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Author Topic: Camera gimbol, gyro or something? Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-14-2011 03:53 AM                        On ABC's What Would You Do program which does scenario setups and records people's reactions. Good show actually. After they get the reaction they want, the crew comes out to confront the unsuspecting subjects. Occasionally we get to see the gear, usual a three camera shoot and twice now I saw this rig that I am assuming is a camera rig of some sort but I have never seen one quite like it. It is in the foreground of the picture with the balding cameraman (again I am assuming it is a camera rig although it only appeared for moment and I never got a clear view of any camera on it). The cameraman is holding it like the steering wheel of a car at nine and three o'clock. Anyone know what this is?  |  IP: Logged Andy Frodsham Expert Film Handler Posts: 238 From: Stoke on Trent, Staffs, UK Registered: Nov 2006 posted 05-14-2011 06:43 AM                     Looks like a Manfrotto camera stabiliser (steadicam). It's designed mainly for lighter, non-professional type cameras but, as you know, these are being increasingly used to obtain 'fly-on-the-wall or candid type documentary footage!  |  IP: Logged Greg Anderson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 766 From: Ogden Valley, Utah Registered: Nov 1999 posted 05-14-2011 10:33 AM                        It is called the Fig Rig. Manfrotto's web site has a nice picture.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 05-14-2011 11:50 AM                     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9ZLGSMc4Bc Here's a promotional video of it. Shame, though, that the manufacturer put up a 240p-only recording but this'll show you what it does.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-14-2011 11:26 PM                        Very cool. I take it that it only useful with smaller cameras. With no body support, heavier cams would start to tire one's arms.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 05-15-2011 12:22 AM                     The larger cameras would be less prone to the problems the unit appears to be geared towards. This, being just a guess from a layman who knows little about those cameras.  |  IP: Logged

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