Posts Tagged ‘jib’

Nov
6
2014

The Feather Camera Crane: Lightweight Travel Jib for Adventure Filmmakers

LITE PRO GEAR takes on Kessler’s Pocket Jib Traveler, the Aviator Travel Jib and others with its Feather Camera Crane – and has consistently sold out each manufacturing run for the last 2 years.[adrotate group="6"] It’s usually the third piece of gear film-makers employ to…
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Nov
28
2013

Shooting miniatures and dioramas with DitoGear™ MiniJib

This time we would like to share a project created by Bartek Hlawka, that uses a technique of shooting miniatures and dioramas in a park of scale models. 'Miniature History' focuses on the most remarkable events in the world's history. To learn more about 'Miniature…
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Nov
28
2013

Black Friday is planetFriday to get great deals on Aviator Jib purchases

Look at this planet5D EXCLUSIVE deal for our readers! If you've been thinking about a small travel jib, have a look at the Aviator Travel Jib and get 20% off! Free Shipping and 20% off on jib purchases (can't be used on the Rocket Travel…
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Aug
20
2013

hipjib - new DIY style jib for filmmaking - convert your tripod into a jib

Found this Kickstarter project called the HipJib the other day and wanted to share it with you. I'm curious to see your reaction to this and encourage you to sound off in the comments! It seems pretty cool and could be a boon for indie…
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Mar
27
2013

daily planet5D #60 - Aviator Travel Jib first look

Finally getting back into the swing after spending so much time launching the new planet5D forums, we take a quick first look at the Aviator Travel Jib from Nice Industries. Find out more about them here: http://www.aviatorcameragear.com/ I've tried another 'travel jib' and the Aviator…
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Jan
9
2013

Can you set up your jib in 60 seconds? You can with the Cinevate Axis Jib

Cinevate has announced their new "axis jib" and based on this comment from the grand poobah of Cinevate Dennis Wood, it looks like a winner - being able to set it up in about 60 seconds would be a real joy to the filmmaking crew.…
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Jul
2
2012

Light Craft Workshop announces new Trapezist Portable Mini-Jib

Light Craft Workshop (a planet5D sponsor) has announced they now have a new Trapezist Portable Mini-Jib! They just sent us a sample and we're in the process of testing it out and wanted you to see it before we have the mini-review done (get the…
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Jun
14
2012

The Aviator travel jib - a kickstarter project that kicks

Zeke Kamm is trying to fund his latest project - the Aviator travel jib - and based what I've seen, this looks like a very good product that we'd love to see funded. (Update: heck since I started writing this post the other day, the…
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