Posts Tagged ‘motion control’

If you haven’t done so recently, watch Hitchcock’s TO CATCH A THIEF and notice how little dynamic camera motion he actually used -- yet still told a great story. Now take a look at the eMotimo Cart intro, and see once again just what incredible…

This is what market forces are all about: innovation, competition, value – and survival. The AXSY T-set enters an increasingly crowded field of upstarts who are taking on the established motion control players. This week’s Kickstarter campaign of interest is AXSY’s T-Set, a modular set…

What’s the first piece of gear many of us get once we decide to add motion to our shots? A slider. What’s the second piece of gear we’d like to get but often can’t afford? A motion controller. [adrotate group="6"]Syrp offers moderately priced examples of…

Not only do they sport industrial-strength looks (and have the specs to back them up), Ditogear’s brand new T’rantula sliders have such a unique design that any other name just wouldn’t have cut it. And their turntable looks pretty darned robust, too.[adrotate group="6"] Well-known for…

Highly regarded Kessler Crane figures out how to deliver value versions of its motion control product suite with its Kessler Second Shooter. The Motion Control page on Kessler’s site really says it all. It displays three different product families: [adrotate group="6"] · elektraDRIVE (analog); · Second…

Self-taught filmmaker and Kessler Shooter Julian Tryba puts everything he knows about Boston timelapse into this well-deserved Vimeo Staff Pick. Want to have your mind blown?[adrotate group="6"] Watch this two minute and 38 second film. Your brain tells you something is amiss within this gorgeous…

If David Koch has his way (not THAT David Koch), by March 2015 any planet5D reader with the desire and $1,300 will be able to do cable dolly shots just like the NFL with the Charlotte Motion Control system.[adrotate group="6"] OK, he didn’t exactly say…

Didn’t I just do a post saying that writing for planet5D is humbling? I believe I did, yes. Today’s “We’re not worthy” timelapse comes courtesy of planet5d reader and videographer Joe Capra.[adrotate group="6"] Or maybe I should be quoting another Mike Meyer’s character, Dr. Evil,…

So you've tried your first time lapse from the stationary tripod and he thought it was okay but it's nothing like some of the amazing movies that we've shown you, So you want to do more. You want motioning your time lapse. That's where the…

It really is amazing how just a touch of motion can add enormous production value to a shot.  It's why so many of us are always on the lookout for the best slider, jib...or MoVI (more about THAT bad boy in another article I'm working on). Syrp…