ryan t jenkins

so to recap the main lesson from this thread, having a taller sled, that weighs more, helps reduce the wobble in a rig? Even if the camera is further away from the gimble? I must not understand a fundamental aspect of things, as i figured the camera being as close as possible to gimble would reduce wobble.

I am a bit self conscious too, but would it be acceptable to post some side by side videos of My footage next to my footwork? I don't know if that is overstepping the boundaries of how much help noobies should get. Might take me a little bit to get it shot and edited together. Watched the DVD twice yesterday all the way through, definitely have made some progress in my "understanding" but not a whole ton in my shots. thanks for all the help! Emails are sent out to some locals that i google up. hopefully something will come of that as well.

I am 26 and work at the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, in Troy NY at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. EMPAC My overall experience is with general digital documentation (SonyEX3 / Canon XLH1) /robotic telemetrics systems / and small scale documentary film. My general weakness is functioning within a "shoot" setting. Our rig is mostly used for behind the scenes style documentation of residencies and occasional dvd productions of live shows. This means A lot of things are done off the cuff and i get caught off guard with movements and locations while wearing the rig. I don't have the ability to always prepare my stances and walking paths ahead of time. But, I want to get as much experience out of it as I can so I can maybe start doing some freelance work on the side and earn enough money for my own rig. I am thinking I may have to start adding some weight to my camera, because the EX3 is so light. To lengthen the post a decent amount, I end up having to have quite a bit of the post and camera above the gimble in order to get my 2/2.4 second drop time.

i am In the Albany area in NY, only about 3 hours from the City. If there were more workshops offered I could probably get to one ! :) looks like most of them coming up are already booked up with no new ones on the schedule. Will try a much longer drop time today and ordered the manual this morning as well. Thanks for the help guys, will keep my eye on the site to hopefully jump onto one of the new workshops ! ryan

thanks for replies! Image stabilization is a BAD thing to be on? interesting, will try working with that. My drop time is about 1 second from horizontal with the floor, to perpendicular. Thinking it is probably my hand technique as well.. but with no professionals around where I am and me being the only steady cam OP at the house, I need to start refining my skill. Don't know if classes are within the budget.

Hey all, First time poster. I am running a flyer LE setup with a sony EX3 and am experiencing a lot of trouble getting steady framed shots when I am holding a still shot. I get a sailboat effect where there is a slight back and forth rocking motion that i attempt to compensate for with my handwork, which sometimes fixes it and sometimes exemplifies the problem. My main question is, is this my inexperience with the rig, or is it the nature of how my rig would be setup? I could record my drop times and provide pictures of my balance if that would be helpful. The rig seems to float nicely by my side, and i can balance it there with no hands with just little hip movements. Is it better to have the camera closer/farther from the gimble to limit this sort of sway? any help would be appreciated! thanks so much. ryan