Equipment
MAIN STABILIZERS
- ARRI ARTEMIS2
- Tiffen Steadicam M1/M2 Volt with 3section Post and Tilt-Stage (details and example clips)
- Tiffen Steadicam AXIS
- ARRI TRINITY2 (details and example clips)
ENHANCEMENTS
- NB Stabilizer Rock-A-Bye 2nd Gen (Autoleveler (Omega Style)) with remote controllable unlimited roll capabilities (details and example clips)
- Betz-Tools Wave1
- Tiffen Volt
- Kenyon Labs KS-6 Gyro
ARMS
- GPI Pro Titan (indestructible industrie standard)
- Flowcine xARM
- Flowcine xARM Neo Air (whopping 80cm boomrange!)
- Tiffen A-30
- Flowcine xR3ACH (third arm segment for even more boomrange)
VESTS
- Flowcine xSPINE
- Sachtler Artemis Act1 vest
- Tiffen A-30 vest
ACCESOIRS
- Raptor Rickshaw3
- Baer-Bel Hardmount (mounts on basically everything)
- Windkiller (best bang for the buck in my kit ever)
- Inovativ AXIS Stabilizer Stand
- Inovativ Scout Evo Magliner
- ARRI Tally System
- lots of bits and pieces to help getting the shot
Stabilizer Options in Detail
Steadicam
Steadicam is still one of the most reliable, versatile and organic looking camera stabilizer tool out there, thanks to +50 years of evolution since its invention by our godfather Garrett Brown.
If you are looking for maximum efficiency while maintaining relative low costs and crew, Steadicam is your go to.
Camera angles from scrapping the floor up to 2,5m heights accessible by 80cm total boom within those limits are sufficient for most scenarios.
Advantages of a traditional yet modern Steadicam with all the bells and whistles are:
- single operator
- with a good skill and add-ons like Tiffen Volt, no horizon issues like back in the days (compared to dead-on gimbals these days)
- sleek footprint (think about doors and stairways)
- very agile
- extremely fast turnaround time when changing lenses or going from steadi to handheld to tripod or vice versa (give me 10s to re-trim after a lens change or 1 minute to go from or to Steadicam)
- almost no special requirements of weight and shape of the camera package. (from small fx6 to big and bulky special rigs with an Alexa 35 in the middle) (teleprompter, POV rigs, you name it)
some work samples of pure Steadicam:
a short example of a very basic shot, yet difficult to achieve by any other system without seeing footsteps or spatial inconsitencies.
a free colaboration with some of my favorite set people, showing the nice and organic flow only traditional steadicam has.
how it feels to ride on a Steadicam:
360+ (Omega Style)
Steadicam combined with the auto-level head 'NB Stabilizer Rock-A-Bye 2nd Gen' and an rotating monitor mount gives you that extra axis and creative freedom in shotdesign regulary asked for these days. Easy to access unlimited camera rolls, freestyle by remote or predefined movements by the push of a button.
Advantages of 360+ 'Omega Style':
- single operator
- absolutely no horizon issues
- seemless transitions from low- to high mode
- usually a longer rig makes sense to access even more range
- very agile
- freedom in using the roll axis of the head by remote (wired or wireless) without limitations in revolutions
- passthrough SDI and power, to keep the payload small and short
- programmable movements like fixed 360° or 90° rotations (think about 'rotate your phone')
- perfectly adjustable optical axis, so you always rotate around the center of the frame
- the NBStabilizer Rock-A-Bye Gen2 can be used also on a tripod (dovetail) or handheld
some 360+ / NB Stabilizer Rock-A-Bye tech demos:
how the remote works (freestyle and programmed moves)
how Omega style works (autoleveling, but no rotating monitor yet :)
how fast it can go (freestyle and programmed moves)
some 360+ / NB Stabilizer Rock-A-Bye final results:
ARRI TRINITY2
Pushing boundaries to the limit. With the TRINITY2 you gain maximum freedom in dynamic camera placement and motion control capabilities. This was honored with an technical Oscar 2025 for inventor Curt Schaller and FOMA Systems.
Advantages of TRINITY2:
- extremely versatile
- camera height, angle, movement, over/under obstacles,.. your call
- do a lot of shots in minimal time
- prgorammable roll & tilt movements
- single operator or
- two operator mode, headroom and or roll by wireless remote (wheels or OCU-1 or joystick)
- tilt and roll electronic stabilized. no tilt/roll issues whatsoever and dead on
- especially great to use with ARRI camera packages
TRINITY2 oner i shot during my Arri Academy training with instructor Fares Corbani. Showing some of the uniqe features of the system like through windows, over and under obstacles, rotation and seemlessly combining low- and highmode.
a good example of how to use Trinity2 on commercials. Maximum shots and angles in minimum time with some bonus effects.
