NEW Zero Gravity by VariZoom

Tom McKay

Tom McKay

Varizoom
This is our new Zero Gravity tripod head. We released the Zero Gravity product at NAB 2008 and it received two awards there from Videography and DV magazine for best of show.

It is an incredible tripod head that requires little or NO drag allowing fluid control. This design allows the camera to be exactly balanced so it can tilt at any angle you can even do a 360 without being nose heavy or tail heavy. Once balanced just point it and it will stay in place.

We have all had our nose heavy camera problems causing tripod heads to start slipping position and eventually pointing to the floor or worse falling over. Once balanced your camera will never nose dive or require constant drag adjustment.

Suggested retail: $699. Introductory offer $499. Can be purchased with a VariZoom tripod. Mounts on a standard 100mm bowl.

Imagine we will give a couple away for the next fest.


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looks amazing... just one unusual question: would it work in an upside down position?
---- as if the tripod feet are screwed into a ceiling.
 
Zero Gravity upside down

Zero Gravity upside down

Yes. It is designed to be used upside down as well. Great for underslung use on a studio or field crane. I will attach some pics when I get a chance.

utako.o said:
looks amazing... just one unusual question: would it work in an upside down position?
---- as if the tripod feet are screwed into a ceiling.
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bilgami said:
looks amazing. will it work with a bogen 503 head and plate?
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You can't mount a tripod head onto a tripod head. You can mount it to your tripod legs. When you've got the 503 head you've also probably got the 525 legs which have a 75mm bowl. Unfortunately Zero gravity is designed for 100mm bowls.
 
Zero Gravity 75mm

Zero Gravity 75mm

Actually, it will fit both 75mm and 100mm bowls. We package it with our 100mm tripod but the Zero Gravity will fit on either 75mm or 100mm.

Simon Höfer said:
You can't mount a tripod head onto a tripod head. You can mount it to your tripod legs. When you've got the 503 head you've also probably got the 525 legs which have a 75mm bowl. Unfortunately Zero gravity is designed for 100mm bowls.
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Tom, is the drag adjustable? It looks a lot like an MC50 without motors to me. I suppose if there is variable drag, then it could be a useful piece of kit.

I've gotten to the end of the tilt range of many tripod heads enough times to know that this would be a useful accessory.

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ZeroGravity

Yes, there is a drag adjustment for both pan and tilt. This is simply for preference of resistance but not needed to fight the weight as it is balanced.

Our bowl mount is universal to allow mounting on 75mm and 100mm but a slightly heavier tripod with 100mm mount is better and we have that tripod option as well.



Erik Olson said:
Tom, is the drag adjustable? It looks a lot like an MC50 without motors to me. I suppose if there is variable drag, then it could be a useful piece of kit.

I've gotten to the end of the tilt range of many tripod heads enough times to know that this would be a useful accessory.

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Zero Gravity

Tom McKay said:
Actually, it will fit both 75mm and 100mm bowls. We package it with our 100mm tripod but the Zero Gravity will fit on either 75mm or 100mm.
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So basically just remove my 503 head and replace it with the zero gravity on my bogen legs?
 
Looks interesting... I will give a try ASA its available at B and h
Any Weight limitations for certain Camera Like RED?
And how fast can we balance?
 
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Looks like a cool piece of gear. You guys should fix the mistake in the picture label on your site though. That's an H1 and the text says A1.
 
Looks like it adds 8 or 9", too.

Looks like it adds 8 or 9", too.

Looks like it adds a few extra inches of height, better to get above the crowd of bobbing heads. How high above the bowl does it put the cam? Just how much does it add?

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Looks like my old Vinten Cygnet head which was very cool in it's day. The Vinten had no springs, but it was still a genuine fluid head w/adjustable drag in both pan/tilt modes.
It also had locking brakes for pant/tilt modes.
Worked great for underslung shots too.
Main limitation of this design is that wider cameras may not fit on the platform because it will hit the side of the head. It worked fine on my film cameras, but the bigger/wider Betacams w/side-loading tape door was the deal breaker.
Zero Gravity head seems designed for smaller/lighter cameras so camera width may no longer be an issue, but can cameras fit onto the head in either direction and can pan handle fit on either side of the head? That would be helpful if external cam. mikes or wireless receivers get in the way.
Looks like the ZG has a vertical adjustment so camera nodal point can line up as close as possible to the tilt axis. That's nice.
This might be a good replacement for my old Vinten.

chris
 
Zero Gravity

Zero Gravity

The unit you see is good for atleast 15-16 pounds I think Red is fine on there. B&H stock in June. Order now!

Balances in less than a minute quick. Video demo coming on website.



Kwan said:
Looks interesting... I will give a try ASA its available at B and h
Any Weight limitations for certain Camera Like RED?
And how fast can we balance?
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Does the plate come with some adapter where it uses the same tripod plate as the bogen 503 head? i would hate to remove spiderbrace everytime to use the zero gravity. also if so is there enough clearance to tilt up or down with out the shoulder pad of the spider hitting the zero gravity preventing the full motion of up or down?
 
Zero Gravity

Zero Gravity

It adds about 10" height over a conventional head but it varies a little from camera to camera as balancing different models will change height too.


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Looks like it adds a few extra inches of height, better to get above the crowd of bobbing heads. How high above the bowl does it put the cam? Just how much does it add?

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