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WeightKit&
TelescopingPost
No weights.
All weights up,
gimbal closer
to camera.
Weights up with post
extended, more inertia.
No weights, post extend-
ed, gain lens height and
more inertia in tilt and roll,
but no increase in pan.
Use the telescoping post and the weight
kit to increase inertia (improve stability)
and/or to move the gimbal relative to the
camera.
Now, with a 1.1 pound camera on the Pilot:
Adding weight and increasing length
Here are some examples of how to use the posts and the weights.
Longer posts:
Gimbal much further
from camera, tilt and
roll inertia increased
dramatically.
First, with a 5.2 pound camera on the Pilot:
No weights: less inertia,
Gimbal lower (lens higher).
All weights up: Gimbal
closer to camera, iner-
tia increases in pan.
All weights low: Gimbal
lower (increases lens
height), even more iner-
tia than all weights up.
The gimbal is really too low (above left) without
the weights attached to the stage.
With weights (above right), the gimbal is in a
better position for operating.
With a light camera and a short post, however,
the weights can’t be added to the lower spar
without getting the gimbal too low.
With the Pilot and a heavy camera, all combinations of weights and post extension will work.
A 5.2 pound camera on the Pilot:
Withaverylightcamerayoumayneed
toaddweightsjusttoproperlyloadup
thearm(thearmneedsatleast2lbsof
camera),and/orgetthegimbalreasonably
closetothecameraintheshortestmode.
(Shown with all
weights low and no
weights).