| NEWSLETTER | 2012
Crane, Jib, Track, and Car Mount Systems for Film and Video Professionals
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Camera Car Mount P7
Aim & Shoot Controls P2
All Angle Balance P3
FEATURES
Carbon Fiber Design World’s Lightest Camera Crane Including cases, the CXL 10 weighs under 100 lbs.
INSIDE
Aim and Shoot Effortless one-person remote camera operation for pin, tilt, zoom and record.
Carbon XL 10
LIGHTEST MOST VERSATILE CAMERA SUPPORT EXTRAS
Camera Dolly Rail Track 20 ft. (6 m)of camera track and comes with optional time-lapse motor drive.
Floor Track
CARBON XL
FEATURES
FEATURES
CARBON XL
Intuitive Controls
CARBON BENEFITS CarbonFIBER Fiber Benefits • Lightweight • 25% of the weight of steel • 40% Lighter than Aluminum • Strength-to-weight ratio (twice the specific strength and stiffness of steel) • Design Flexibility • Corrosion Resistance
WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH AIM AND SHOOT CONTROLS?
• Thermal Stability
FLEXIBLE DESIGN Assemble one set of components into: • Camera Crane • Camera Jib Designed for the serious video and film professional, the Carbon XL System delivers sophisticated camera motion at shooting locations where a grip truck and crew are not feasible. The entire camera supportsystem is easy to transport by airline or light plane, load into a subcompact taxi, and hand carry up a hill to any remote shooting site.
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• Dolly with Track • Motorized Time-Lapse ...Track • Car Mount • Zero Gravity Head • Remote Control Camera • Motorized Rotating .. Platform
Aim and Shoot camera control is a unique method for controlling the camera pan and tilt when the camera is located remotely on the end of the crane arm. Steer the Aim and Shoot pan-tilt using a tripod control arm, just as you do with the camera on a tripod.
AIM AND SHOOT CONTROLS ENGINEERED SYSTEM ENGINEERED SYSTEM Engineered from carbon fiber, the 50 lb. (23 kg) Carbon XL 10 system can be hand-carried to any location to provide the camera motion capability of several hundred pounds of conventional camera support. Sixty feet of carbon fiber tubes, weighing only 16 lb. (7 kg) nest in a single 36 in. (90 cm) tripod case, and assemble into an 18.5 ft. (5.6 m) crane with Servo Pan/Tilt.
Assemble the CXL 10 carbon fiber components into a motorized time-lapse track. The camera crane can be shortened in 30 in. (75 cm) steps, and also used as a jib with zero gravity head, (no fluid head required).
CARBON XL
FEATURES
Less Counterweight
Zero-Gravity heads can improve your Jib shots
KEEP YOUR BOOM UP WITH ALL ANGLE BALANCE. All Angle Balance is the ability to balance a crane or jib at high tilt angles, horizontally, and at low tilt angles without drag or any adjustment. Can all cranes and jibs do this? No, very few jib/ cranes can balance at all angles.
ALL ANGLE BALANCE
Move to the front of the remote operated camera crane and immediately switch to a front operated jib with a balanced zero-gravity head. You do not need to install a fluid head to continue shooting.
THE PHYSICS If most cranes and jibs are balanced horizontally, the crane will be unbalanced at other angles, and the crane must have a drag brake to maintain tilt position. The problem is not workmanship, it is due to physics.
If a zero-gravity head is properly balanced, you can pan and tilt the camera, and release it without kick back at the end of your move.
If a camera crane or jib has a parallelogram linkage on the camera end, with the camera on a cantilevered platform, the crane cannot be balanced at all angles without a parallelogram weight platform on the balance weight end as well.
Less effort is required and you can move the jib, and pan-tilt the camera, with only one hand. Lower inertia and no drag permit you to move and stop the camera rapidly, and with less effort.
The second part of the solution for All Angle Balance is that the balance weights must be concentrated at distance from the parallelogram pivot that is proportional to the camera offset on the front platform.
A ZERO-GRAVITY HEAD IS STANDARD ON THE CARBON XL 10 SYSTEM
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Think about it. When the camera crane swings upward, the parallelogram arm leverage distance shortens with tilt angle at both ends. The problem is that the camera extends out from the parallelogram linkage, and this distance does not change with tilt angle.
