Brian D. Goff

Can have it wireless as a special order. Brian

It's simply a differant (low cost) approach to get these kind of shots. Personaly as an operator I'm very confident that once I've practised enough I'll get some realy impresive footage even with a bit a longer lens (the footage on our web site was my very first hour with the rig). One thing to keep in mind, is that the shot in the elivator, and going to high mode while walking thought the doors frame, is imposible to do with with the AR, because you need more footroom there (the AR of course does other things better, and should at the price it has). We might be at IBC - depends if all our stuff is ready by then. Brian

Rob Your absolutly right. The 360 Xtreme will fit on most Rigs, but as for the EFP I would not advise an operator to but anything heavier than say a light weight HDCam, 16mm, 235, HDV's or RED on it. The 360 Xtreme was of course created with the new Actioncam in mind, our Rig has a very strong connection between camera platform and post, so even Imax would'nt be a problem. Cheers Brian

Any camera your arm/sled can handle. Must add approx 2 kg for the 360 Xtreme and most likely an extra batterie as counterweight on the sled. Brian

The weight of the proto type was 2 kg (4-5 lb). The final device sould be a bit less.

Approx. USD 3500.- Brian

Hey Brian, I was thinking more of a pully system like on some budget jibs could be a practical solution and would have zero swing. In practice i'm sure it's not this simple i'm just thinking out load really. Tilting with a remote just seems like it could leave quite a bit of room for error, but then again maybe just something else to master. -matt Matt I don't think a pully system will work, because you would need to have the one end some were on the gimbal - thats not good. But most of all I think you would loose the ability to be able to tilt the camera - and this is a realy cool thing to do, even if you don't go Hi/low in one shot. Brian

A short demo clip done with the ActionCam "360 Xtreme" is now online: http://actionproducts.ch/en/index.php?opti...2&Itemid=85 It's not a "master piece", it was the result of my first 1h with the proto type mashine. I think it shows what is possible and with a little more practice, it will be a great add-on to any stabilizer system. enjoy

Lukas, The prototype unit is alread disasembled and at my mechanic for referance. I should have the demo film online sometime today. In about 10 Weeks the first batch will be finished - drop me an email and I contact you once we're ready: info@actionproducts.ch Brian

It then starts to swing. And it's realy cool to beable to tilt the camera in the desired position.

Yes it's controlled exclusively by the operator - sounds hard to do? I was surprised how easy it is, but it does take practice (like doing zoom and focus with a J7 on a steadicam).

You might want to brush up on your patent law Brian. Lynn's patent covers the concept of high to low inversion as applied to a camera stabilizer that use's a gimbal to access the cameras center of gravity i.e. A Steadicam Patents cover technical solutions to achieve a certain result. A concept in general can not be patented - if this were not so, we would only have monopolists. Lynn's patent covers Lynn's detailed technical solution only. GPI had the same problem with CP - GPI won, because CP could not patent the "concept". In the end it's all for the lawyers and in the end it's only the lawyers that win (sad but true). By the way, didn't we have this discussion before about the back-mounted vest? I'm still here and nobody sued me - why, because you can't patent a concept, only the very details of how you solve a problem - I know my patent law:).

You do realize that what you are showing is also a violation of Lynn's patent. Hi Eric It is definitely not a violation of Lynn's patent - The solution to rotate a camera like we do on the "360 Xtreme" is fundamental technical knowledge used by any camera remote head (in fact, it is just the same as the tilt part of a remote head). This can not be patented. Brian

Shipping in approx 12 weeks. Fits most "Stabilizer" systems. www.actionproducts.ch