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Flighthead discussion (”General Take Charge!”)

Jun 7th, 2007 by General Henz

Spurred on by a rightful request from Ron Goodman, a fellow Knight of the Wobbly Table, I have moved the discussion around the Flighthead away from the Spacecam review and have included it in the comments to this post.

For those late to the party I’ll recap the events:

Arthur, who unfortunately shared a fake email address, observed the engaged discussion occurring in the comments to the Spacecam review and, attempting to capitalize on the attention, dropped in a link to some Flighthead demo clips.

The clips of this anti-Wobbly product were appreciated - they’re valuable media in educating users on the capabilities of the Flighthead. I’ll share one clip here:

However, Arthur derailed the Spacecam discussion but planted the seed of an interesting discussion around the Flighthead. As Ron accurately articulated, though, the comments had the potential to be misleading.

With a core mission of cutting through misleading information in an attempt to help cinematographers defeat Wobbly, we’ve responded to Ron’s request and have moved the Flighthead discussion to this post.

Enjoy.

Posted in War Effort | 6 Comments

6 Responses to “Flighthead discussion (”General Take Charge!”)”

on 07 Jun 2007 at 5:46 pm1Arthur

Hi friends! Take a look at the following link http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=filmotechnic . Pretty amazing!
on 07 Jun 2007 at 5:47 pm2Venus on the Half-shelf

Hi Arthur,
yep - dynamic sequence.
This piece highlights the downfall of one approach to stabilisation. When you allow a rig to swing freely (ie a universal joint type assembly somewhere between the support structure and the remote head), energy is absorbed in the process, thus easing the pressures of high frequency (or “fine”) stabilisation. The downside is demonstrated here in significant perspective shift. Thus the image is well smoothed, but not truly stabilised.
Discuss.
Mercilessly.
on 07 Jun 2007 at 5:49 pm3marin

Sure it helps to smooth the image but I do not agree with you that the head does not stabilize the rest of wobblies … It is working well within 300mm focal lenght
on 07 Jun 2007 at 5:54 pm4Updates from the War on Wobblies » Blog Archive » Spacecam: Anti-Wobbly Review

[…] [update: discussion that was occurring within the comments to this post but on a different anti-Wobbly weapon have been moved here] […]
on 07 Jun 2007 at 5:59 pm5Venus on the Half-shelf

Hi Marin,
I was not suggesting that the head was not stabilising well. I was referring to a downside that is sometimes visible (depending on application - it is visible in this clip) as a result of how the good stabilising is acheived.
I am not slating the machine at all, just trying to expand the elements under consideration.
VHS
on 19 Jun 2007 at 4:04 pm6Updates from the War on Wobblies » Blog Archive » Flighthead: Anti-Wobbly Review

[…] to observe the peculiar shift in perspective that’s produced through this form of stabilization. As commenter Venus on the Half-shelf stated in an earlier […]