20Mar New Straight Rail Dolly Design
New double rail camera slider design (or dolly) on the market. This one doesn’t look like it comes off the rails for some smooth table action, so it’s pretty useless except to roll on it’s rails. Very little specs, but it looks like standard 15mm rods with tripod mount ends. Even if it doesn’t come off for the tables, the very simple design looks like it would be very efficient as a straight slider and with wide rails looks pretty stable. Very cool to see a bowl mount for quick leveling too. Pricing is just way too high to make a move on this market…
Straight Double Rail Dolly with bowl mount
If you’re looking to get a real double rail slider, the best one on the market would be Cinevate’s Pegasus. Not only does it run on inexpensive rails, but it comes off the track for all that smooth table action, as well as a rotating dolly shot. Nice little example put together by Cinevate below. Found here: http://Cinevate.com/Pegasus
March 20th, 2011 at 11:25 pm
Looks alright, but somewhat of a PIA. Just build your own. They are easy to make and Igus is already a step ahead of you.
March 20th, 2011 at 11:46 pm
@Paul Houston – Been there, done that over a year ago http://cheesycam.com/diy-camera-slider/. Igus is good, but not quite the same. Here you have a lower center of gravity and actual rails for less binding.
March 21st, 2011 at 2:53 am
but at $468 it’s laughable.