Carbon XL 10 Systems achieves All Angle Balance with a pivoting rear weight bar on a parallelogram link. The bar mount adjusts through the weight offset range required for all possible front/rear arm length ratios.
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CARBON XL
EASIER TO MOVE
Lighter Cameras & Lighter Support Systems
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RAVE REVIEWS
CARBON XL
This is a new age in camera size. Lighter cameras deserve lighter equipment. Tighter budgets demand smaller crews.
Carbon XL is at the forefront.
It is lighter, more versatile and easier to get to remote locations. When every pound counts Carbon XL is lightest in its class.
“I
was very impressed with the Carbon XL system and thrilled to get my hands on it recently. It was designed by Neal Williams, who is an engineer and a cinematographer - precisely the type of person you want to make your gear.”
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t is well thought out, packs and ships easily and is quick to set up and easy to operate. If you work in remote places, you’d be wise to go with Carbon XL.” oes the price include all of this? Really? And the powered time lapse too?”
SCAN THIS
The Carbon XL System has received RAVE REVIEWS.
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his is the most sophisticated combination - crane, jib, track and car mount system - I have ever seen … and I have seen a lot. It’s the lightest in this class too. You save, with every intercontinental flight, between 500 and 2000 $US. So if you work in remote areas, like I do, you need to have the Carbon XL System, because every pound counts!”
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CARBON XL
SYSTEMS & OPTIONS
XL Systems & Options
uA whole Carbon XL 10 system packs into 3 cases and a tube bag for shipping. Frequent travelers save a bundle on airfreight and excess baggage charges. Crew size can drop by one or two people. Half the balance weight is required, and barbell weights are replaced by shopping bags with drinks or rocks in many cases.
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XL 10 System includes a Camera Crane, jib, zero gravity head, car mount, dolly rail track, and motorized time-lapse system, with major components built of carbon fiber. Designed specifically for airline travel and limited or difficult to access locations requiring hand carrying. Engineered from carbon fiber, the 50-lb, 23-kg, Carbon XL 10 system can be hand-carried to any location to provide the camera motion capability of several hundred pounds of conventional camera support.
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xty feet of carbon fiber tubes, weighing only 16-lb, 7-kg, nest in a single 36-in, 90-cm, tripod case, and assemble into an 18.5-ft, 5.6-m, crane with Servo Pan/Tilt. The crane can be shortened in 30-in, 75-cm, steps, and also used as a jib with zero gravity head, (no fluid head required). ing 2 or 3 light tripods for support, assemble a dolly track up to 22-ft, 6.7-m, long for extended tracking shoots without laying and leveling track. Add the variable speed Timelapse Motor, and shoot moving time-lapse shots. Two people can easily lift the 15-lb, 7-kg, dolly track with tripods, and carry the assembly to a different location.
“Lighter cameras deserve lighter equipment. Tighter budgets demand smaller crews.”
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Track Dolly The double articulated dollies will also run on any straight or curved floor track tube diameter from .75 to 2.0 inch.
FEATURED CXL Floor Track System
Add Dolly Motion to the jib crane tripod................................................... p6
CXL CM2 Car Mount
Hollywood-Style Camera Vehicle Mounts ............................................... p7
CXL TR1 Camera Track
Camera Dolly Rail Track System with time lapse motor drive........ p7
Carbon XL Systems
Three systems are available for the Carbon XL camera cranes............. p8
Specifications
Design specifications..................... p8
CXL Floor Track System With Dolly The optional Floor Track System adds floor track dolly motion to the jib crane tripod. You can move camera on the jib back and forth 10 feet (3m) and extend out 8 feet (2.4m) in any direction. Just hold the camera on the frontoperated jib and slide the system back and forth, up and down, and side to side in a 26 foot by 16 foot (5m x 8 m) space all by yourself. When you release the camera, it stays in place with zero gravity balance. The kit adds only 8 pounds (3.6kg) and it all fits in the existing system bags.
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“So light and easy to move that you do not need a dolly assistant.”
