ZOE III modification

[Hervé Colosio]

i've had some problems balancing my sled with a ZOE III on the gimbal , the cable of the zoe III gives spring like to the sled , and very hard to control don juan works .

this modification can help some of you who got the same problems .

first i've search a 7 wires tiny slackness cable , i've found that the computer mousse got this tiny cables .

so if you want to keep the RET and REC button you can use this .

RET and REC are not important for me on the gimbal , then i have search another cable , smaller , with 3 wires , just for the zoom control .

i've found that the lavallier microphone cables in 1 meter is absolutely soft, slackness and secured to disturbance. you just have to found a broken lavallier microphone .

i've put the cable on the ZOE III , and now it's like wireless .

i have try it on canon , fuji , with old one and new HD series , with titan near the cable , bartech emitter near the cable . no problems it work fine without disturb . :)

the only thing you have to do is modifying with the little screw the sensitivity of the ZOE and the 0 position with the big one.

here is some pictures

[Jason Torbitt]

Hi,

That looks like a great (much needed) modification - it's been well documented on this forum about the cable issues with the Zoe, it looks like you have come up with the perfect fix. I just had the cable on mine replaced with a slightly thinner one, but it still doesn't offer the same flexibility as yours, by the looks of it.

 

Good work!