Jules Bushell wrote:Great looking piece of kit Drakuul. Some questions for anyone who can answer:
What weight can this steadicam take? What happen if it's overloaded by a 1kg or so, does it break?
Also what is the recommended way/gear required for focus pulling?
Cheers,
Jules
P.S. I'm thinking of putting some motion control gear on the BMCC. Probably weigh an extra 3 lbs.
I'm not exactly sure with the overloading of the weight with the sled itself, it could be the case where the sled isn't built for the weight itself and will not maintain a dynamic balance, but I'm not really sure.
What you do want to look at is min. and max. weight of the arm. If you overload the arm, the springs won't be able to support the weight and keep the sled at the right operating height or absorb vibrations properly. Again I'm not an expert, I tend to not use a vest and arm.
As for focus pulling you're going to need a wireless follow focus system, and that isn't cheap. Here's an example of one, and it's probably one of the cheaper ones you'd find, but I've never used it, I've only used the really expensive pro Bartech wireless follow focus units.
http://jag35.com/weffv2.html