Cedric Autier 5 Report post Posted October 6 Hello Everyone, I am wondering what are your experiences with the Volt with a rig going off balance, typically using lenses with a big glass displacement, film inside the mags etc... In the case of film, do you do a quick rebalance between each take even on short takes? And would this be a big concern on long takes? Thank you Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jerry Holway 173 Report post Posted October 7 The Volt can handle a great deal of imbalance - it handles wind loads very well. For the big glass shifts, you'll have to crank up the tilt strength. Of course, a constant correction of imbalance will require more power - hence the typical work to get the sled in neutral balance for most shooting - less work for the motors to do. I think there are some videos on FlySteadicam of the Volt with wind and maybe one with an IMAX (??). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobinThwaites 21 Report post Posted October 13 Thanks for the FlySteadicam mention Jerry. The test we made with the Imax was with a Volt on an Ultra 2 and the Volt was able to negate approximately 80% of the side to side offset caused by the film transfer. So that meant that the sled could be balanced so that the operator needed a little bit of side hand pressure at the beginning of the mag and a little bit at the end with the Volt doing all the compensation for the most part. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cedric Autier 5 Report post Posted October 14 Thank you Jerry and Robin! If it can almost handle Imax it should be just fine with a 35mm steadimag. Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
