How much would you pay for a Motorized Slider? (is there a market?)

[Silenkiller]

So, I've finished building my own motorized slider and I'm considering putting it into production if there was adequate interest.
I'm curious as to what people would consider the sweet spot for this system, here are some details.

Current Model - 48 Inches Travel
Motor is a simple left, right, variable speed system (you spin a knob, it increases or decreases speed)
Stainless Steel / Aluminum construction, very durable, precise.
Either sits by itself or can be mounted to tripod heads.

Basically the features u find on most decent slider systems already around, except motorized. Battery is rechargeable, lasts a few hours. Not really heavier than current sliders.

Was thinking a good bit under thousand? Could maybe bring it down even more if I had a lot of orders.

Any input, LMK

 

[RickyC]

Yours? Yeah maybe under 1000 for a whole package.

A good heavy duty one that had a solid build and a mitchell base on it with a moving counter balance? Don't know, but maybe a little under 100$/day (rental) or 1-3 grand (bought) if it was built well.
Try adding some junior pins on each side, having 2 lowboy combos is a lot safer than one tripod. Specially for 48in, but for something shorter the tripod would work

Get inspiration from a ronford baker slider, those things are tanks!

 

[October Black]

Do you have video of it in action?

 

[Silenkiller]

Yours? Yeah maybe under 1000 for a whole package.

A good heavy duty one that had a solid build and a mitchell base on it with a moving counter balance? Don't know, but maybe a little under 100$/day (rental) or 1-3 grand (bought) if it was built well.
Try adding some junior pins on each side, having 2 lowboy combos is a lot safer than one tripod. Specially for 48in, but for something shorter the tripod would work

Get inspiration from a ronford baker slider, those things are tanks!

Well, not personally familiar with the mitchell system, but I'm assuming that is a tripod mounting standard for tripod heads? We could have a plate that screws onto the current 3/8 thread mount creating an adapter possibly.
Also when you say moving counter balance, can you explain that more? As it would be fully motorized I wouldn't think it would need a counter balance from left to right.
Junior Pins is a great idea and we would incorporate that into it easily.

Do you have video of it in action?

Haven't had a chance to shoot video yet with my other job but I'm getting there.

Also I certainly appreciate input on things current sliders may be missing (industry specific connectors, etc) that I could possibly incorporate.

 

[RickyC]

Well, not personally familiar with the mitchell system, but I'm assuming that is a tripod mounting standard for tripod heads? We could have a plate that screws onto the current 3/8 thread mount creating an adapter possibly.
Also when you say moving counter balance, can you explain that more? As it would be fully motorized I wouldn't think it would need a counter balance from left to right.
Junior Pins is a great idea and we would incorporate that into it easily.

The mitchell base is the standard in camera rigging and support, its the same as a bowl, but you can use other accessories on it such as risers, offsets, etc. Reason you'd want a mitchell base on it is to be able to adapt things to it, such as low mode arms and stuff. You can always buy a mitchell to 75,100,150mm bowl adapter. My dolly has a mitchell base and I use a 100mm and a 100/150mm adapter from Cinemagadgets.com

The moving counterbalance is so when the camera's weight is transfered to the right side, a counter balance weight goes on the opposite side, this way the weight stays in the center and not off to the side (thus tipping over the whole rig)
You can always compensate with tossing a hundred sandbags on your tripod, but you're just causing strain on the mounting parts

 

[Silenkiller]

The mitchell base is the standard in camera rigging and support, its the same as a bowl, but you can use other accessories on it such as risers, offsets, etc. Reason you'd want a mitchell base on it is to be able to adapt things to it, such as low mode arms and stuff. You can always buy a mitchell to 75,100,150mm bowl adapter. My dolly has a mitchell base and I use a 100mm and a 100/150mm adapter from Cinemagadgets.com

The moving counterbalance is so when the camera's weight is transfered to the right side, a counter balance weight goes on the opposite side, this way the weight stays in the center and not off to the side (thus tipping over the whole rig)
You can always compensate with tossing a hundred sandbags on your tripod, but you're just causing strain on the mounting parts

Ahh okay that makes a lot more sense to me now, I see what u were getting at.