Marc André Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 Hello guys, When the camera get longer lenses like 65, 85, 100mm, a difficulty appears to me: maintain the desired height level and especially when you have a close foreground subject with a far away background (parralax). Even the smallest vertical adjustment is visible and unpleasant, especially in a slow move… Could you be kind enough to share me your tips and tricks to avoid those ? Are you detuning your arm? Or are you adding antlers or gyros ? Are you rounding a bit your direction ? Best regards, Marc André Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Benjamin Treplin Posted April 14 Premium Members Report Share Posted April 14 There is only one thing to overcome this - Practise. No Antlers nor gyros will help you with lateral inconsistencies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc André Posted April 15 Author Report Share Posted April 15 (edited) Thank you Benjamin, but I was speaking a bit more on the vertical inconsistencies, not horizontal or lateral ones. Edited April 15 by Marc André Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Maxwel Fisher Posted Thursday at 12:53 PM Premium Members Report Share Posted Thursday at 12:53 PM Hi Marc, by vertical inconsistencies you mean headroom, correct? A couple things to try, you can re-trim your fore and aft adjustment to set the headroom you need for the shot to avoid having to do any unwanted tilting or booming of the rig. Try to keep a consistent pace and distance if you are leading or following a subject. Detuning the arm will make it less "springy"which will help, but will in turn require you having to work a little more to hold the lens height. Soften your steps as much as possible. There are a number of great posts in the forum about moving very slowly with the rig. Antlers when setup properly can help with tilt inertia giving you a bit more control, but as Benjamin said, practice is going to be your best friend over time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Benjamin Treplin Posted Thursday at 09:45 PM Premium Members Report Share Posted Thursday at 09:45 PM Hi Marc, same goes for vertical and lateral. Sorry for being not clear with my statement. What you can do to practice keeping the camera at a precise hight and on a precise path (straight line or arc) is a variation of the line dance. Instead of sticking a crosshair on a wall as a target you put it on a window or use a stand with a tennis ball on top of it. You need to see the back ground as well. Try to move in arcs or diagonal lines towards, away or around the target. Make the movement slow. Be close to the target as well. You will instantly see on what you have to work on. Hope this makes sense. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc André Posted Friday at 09:26 AM Author Report Share Posted Friday at 09:26 AM Thank you very much guys, it helps me a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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