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This rig has been made in
July 2002 to bring in Japan for a summer vacation travel.
I wished a light rig for Olympus Stylus Epic and Olympus
AF10XB, with electric radio remote release, able to get
manually all positions and any frame.
The holding bar and the craddle
have been entirely reconsidered compared to my previous
constructions, and it lead up to new designs with simpler
construction.
The holding bar is extremely
simple, but very practical and safe. Some turns of the line
on one side, and some more on the other are sufficient.
For more details, have a look to the page light suspension
in the chapter suspensions.
The stabilizing bow, not shown
on the picture, is the one described in the chapter suspensions.
The craddle has a double articulation
for tilt This guile allows to avoid the mandatory articulation
point with some hoop at camera mid-hight for tilting. Thanks
to it, the center of gravity of the camera is easily replaced
in the vertical line of the pendulum for any spin,
frame position, or different camera.
The total weight with stabilizing
bow, 36 exposures film and batteries is:
420g with Olympus Epic
460g with Olympus AF10XB
The radio-control receiver for
shutter release and its battery are counting for 100g.
An accessory let mounting the receiver
and its battery in the thwarping pendulum configuration.
It adds 20g which is nothing compare to the increase of
stability in irregular winds, weak or medium.
Notice the black rubber
around the camera to prevent it to rotate on the tripod
screw.
A small video-camera and
a video emittor have been tried on this rig. For 150g more,
it's great!
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