Good thing it only costs $15000.
Glidecam HD4000 and X10 vest/arm combo is about $2600.
And of course they have a $12,000 camera body to go with it :(
[QUOTE=Biscuit-Boy;40179138]Good thing it only costs $15000.
Glidecam HD4000 and X10 vest/arm combo is about $2600.
And of course they have a $12,000 camera body to go with it :([/QUOTE]
They're going to release a cheaper version for lighter DSLR's like the 5D mk2. It'll cost "under $7500".
I don't think the price tag of $15,000 is going to phase indie studios who have 1D-Cs, C300s, and RED Epics :v: This thing can basically replace a dolly (unless you need completely identical movements between two shots for some sort of special effects work.)
*wistful sigh*
Indie studios... :(
i feel like crying knowing i will never own this, and, even if i did, i would probably never make a film good enough to justify using it
Technology always gets cheaper. They own a fresh market. That's double plus to price.
[QUOTE=T2L_Goose;40179283][img]http://global3.memecdn.com/chicken-y-ur-head-no-move_o_770462.gif[/img][/QUOTE]
so you can basically just tape a gopro to a chicken to replicate this, save $15000
is it magic or witchcraft
my film teacher always yelled at me for not using a tripod
now i wish i had this
holy shit
dear santa
Too bad films will still shake the camera "for effect."
The actual premise is far more impressive than the stabilization system; gyro stabilizers have been around for a while. The fact that they divided the workload so it allows you to actually focus on the framing of your shots from the side is astonishing.
[QUOTE=Rampage147;40179764]Too bad films will still shake the camera "for effect."[/QUOTE]
Isn't that the point of it, you shake and it stays stabilized?
[QUOTE=krail9;40179437]so you can basically just tape a gopro to a chicken to replicate this, save $15000[/QUOTE]
Yes, yes you can.
[video=youtube;adlgpovEv7g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adlgpovEv7g[/video]
[QUOTE=binarybitz;40179938]Yes, yes you can.
[video=youtube;adlgpovEv7]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adlgpovEv7[/video][/QUOTE]
That video does not exist.
[QUOTE=T2L_Goose;40179177]They're going to release a cheaper version for lighter DSLR's like the 5D mk2. It'll cost "under $7500".
I don't think the price tag of $15,000 is going to phase indie studios who have 1D-Cs, C300s, and RED Epics :v: This thing can basically replace a dolly (unless you need completely identical movements between two shots for some sort of special effects work.)[/QUOTE]
The physical parts behind it are just some nice but today not so uncommon carbon fibre tubes and bunch of servos with an accelerometer and probably gyros.
I bet the exact thing they showcase [I]could[/I] be built for under $1000, probably even less.
What seems rather novel is the separate framing control, and definitely the whole thing seems to be very nicely polished.
My point isn't that it's overpriced - it looks like a wonderful and today probably unique product, but I believe that the price will go down quite a bit.
You say that yet the price of Steadicams has not seen that amazing price drop you mention during the 35 years it has been on the market. Even the shitty knock-offs aren't cheap yet.
[QUOTE=MIPS;40180094]You say that yet the price of Steadicams has not seen that amazing price drop you mention during the 35 years it has been on the market. Even the shitty knock-offs aren't cheap yet.[/QUOTE]
Core technology behind it went through massive development lately and whole chunks of it are easier to do today.
For example the mentioned accelerometers and gyroscopes - your $300 smarphone has them today. They were quite a big deal, earlier.
Another thing is that before, the control behind it wasn't simple to do. Today you can just smack an ARM cpu with linux on it and write the maths behind it in python or whatever.
Actually I have built a gyrocopter my knee and the main control board which I got for about $100 itself has servo control output for optional steadycam mount AS A SIDE FEATURE.
Speaking of that, I saw some folks making the steadycam for a gyrocopter out of CDRom parts and while it obviously wasn't this quality and were only strong enough for a go-pro, it was like another $50-100 tops.
[QUOTE=Derposaurus;40179897]Isn't that the point of it, you shake and it stays stabilized?[/QUOTE]
I don't mean with this camera. I just mean they shake the hell out of the camera to make it seem like more "action."
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