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Bill Adam April 28th, 2006 06:24 PM

Auto pan tilt tripod head
 
Does anyone know if there is a automatic pan / tilt head that will work with the Canon XL2 DV video camera? Everything I have found will not handle the weight of the canon video camera.
Thanks
Bill

Greg Boston April 28th, 2006 06:34 PM

They're available alright. Just open wide (your wallet that is).

Seriously, as you have learned, you will have to go with a much heavier motor/drive assembly to achieve your needs. Also, to get good smooth pans/tilts would require a stepper motor with more steps per revolution which increases the cost. The driver boards are all about the same as they usually only have to generate 4 different phases to drive the motor. It's all about the fractional degrees per step and the torque handling capability that determine component size and complexity. More torque= more current= higher component ratings.

regards,

-gb-

Aaron Winters April 29th, 2006 02:22 PM

Jigga what?
 
Since I've never heard of these, anyone have a link handy?

Bill Adam April 29th, 2006 07:58 PM

Re-auto pan heads
 
Thanks for responding to my post.
However what I realy need is company names,web page addresses, any information to direct me to (as many) companies that make these pan heads, so I can further research and pick the right auto head.

Thanks
Bill

Richard Hunter April 30th, 2006 02:12 AM

Hi Bill. Have you looked at any of these?

Richard

http://www.adorama.com/VDMPH.html
http://www.21best.com/21_best/electr...for_sale_.html
http://www.telemetricsinc.com/html/prodPanTilt.html

Andy Joyce May 5th, 2006 08:08 PM

The Bescor one isn't ideal, but for 100 bucks and a little give-and-take it works OK.

You can vary the speed even more by changing the battery power up or down via an external power hack.

Jacques Mersereau August 7th, 2006 12:44 PM

One that is very cool is the pan/tilt that canon makes. I think it
comes w/ an XL2 inside of it, so I do NOT know if Canon sells it as a stand
alone. One of the cool things is the housing which is designed for
outdoor use. I seem to even remember a windshield wiper on it.

I cannot remember what controller Canon used with it at NAB 2005, but
I found the combination very workable.


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