The double articulated dollies will also run on any straight or curved floor track tube diameter from .75 to 2.0 inch (19-50mm). Price
$1,495
SYSTEMS & OPTIONS
CARBON XL
CXL CM2 Car Mount Requires Track Dolly System
Includes 2 each 6 in, and 2 each 4.5 in vacuum cups, 2 each .75 in (19 mm) diameter, 18 in (46 mm) long carbon fiber tubes, and 8 each multi angle .75 in (19 mm) tube clamps, and two adjustable ratcheting web safety straps with hooks. Multiple camera mounting configurations are possible on the vehicle door, fender, hood and roof. Combine the 19mm carbon fiber tubes, multi angle connectors and vacuum mounts to fit your shooting needs. A built-in leveling ball eliminates the weight, and the need, for a fluid head. Ideal for cars, motorcyles and bicycles. - Weight: 9.2 lb (4.2 kg)
Price
CXL Vehicle Mounts
“Hollywood Style Camera Vehicle Mounts.”
Triangulation kits and other camera rigging options to create Hollywood-style shots.
$1,495
“ “Adjustable 16 wheel dolly with silicone rubber tires ... ”
CXL TR1 Camera Track With Dolly The Camera Dolly Track is included in System 10 and an option with System 6 and System 8. Up to 20 ft (3 m) of camera track can be supported with 2 tripods. Add more camera track as required. Use with cameras to 35 lb (16 kg). A time lapse motor drive and can be set up for top mount or under slung shooting. Shoot with one camera on a 12 ft (3.5 m) track dolly and simultaneously with a second camera on the 8.5 ft (2.6 m) jib/ crane. The Carbon XL system has the parts to allow two cameras to shoot in motion at the same time!
Camera Dolly Rail System Comes with time lapse motor drive and can be set up for top mount or under slung shooting.
A standalone track dolly system is also available with 16 dolly wheels, leveling ball head, 10 ft (3m) of carbon fiber track and motorized time-lapse. - Weight: 10.5 lb (4.8 kg) Price
$4,950
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CARBON XL
PRICING & OPTIONS
PRICING & OPTIONS
CARBON XL CARBON XL SYSTEMS
XL10 System Component List: • Camera Crane • Camera Jib • Zero-Gravity Head •
Aim & Shoot Control
• Car Mount • Manual Dolly • Powered Time-Lapse System Major components are built of carbon fiber. Tripods are additional. Designed specifically for airline travel and limited or difficult-to-access locations requiring hand-carrying.
SPECIFICATIONS • 18.5 foot crane/jib reach (range: 34” - 304” x 30” (870-7700 mm x 750 mm)) for up to 20 lb (9 kg) camera • A 5 lb camera needs only 55 lb ballast at 18 foot extension, (25 lb camera requires 125 lb ballast) • Dolly on up to 22 feet (6.7m) of camera track supported with three tripods, 35 lb (16 kg) camera capacity • Can operate with 7 to 24 VDC camera batteries • Precision counterweight adjustment feature • Zero-gravity head operation on jib, (no fluid head required). • Effortless one-person remote camera operation for pan, tilt, zoom and record with 32 ft (9.7 m) cables • Motorized time-lapse dolly track with variable speed drive
System Weight: 50 lb (23 kg) Total Weight Including Cases: 100 lb (45 kg)
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SYSTEM System ENGINEERED XL10 Includes crane, jib, cases, zero gravity head, Aim and Shoot control, carbon fiber tubes, manual track dolly, motorized time-lapse, and car mount
• $14,950
System XL8
• Car mount system
Includes crane, jib, cases, zero gravity head, Aim and Shoot control, and carbon fiber tubes
• Mount for light weight monitor and controls
• $10,950
• Radius Dolly system
• Guy wires and supports • No tools required for assembly • Packs in 36 in. (90 cm) long tube bag and three compact hard cases
System XL6
Same as System 8 with aluminum tubes
• $8,950
Add-ons for System 6, 8, 10: Floor Track Dolly System
• $1495
Tripod 528 with case
• $895
Video Monitor
• $595
Tripod Studio Dolly with cable guards
• $395
Add-ons for System 6 and 8: Manual Track Dolly System
• $1850
Motorized Time-Lapse (requires Track Dolly)
• $1100
Car Mount (requires Track Dolly)
• $1050
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