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Old July 31st, 2006, 05:22 PM   #1
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Is dual arms that much better than a single arm?

Is dual arms much better than a single arm on the vest/stabilizer like the varizoom PROLITE??

http://www.varizoom.com/products/sta...vzprolite.html
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Old July 31st, 2006, 06:48 PM   #2
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Yes a dual articulated arm is better than a single articulated arm.

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Old July 31st, 2006, 07:14 PM   #3
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Ok thanks....
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Old July 31st, 2006, 08:50 PM   #4
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Ok so let me ask you if you had to choose between the Indicam and Varizoom's NAVIGATOR which would you choose? I'm using a GL2 for weddings...
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Old August 1st, 2006, 11:24 AM   #5
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Well, Ind!cam is a dual section arm. The Navigator is a one section (and slightly poorley designed) arm.
If I had to choose between them I'd go for Ind!cam.

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Old August 1st, 2006, 01:11 PM   #6
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ok thanks.. why would you say they are poorly designed?

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Old August 1st, 2006, 02:03 PM   #7
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I just did a write up of the Varizoom system's problems here: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread...311#post630311

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Old August 1st, 2006, 04:39 PM   #8
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You know you have some major points there. But what pushes me away is the back pack for indicam...I wish I knew someone who owns it and has used it...Do you know of any demo videos with the indicam being used aside of the ones on the www.indicam.com website?
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Old August 2nd, 2006, 11:23 PM   #9
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Mikko,

I'm impressed! Not because of what you said about Ind!cam but that you spelled our name correctly. I don't even do that myself all the time.

I hope you are enjoying Alaska. With the heat wave we have had here in the lower 48 states Alaska looks real good.

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