16-04-2023, 08:44 PM
Sorry for using jib rather than “some form of human driven camera” for the confusion it caused.
(16-04-2023, 08:38 PM)alfiejmulcahy Wrote: Take a look at the opening shot by the monolith, the intro shot for the guests and the shot directly after the titles, you can clearly see parallax that is characteristic of a 3-axis steadicam when the operator is walking (a bobbing up and down - look just past the monlith in the first shot). Most steadicams or cameras on gimbals can't stabilise an up-down motion like they can with pitch, roll and yaw. It is my understanding that you wouldn't get this parallax with the automated Electric Friends cameras as they are mounted to a rigid base that is able to move directly in a single direction.A Steadicam doesn't 'bob up and down'! The clue is in the name.
(16-04-2023, 08:49 PM)Stuart Wrote:(16-04-2023, 08:38 PM)alfiejmulcahy Wrote: Take a look at the opening shot by the monolith, the intro shot for the guests and the shot directly after the titles, you can clearly see parallax that is characteristic of a 3-axis steadicam when the operator is walking (a bobbing up and down - look just past the monlith in the first shot). Most steadicams or cameras on gimbals can't stabilise an up-down motion like they can with pitch, roll and yaw. It is my understanding that you wouldn't get this parallax with the automated Electric Friends cameras as they are mounted to a rigid base that is able to move directly in a single direction.A Steadicam doesn't 'bob up and down'! The clue is in the name.
I guess they managed to fix whatever issue you think they had on a Sunday morning within the space of an hour and end up with a very smooth closing shot from the same EF camera they'd used at the start. Blimey, that engineer must have been on speed dial and close by.
(16-04-2023, 09:10 PM)aaron_scotland Wrote:More likely a DJI Ronin. The DJI Ronan makes everything look like life is a rollercoaster.(16-04-2023, 08:49 PM)Stuart Wrote: A Steadicam doesn't 'bob up and down'! The clue is in the name.
I guess they managed to fix whatever issue you think they had on a Sunday morning within the space of an hour and end up with a very smooth closing shot from the same EF camera they'd used at the start. Blimey, that engineer must have been on speed dial and close by.
Im thinking it was possibly a hand held gimbal rather than a full sized steadicam, DJI Ronan maybe.
(16-04-2023, 08:39 PM)aaron_scotland Wrote: Yup as a photographer Im on your side, the shot at 03:45 into the program is clearly manual, the shot is moving slightly up/down side to side as if its being held by a human. Those tower cams are rigid.Yeah, that 03:45 shot has a very clear wobble to it, with some of the later at-desk shots nearly coming right up to the desk and/or in line with where the ramp is - seems improbable not to be a handheld camera and, if it was from a floor-based camera, you'd want to get somebody to check the wheels. Plus, the super-low shot during the interviews is almost level with the rostrum, whereas the base of the 'electricfiends' cameras is very clearly chunkier than that - even if their near-mythic height flexibility was true, I doubt it can get that low.
(16-04-2023, 09:50 PM)Stuart Wrote:(16-04-2023, 09:32 PM)lepeterrr Wrote: And go back to last week and try and tell me the opening shot was done by the ElectricFriends cameras...It wasn't done by anyone. There was no programme last week.