The MotoCrane Ultra has been revealed. This beast is a remote camera arm which can be mounted to a car (or elsewhere) and offers a giant 12′ (3,66m) arm, active gyro stablization, passive 3-axis nose dampening. Plus, it can handle massive payloads of up to 55lbs/25kg. Let’s take a look! A gimbal is a cool device and you should have one at your disposal on every job. A crane might be even cooler (although a little inconvenient to transport). So what about a fully-fledged gimbal on a crane, on top of a moving car? Now we’re talking! Meet the MotoCrane ULTRA, an insanely feature-packed remote camera arm. MotoCrane ULTRA A monster Porsche painted in matte black and equipped with a Russian Arm is definitely a cool thing but only few of us will get the chance working with one on an actual set. It’s way above any budget I was working on, ever. But there are quite a few clever eningeers out there, developing alternatives. Such as the MotoCrane ULTRA. It’s ahead of its competition in terms of arm length as well as strength-to-weight ratio. At least on paper, that is. The whole thing packs to several cases with an overall weight of just 160lbs (72,5kg). That’s pretty lightweight in comparison to the requirements the MotoCrane ULTRA needs to meet when you pull off a high-paced car-to-car shoot with it. The arm itself is actively gyro-stabilized and there’s an additional adjustable passive 3-axis nose dampening to isolate the head and...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 1 June, 2018