Best Jib for 35mm rigs

Jason Adams

Jason Adams

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There are a lot of low cost dv jibs out there, but has anyone used a good quality "budget" jib with their 35mm set up. Many of these 35mm rigs take the small format cams up to about the weight of an HPX. Any suggestions on a low cost jib that can perform well with a heavier camera load?
 
The Jimmy Jib Triangle and CamMate are popular "single-operator" rigs for 35mm - though you still need a focus-puller at minimum.

Also, I've seen more and more of the Giraffe out there. That is a few man crew rig to be sure.

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He's talking about 25 pound cameras on remote heads with video tap, wireless focus control and, very likely, confidence monitoring. The Kessler wouldn't be in the running. Nothing personal or against Kessler. Just different rigs for different applications. Kessler is perfect for fluid-head work for small cameras. According to their published spec., you can't put a stripped-down VariCam or CineAlta on a remote head on the Kessler. RED is as heavy as, or heavier than, an F900 with similar AKS. 35mm is out of the question.

Same reason I didn't recommend [our] EZFX for the work - which is a lot more robust than the Kessler. The EZFX is rated for 50lbs. in standard mode (about 10' to lens). However, it is only rated for 25lbs. in extended modes with remote head. Our SuperFX (under development) is extended another 6' (about 22' to lens). This system requires additional cable and turnbuckle wire rope rigging and solid-core internal splices as you would see on Loumas and other heavy-payload systems.

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All day long! A perfect combination. How did you pull focus? We've used a Preston set-up on mine and I'm eagerly awaiting the microRemote from RedRock for testing.

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