War of the Gimbals: Letus 1-axis & 3-axis gimbal

[starcentral]

The 1-axis gimbal would be great to throw on the sled of a steadicam, perfect horizon all the time.

http://vimeo.com/91366669

 

[Jay Birch]

Love the tilt on the 3-axis

 

[Grug]

Nice approach. The one axis paired with steadicam offers a lot of potential for crappy steadicam ops like myself!

 

[Terry_Lasater]

I'm trying to locate more info on their website but can't find anything... yet.

 

[Robert Ruffo]

This I will buy. Letus makes great products and it seems very well thought out.

 

[Finster]

Is this it??? ...

http://letusdirect.com/cart/letus-helix.html

 

[starcentral]

Nice approach. The one axis paired with steadicam offers a lot of potential for crappy steadicam ops like myself!

+1 on that one! lol

 

[cowpunk52]

+1 on that one! lol

Yeah, this would really help out when I don't have time to get that perfect balance, when I'm fighting the wind, or the move requires lots of fast motion. Nice tool.

 

[Terry_Lasater]

Just the thing I need to resurrect my Steadicam ProVid 2. :thumbsup:

 

[CharlesPapert]

That would actually offer a lot more than just horizon correction when mounted on a Steadicam--if you neutrally balanced the rig (infinite drop time), you could flip it over during the shot from high to low mode, or halfway inbetween which would allow you to fly over objects etc. Basically this was the concept behind the original Alien rig which became the AR, and Steadicam was showing exactly this at their booth at the show (they bought the original patent on a rear-mounted roll axis system mounted to a Steadicam).

 

[Jason Davenport]

Very nice. Doesn't look as fragile as the others out there. And it doesn't have 50 allen screws and clamps.

 

[starcentral]

Anyone take on one of these with their wallet? I'm very curious to hear about use of the 1-axis with steadicam.

 

[indiawilds]

Well I am looking for a 3 axis stabiliser for my Go Pro 4. Wondering if there is any 3 axis offering. Letus has a 1 axis for Go Pro.

 

[Samuel H]

I'm building a 1-axis DIY for my flycam nano and a7s. It kind of works, I'll try to upload a test sometime in November.

 

[Surf it Mike]

Letus offered the Helix beta initially on Reduser for a significant group buy before it hit the market. This thread now runs over 100 pages with many owners discussing it favourably.

P.S I think they also offer a 4th axis as well.

Anyway see it here........
http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?115003-Letus-Gimbal