Premium Members Blair Phillips Posted October 12, 2010 Premium Members Report Posted October 12, 2010 i was looking around and found this (seemingly) complete system by varizoom. here It's slightly cheaper than a bartech and M-One, but am I going to pay dearly for saving a few hundred bucks? Also, I see a cable that presumably connects the receiver to the motor, but there should be one for the receiver's power no? Quote
Premium Members Blake Waldock Posted October 12, 2010 Premium Members Report Posted October 12, 2010 Have you considered The Hocus Focus? http://www.hocusproducts.com/products.php Really well built and has a great motor (moves the RED primes no problem!) Also he's get the HoFoPro coming out with is a completely digital system. Better off asking Peter Hoare about them though. Quote
Premium Members Sydney Seeber Posted October 12, 2010 Premium Members Report Posted October 12, 2010 It's slightly cheaper than a bartech and M-One Look closer... closer still... Almost there... Quote
Premium Members Blair Phillips Posted October 12, 2010 Author Premium Members Report Posted October 12, 2010 Look closer... closer still... Almost there... sorry, your wiles are lost on me Quote
Premium Members Tom Wills Posted October 12, 2010 Premium Members Report Posted October 12, 2010 Blair, I think Sydney is referring to the fact that the Varizoom rig is, in fact, a BFD. (or at least a rebranded one) Check Jim Bartell's post here: http://www.steadicamforum.com/index.php?showtopic=7410&view=findpost&p=33272 The Hocus Focus is a nice rig, but I don't know the legalities of using it in Canada. I know that it's not FCC certified for use in the USA yet. The BFD (at least to my eyes) is a step above that - much more in line with the HoFoPro, which runs about the same as a Bartech rig. The other advantage for those in North America with the BFD is that Jim Bartell is on the same continent for service. I can't really discuss true differences, as I've never tried a Hocus Focus, but the time I have spent with a Bartech has assured me that it's what I want to buy. Quote
Premium Members Blair Phillips Posted October 12, 2010 Author Premium Members Report Posted October 12, 2010 Ah, so they are the same thing! Or a licensed copy anyway. I was worried it would be a Chinese knock-off (which makes me feel sorry for some genius engineer/craftsmen somewhere in China who get a bad wrap). Well that makes my choice a lot easier. Thanks Quote
Premium Members Tomas Riuka Posted October 12, 2010 Premium Members Report Posted October 12, 2010 Buying from Jim directly, for a little over 5k you can get digital version of bartech with digitial m-one motor. Send him an email about the quote, despite the website saying bartech will not be sold without analogue receiver, but you can. So for a few hundred more yiu can get digital bartech instead of varizoom copy.. Quote
Premium Members Marc Alfonso Posted October 15, 2010 Premium Members Report Posted October 15, 2010 Hi Everyone We put together a video showing the new BarTech Digital Receiver ( B.D.R. ) in action! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tryhshxsx5w In the video we are controlling a Heden motor and we are running the B.D.R. at 24 volts but the system can also work on 12 volts ( 10 to 30 volts to be exact ) . The higher the voltage the faster the motor can move. To clarify, in the video I state that wireless operation is not affected by "common sources of RF interference" such as wifi routers, cellular phones, Computers, Bluetooth headsets, and other remote focus systems. These sources of RF interference occur on the 2.4Ghz Band and are very common. There are certain sources or RF interference that could affect the operation of the B.D.R. ( eg some wireless headsets that run on 900 Mhz ) but these are rarely encountered. www.BartechEngineering.com www.plcElectronicSolutions.com Quote
Premium Members Eric Fletcher S.O.C. Posted October 15, 2010 Premium Members Report Posted October 15, 2010 Hi Everyone We put together a video showing the new BarTech Digital Receiver ( B.D.R. ) in action! In the video we are controlling a Heden motor and we are running the B.D.R. at 24 volts but the system can also work on 12 volts ( 10 to 30 volts to be exact ) . The higher the voltage the faster the motor can move. To clarify, in the video I state that wireless operation is not affected by "common sources of RF interference" such as wifi routers, cellular phones, Computers, Bluetooth headsets, and other remote focus systems. These sources of RF interference occur on the 2.4Ghz Band and are very common. There are certain sources or RF interference that could affect the operation of the B.D.R. ( eg some wireless headsets that run on 900 Mhz ) but these are rarely encountered. www.BartechEngineering.com www.plcElectronicSolutions.com We got to play with this on Dexter a few months ago and it's a VERY worthy competitor to the Preston, infact it spins a preston motor FASTER than an MDR2 Well done Marc and Jim! Quote
Premium Members Eric Fletcher S.O.C. Posted October 15, 2010 Premium Members Report Posted October 15, 2010 Oh and has it been mentioned that you can get TWO BDR systems for the price of one Preston single channel..... it definitely opens up some interesting possibilities for small lightweight powerful and accurate wireless lens control. Add the fact that Marc WANTS any and all feedback to make the system what WE want and you have a winner Quote
Premium Members Sydney Seeber Posted October 15, 2010 Premium Members Report Posted October 15, 2010 So many of these newer companies don't want to show the controller manipulating the motor through the receiver together in the same shot when they post their videos, probably because of some delay between the two... That video there, that's all I wanna see. Looks good man Quote
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