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nick franco

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  1. Easy guys, there's nothing nefarious going on here.

    Wasn't the X mod on the Tiffen arms a fix for a problem people were having?

    It's not like there was anything wrong with either gimbal that needed to be corrected.

    I have no first hand knowledge of any of this but IF GPI and XCS changed/upgraded their bearings over the years that's great for us.

    Both Jack and company and Greg are stand up people and I can't imagine either trying to pull anything over on us.

    I'm sure we'll get to the bottom of this conspiracy soon.

     

    Edit

    I bought a new pan bearing a couple of years ago from PRO and I remember Jack saying they had switched vendors, that is all.

  2. I prefer the wheels for most operating, especially fast dolly moves, it's easier to control the camera on the starts and stops.

    Fluid head for crazy tilts or jammed in a place where I can't comfortably get to the wheels

    I've only used wheels on a slider once, worked ok, for me a bit odd pulling/pushing on the wheel to move.

    Gear selection, you'll start to know after watching the rehearsal what's going to work.

    For moves that require perfect stops set your end frame, shift to neutral and then put the pins in a position you know you will stop at, example, tilt pin at 12 o'clock then count the turns back to your start frame then you know it's 3.5 turns and stop etc.

    Most of the time on the pins, but if it's really long lens and very subtle moves I'll splay my fingers and place them on the face of the wheel, more precise for me but it limits the range.

    My preference is for Arrihead 1 wheels on an Arrihead 2, I like the larger diameter.

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