MY   RIGS

 

 

 

All my rigs are an assembly of interchangeable sub-parts: the holding-bar, the pendulum, the stabilizing bow, the cradle, the radio-control, the camera, the video assistance.
 
As suspension, I use mainly the pendulum rather than the Picavet device.
 
The cradles are fairly varied, as they are usually fabricated around the cameras. In that manner, a cradle with multi-orientations constructed for a Leica minilux have been reconverted to receive a digital camera.
 
The material mainly used is aluminum. The assembly of pieces is usually done with rivets, sometimes with bolts or with a compound glue. For the assembly of sub-parts together, I like to use titanium pins Ø2mm.
The last critical item is the batteries! Always empty when we need it, heavy, and often insufficient.
 

RIG

ORIENTATION

FRAME

SHUTTER RELEASE

VIDEO

CAMERA

Lark-T

FZT

manual

landscape

pulling cord

no

Olympus Stylus, Epic, AF10XB,  AF10 mini

Lark-R

FZR

manual

landscape

radio 1channel

no

Olympus stylus, Epic, AF10XB,  AF10 mini

Sparrow

FMR

manual

all

radio 1 channel

option

Olympus Epic

Olympus AF10XB

Goldcrest

FMR

manual

all

radio 1 channel

option

Olympus µ1, µ2, AF10XB, AF10 mini

Warbler

PZRV

pan. & tilt.

landscape

radio 2 ou 4 channels

yes

Olympus Stylus, Epic, Olympus AF10XB        Konica Hexar

Sitta

PNRV

pan. & tilt.

portrait

radio 2 ou 4 channels

yes

Konica Hexar

Tit

PMRV

multi

all

radio 2 ou 4 channels

yes

 Olympus AF10XB  Konica Hexar

Linnet

PMRV

multi

all

radio 2 ou 4 channels

yes

Olympus Epic

Stéréo

S-PZRV

pan. & tilt

landscape

radio 2 ou 4 channels

yes

2x Olympus Stylus

Digital

D-PMRV

multi

all

radio 4 channels

yes

Kyocera Finecam 3300

Camcorder C-PZRV

pan. & tilt

landscape

radio 2 ou 4 channels

yes

Panasonic digital NV-DS27EG

  Legend:
F -> manual orientations , presetting on the ground
P -> panoramic and tilt movements are radio-controlled
Z -> landscape frame
N -> portrait frame
M -> any frame
T -> shutter release with pulling cord or timer
R -> shutter release and/or frame are radio-controlled.
V -> video assistance for frame centering.
S -> twin cameras for stereoscopic photography.
D -> digital camera
C -> camcorder.