Rhino Slider

[Magedo]

Hey y'all,

I'm looking into purchasing the 42" Rhino Slider Evo with Arc and Motion to act as a "second shooter" for interviews and some produced lectures I'm going to be filming soon. My plan is to have my main camera at approximately 50mm in the center and the Rhino Slider at an angle with a longer lens, closer to 120 on my 70-200 or so. My hope is that it will add some interesting motion to an otherwise visually boring situation.
I have two questions:
1) Does anyone have any experience with the Arc and Motion? I've seen a lot of unboxings and some very brief tests, but few longform interview tests with the unit. I'd love to see some real world examples of it in action with a longer lens.
2) Because I'll be getting the longer 42" version, I'd like to support it on both sides with tripods or stands. However, this adds a lot to the weight of my gear and setup (I work in a smaller space and do not have the luxury of a large crew + load in). Does anyone have any recommendations on tripods or stands which are not too heavy but would be able to support the weight of a DSLR and a 70-200 as the camera slides across the slider.

Happy to hear thoughts and suggestions! Thanks!

 

[videoshot]

Hi,
I use slider stands from matthews and I really like it! I've used it a lot in situations as you described above and got excellent results! can't say enough good words about this great product, i really like the Rhino slider and it's really easy to use/setup which is a big plus for this product. I've used it also with some heavy setups like with the C300mkii and also the the FS7,not ideal with heavy cameras but you get some good footage! but you get better results with smaller setups such as with the FS5 or the C200,DSLR of course would work perfectly also. Unfortunately I can't find footage with interviews as many of works I do is for broadcasting so i can't show original footage. Here is something I have done for my own company as a "promo" and here is behind the scene where you can see i use the slider with the C200 on it,interview setup situation!
I hope this helps, anyway I think you'll be very happy with results you can get with the Rhino/arc