Luna arm or G-50?

[William Walsh]

Hey guys,

 

I'm a fairly newbie operator working on purchasing my first rig. I only have experience using a G-50 arm right now, but the Luna arm looks intriguing...because it's made by the master himself and has a crazy high weight capacity. What are the pros & cons of each, assuming they cost about the same?

 

Thanks for your input

 

[Eric Fletcher S.O.C.]

I'd stay away from G-Series arms

[Jens Piotrowski SOC]

Steadyrig Silver Spring and Sachtler Artemis ACT2 are also to consider...

[Evrim KAYA]

I only heard only good things about the Luna arm. But you might want to check also the new G-50X arm before deciding.

[JensSchroeder]

When I started out with steadicam a nice colleague gave me the advice not to limit myself with a low capacity arm. I didn't follow that advice because of budget problems and immediately regretted that decision. Maybe you should keep in mind that you need a good load capacity if those big jobs are coming.

Plus I always have made very good experience with Robert Luna.

[James Puli]

I second the Silver Spring arm. My first arm was Silver Spring and I loved it, until I could afford to upgrade.

 

The technology behind the Silver Spring and Luna arms (Steadicam 3a arms essentially) has been around for 25-30 years, and very

rarely these days does anyone ever have a problem with either arm.

 

Both safe options, I'd try them both and see which one you like!

[William Walsh]

Thanks everyone for your feedback!

[GrantCulwell]

I've never had the pleasure of trying the Luna arm but I've flown the G-50 and G-50x and have had a great experience.

[Dustin Heindl]

Will the arm you used on my steadicam was the G50X. Just for reference. I'm not sure what a normal G50 is like in comparison.

Sidenote - The G50 arm is up-gradable from Tiffen for a relatively inexpensive price.

Maybe someone can chime in on the price.

[Lars Erik]

It was $1,000. But not sure what it's now. I imagine it's in that ballpark somewhere.

 

I did mine, and the arm performs better.

[JobScholtze]

My old Glidecam Gold arm preformed way better that my G50. Sorry, but thats how i feel about it. The arm was stiff. Even stiffer than the G70 i have owned too.

Did you check out the new pro arm? Great stuff, cant go wrongwith pro

[Nils Valkenborgh]

I flew both recently to compare them. I own a Luna arm (Jens Schroeder's old one) so of course I'm biased. Weight capacity wise the Luna wins hands down, operating wise the G50x has a little bit more boom range and is easier to reconfigure for different weight setups (and it looks prettier). I'd say right now, comparing price and quality, go for a well serviced Luna.