Letus Extreme rig photos

but again, the one fault of your rig is that its center of gravity is soo off to one end that you're doing damange to your tripod head, and mostly anything else you mount it on.
 
Using the Q-Release as an equivalent to a Z-Riser is great...
But... PaPa is right. Balance is everything.

PaPa... what do you think about this one? I think it has much better balance.
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that looks freaking sick lol... wow..

i would get one of thoes, but alas, too much weight for my glidecam

ive been able to fly with the XH A1, letus extreme, 24mm lens, and cinevate rails :) Wee, now i just need a FF and whip for some follow focus action ( i know its possible, just very difficult )
 
PaPa said:
that looks freaking sick lol... wow..

i would get one of thoes, but alas, too much weight for my glidecam

ive been able to fly with the XH A1, letus extreme, 24mm lens, and cinevate rails :) Wee, now i just need a FF and whip for some follow focus action ( i know its possible, just very difficult )
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You'll also need a gym membership
 
Well if you Upside-Down it like jstunzi did you've got plenty of room under the adapter to attach a simple baseplate to attach the tripod plate. That would shift the whole thing back without even needing the battery pack and the additional weight. What are you using to support the LEX there Jsunzi? I can't make it out.
 
ozzy,
give me a sec to punch the numbers.
i really want a Steadicam Flyer. It wouldn't hold that sweet setup up top... but it'd still be pretty freakin' sweet. I have the Glidecam 4000 and I'm getting a Merlin soon.
 
I'm also considering a Glidecam 4000 with smoothshooter or a full Merlin set-up, but I'm worried that neither will be able to hold the weight of the HVX+Letus+Zacuto+Montior+Battery, etc.
 
Neither Glidecam 4000 nor Merlin will support that setup. Zacuto gear isn't for steadicam use... you might get the HVX + Merlin on the Merlin. No way will all of that though! If you want to support that weight... you'll have to checkout the Pilot or the Flyer.
 
Does anyone know approximately how much the full Zacuto rig + HVX weighs in at? I am currently looking at the Glidecam V-16 which supports up to 20lbs and the V-20 which can handle 26 Lbs.

The steadicam flyer is out of my price range.
 
i've got 24mm lens, with cinevate rails, canon XH A1, letus extreme, and i have it flying perfectly well with my glidecam 4000 pro and smooth shooter :)
 
PaPa I believe I'm correct in saying the XH A1 is lighter than the HVX200. The Glidecam caps off around 10 pounds. The HVX alone is around 5 to 7lbs. So plus batteries and monitor and other things it's cutting it close. Keep in mind he also wants a FULL zacuto rig. Meaning he wants the RED Plate (the wireless and battery plate)... as well as his own monitor.

Cinevates stuff is all CF meaning it's lighter and definitely easier to fly.

Ozzy here's my recommendation for you... get a Zacuto setup for the "non Steadicam" applications... Then fly your HVX + Letus + Lens on the Steadicam Merlin or Glidecam GL400 with the vest.

Zacuto's gear isn't designed for steadicam but I'm sure it's been used in such applications before!
 
i agree. The XH A1 with a battery is about 5 pounds. I've never held an HVX200 but i hope to one day heh.

I am curious to know what exactly allows certain glidecams and steadicams to have a weight limit? I noticed that the most expensive rigs aren't longer per say, so what exactly defines the weight limit of a rig?

All my gear together comes at over 10 pounds. But from what i've mounted onto it, it seems that it would be very easy to accomodate a few more pounds... Based on my current shaft extension length and the number of weights i am using. Looks like it can take more. ?
 
JS, thanks for the input. But one question - how would I fly the HVX+Letus+Lens on either a Merlin or Glidecam *without* a rail system?

My understanding is that the rail system, riser, etc. is needed to take the stress off the HVX-Letus-lens assembly. I would think that once the HVX rig is off the tripod and flying on a Merlin or Glidecam, that the stress on the lens assembly would be even higher, than if the entire rig was resting on a tripod.

Or did you mean that I should get Zacuto for tripod based work and get the lighter cinevate rails for Merlin/Glidecam work?

If you meant the latter, then I would probably only get the cinevate rails and use them for both tripod work and steadicam work.
 
you also need it because it stiffens the rig. If you leave it hanging, there is a chance that if you land too hard on your foot, there will be a jolt in the image. We found this out quite quickly with the brevis, letus is less extreme ( wow, puns going around here ... ) because of its heft.
 
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Here's the new and updated rig

I use the Letus upside down... always have... when the FE's came out there were no instructions and that's how I mounted it so that's what I'm used to.

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the rail system is needed to take the stress of for sure... but if you're "flying" your letus with a 100mm lens... it will definitely stress your hvx's threads! Once those are ruined... you can't use the letus, any filters, any lens adapters nada!

I meant that you could use cinevate carbon fibre rails for lighter stuff. The deal is... with the merlin or the glidecam... you're going to be cutting it close with the 10 pound weight limit. To fly a letus... YOU MUST GET A VEST. Not one person I know can fly their glidecam 4000 or merlin with that heavy of a rig for more than a few minutes without an arm.

What enables steadicams to work with heavier weights? I believe it is the building and the structure. I mean a merlin uses screwon weights... thus you're already limited there. However, the gimbals only support so much weight (the piece that enables the "steadi" aspect of 'em). I'm about to purchase a flyer system... so look out world!
 
THX... only problem I see with your rig is... how do you pull focus? There's no way you could get a follow focus up on that thing! Also, I'm not such a big fan on the IndiSystem baseplate. It seems someone uneven in your picture.
 
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