New camera stabilizer Movi

Thought this was an interesting video demostration
http://www.wimp.com/ne​wcamera/

awesome share, the rollerblader is skilled and the results from the movi were amazing. The Movi rig is $15,000 USD and I don't think in production, just saying

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wow that thing is freaking awsome, anything close available for the regular joe to purchase? i don't think the glide cam would come close to that thing huh?

Just saw that this is up for pre-order. If I had a spare 15k lying around, this would be awesome!

Laforet was hyping the **** out of this thing saying it was going to change the industry for everyone no matter what they shoot blah blah blah. Lost some credibility there IMO...you can't touch this contraption for less than $7,500 and that's just the "base" model if I'm not mistaken. It looks awesome but it's really only going to be affordable for big production houses. I know I'm not alone when I say I can't afford to drop $8-10k on a stabilizer.

joe

Just wait for the Chinese knock off lol!

Very interesting....thank you for the share!

charro callado wrote in post #15837072
Laforet was hyping the **** out of this thing saying it was going to change the industry for everyone no matter what they shoot blah blah blah. Lost some credibility there IMO...you can't touch this contraption for less than $7,500 and that's just the "base" model if I'm not mistaken. It looks awesome but it's really only going to be affordable for big production houses. I know I'm not alone when I say I can't afford to drop $8-10k on a stabilizer.

joe

I think it will have just less of an impact on the industry than the steadicam made, and some of them can go for upwards of $20,000. This is certainly not geared towards the budget filmmaker, and the price reflects it. If it works as well as it looks like it does in the video, this is a BARGAIN for some production companies who were custom-making their own gyro mounts. What Laforet did was shrink one and put handles on it.

steelbluesleepr wrote in post #15837712
I think it will have just less of an impact on the industry than the steadicam made, and some of them can go for upwards of $20,000. This is certainly not geared towards the budget filmmaker, and the price reflects it.

Right, but read:

http://blog.vincentlaf​oret.com …ing-to-this-blog-part-ii/

What he said just was not true. It was annoying to be led on like that. The 4K Blackmagic made much more of a splash than the Movi gyro, IMO.

Very cool rig....hollywood price..My first thought was...I will figure out how to build this...but looking at it, I think this rig uses battery powered gyro-stabilization, much like the segway uses. Or it is using servo's on the joints to correct motion. Either way there is a pretty complex little computer in that thing that is immediately sending signals to the servo's or Gyro and telling it what is level and what is not..pretty advanced! I am amazed by the shots, it does a superb job, and it should for 15k, but I think practice and improvised rigs are worth saving the money!

The Movi is made by the same company that makes the gyro stabilized rigs for helicopters. The technology is expensive and it will certainly be patented. I would not expect to see any China knock-offs on this product. I think LaForet is right about it being available for any budget. At $15k, you might not be able to buy one but it won't be too painful to rent and they are touting the learning curve as very small.

Bob

3x PRO HD

charro callado wrote in post #15837748
What he said just was not true. It was annoying to be led on like that. The 4K Blackmagic made much more of a splash than the Movi gyro, IMO.

Perhaps he underplayed the budget aspect, but renting could be a feasible option no?

claytonjohnson wrote in post #15841379
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These mount on lots of things not just RC. Masts, jibs, car mounts, cables. Its $2,428 with the high performance servos. Maybe it could adapt as a hand held run and gun type video rig.

I think it is possible. I guess the key is designing a motion/gravity sensing computer that could read motion and translate corrections to the servo's, and the servo's would need to be quick enough and calibrated right for it to work. The computer might be easier to adapt now that I think of it, one could use the Sensors of the iPhone for X,Y and Z axis, but you would need to build a servo controller to interface with the iphone and an app for the iPhone to feed the controller. It's definitely possible, just an engineering nightmare!

joeblack2022 wrote in post #15841386
Perhaps he underplayed the budget aspect, but renting could be a feasible option no?

Feasible? Maybe. Although with a price tag of $10-15k most rental places probably won't let it go out for a weekend for anything less than $800-$1,000. I'm just irritated that this was hyped as the "next biggest thing" for all types of video production since the 5DII. It's clearly not. Not at this price point, anyway.