work and motion control timelapse. Big fan that it can carry the weight.
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Surprised that it can take the weight by looking at it. Are you using the 'Modo' motor?
 
Steve DiMaggio said:
people like the trost, I have a rhino slider and I want a myt slider
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I had a MYT Glide for a few years and sold it to get a Trost M-100. The Trost has actual bearings while the MYT is a plastic wheel on a metal pin. Guess which one is smoother? Plus, it's easy to nick the aluminum rail on the MYT...not very easy on the trot with a stainless steel rail. The trost is a much better slider. The only downside is that it's a 100cm and not 4ft.
 
Just bought both a Trost M50 and a Trost M100. Haven't even opened the boxes yet, but glad to see Trost getting so much love!

Stephen
 
Though I'm not the OP, I'm also in the market. Trost is out of my price range personally. I'm leaning towards Rhino unless one of you talks me out of it. I can get full motion control Rhino for the base cost of a Trost.
 
I am using the 502 manfrotto head on it. Which could not take an epic dragon mx, but is fine with my epic w with brick and still glass, mounted on manrotto single brace legs and larger (504?) head
 
Steve DiMaggio said:
I am using the 502 manfrotto head on it. Which could not take an epic dragon mx, but is fine with my epic w with brick and still glass, mounted on manrotto single brace legs and larger (504?) head
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Thanks for the info. Yea i have a 1031d on sachtler legs for the body but i couldnt find a good flat base head for the slider. 502 isnt ideal but there isnt much of choice without a riser right?
 
Trost is a little out of budget for me it seems. Anybody used the Kessler stealth slider? I would like something in the 1k range that I can upgrade with a motor later down the line.
 
Got a Omnislider from Dito Gear. I find it really good. Not only the moco features but the way it moves when you control it with the nobs. Easy to learn and you can make the smoothest stop starts etc. Whats really nice is that you can program it to go from a to b with a recoded smooth move or even a perfect linear move if you want. Then when you nailed that you can have a tripod head on it and make your hand made pan / tilt move on top of the move along the slider. To me that works a lot better then when trying to make the pan tilt and the linear move all by pushing and pulling the rig... Much better when the motor is doing the move along the slider and you can focus on the panning and tilting. That gives kind of the same feel as when you sit on a dolly, which totally manually sliders does not.

It also take a lot of kilos and is well worth the money I think.
 
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