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hi all-   first time posting. thought you guys might be interested in a field of view comparative test i shot between the red one and 5d mk iii using the same zeiss ZE 35mm and my LA-7200/Kenko 103mm +.3 diopter.  I had heard from a colleague that shooting anamorphic on the Red didn't offer a field of view enhancement because the super35 1.78 sized chip didn't use all the image area offered by the squeeze.  The results showed differently!   https://vimeo.com/63418209

      You mean the one that was poorly focussed and poorly tracked @:40? You could do that with a glidecam, its a smaller setup than the Movi. 

  More lies...

That colleague of yours is talking bollocks. The super35mm sensor doesn't use all the image area offered by the Zeiss (as you can see in your comparison with the fullframe 5D), but adding an anamorphic gives you a wider field of view, no matter the sensor size.

So here is a video on FreeFly's older Cinestar 3 Axis servo Gimbal.     It is $1,500 and I think has the ability of remote tilt and pan because he mentions his camera operator preforming tilt moves and pans while they're flying (seems to be 360 degree pans, 60 degree down tilts and 30 degree up tilts). Ah I think you need FreeFly's Radian sensor packs too, one for each axis servo which adds up to about $1000 for all three.    It has the same 3 axis setup as their new MoVI except the new one uses brushless motors (like the 3 axis $3,500 ZenMuse) which are (smoother?) (quieter?).   Not sure how much weight it will support but the video implies no trouble flying a 5D mark II setup.   Just add a few handles, wireless monitoring and a power supply and you got a MoVI MiNI lol (kinda)   http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SSDqj7A_bHE   and here is more on the Radian sensor packs https://vimeo.com/46863656#

Just because you didn't hear about it, it doesn't mean it wasn't out there... Idea is old and there's a couple of other solutions just around the corner... FreeFly just have the resources for better marketing.. Guys from RC hobby where using this approach almost a couple years now ( https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=591357797560512&set=pb.571638259532466.-2207520000.1365189740&type=3&theater ) but you gotta understand that brushless controllers and gimbal motors are right now in biggest development, becoming better, cheaper and easier to use...

nice toy... but not really new...   gamechanger?  for 15000$ + remote focus / iris / zoom system $$ + wireless video $$ + remote operator + focus puller + arnold schwarzenegger to carry this around.... well...   all quadcopter gimbals are "inspired" by the flight head. and their own small version is available for some years now.   http://www.portocam.com   it`s just not small enough to carry it around by hand, but it takes on decent cameras.. and comes at a price...   BUT, quadcopter gimbals are available from dozens of sources, the electronics became smaller etc.. i think this is a good "inspiration" for something you can build on your own for a fraction of the price!

Thanks Caleb, well said.  I think this wouldn't have contracted any of its negative reception if it wasn't for the overzealousness of others.  If Vincent had just shot with it and gave a shout out of how great he thought it was would have been a lot better, unfortunately he decided to make a big spectacle of himself and the product for its announcement.     Comparing it to the 5D2 announcement was like he went around saying he had found the Holy Grail to us paper cup users, but then it turned out to just be a $100 plastic thermos.  Sure it's an improvement and would be great to have but we've seen something similar to it before and doesn't change the way I drink everything.   Anyway something a stabilizer like this can do that would be hard or impossible with anything else is a steady straight down tracking shot, like following someone down a hole.

Overall, glad this is out there. Coming from the perspective of a younger filmmaker, this thing is a huge tool in the belt for us. A lot of us like to work faster, without too much bulky equipment. I can see it being extremely handy in that way. Regardless of the new fancy shots it can pull off, it makes the very basic stuff go quicker too. You don't need to mess around with sticks in a small room. By nature of the beast, there are separate operators for movement, framing and focus. What is more, all of those are electronically operated, not just the movement stabilization, but pan/tilt and focus pulls too. All of this speeds up the process of bagging your shots, while also improving the success rate of takes, because you've got three different people aided by electronic stabilization, attending to different aspects of capture.   All that being said, $15,000 is a big price tag. I'm not saying it is an inappropriate price. But to call anything at this price point a major game-changer is to speak too soon, I think. Sure, it is in a "rentable" price range for many people, and purchasable for some.    I hope the price on this tech goes down, I really do. But there's definitely something to be said for a "complete package" (ready to use). with something this complex, I'd rather pay a bit more for a stabilizer, controllers (pan/tilt/focus) and remote monitoring system all from the same company. It just doesn't seem like something you'd want to be frankensteining together. Plus, all of those pieces are necessary in order to use it anyway, so why wouldn't they offer a complete package to keep the total cost down?   Just my 2c ;)   Also, it's about time someone did some coding for a second focus motor for these electronic focus setups. Dual-focus anamorphic users are in eager anticipation!

The cynicism is not very appealing guys.   Regardless of what you think of the price, this idea didn't exist in the community before.   Sometimes it takes 'advertising' to get the word out. I think Vincent is someone who shot with it and thought it worth shouting about.   That is very different to advertising where someone is paid to shout about something usually mundane.   If you heard of the MoVI style use of copter gyro gimbal tech before now, why aren't YOU shouting about it?

Thanks Rich! Yep, 5d3!   On the 5D3, it vignettes around 35mm, but it's quite sharp. Performs great with Helios 44 without diopters if subject is at least 6ft away. Closer than that, a Tokina/Minolta is required.   ps - not yet, but I'm used to wait a while longer for deliveries around here. I already have a project to use it on! hahahaha

  I think it would totally change the thousands of DSLR short films you see on vimeo these days. Instead of being shot wide open, with shallow depth of field and most of the important subjects out of focus, they would be shot wide open, with shallow depth of field, most subjects out of focus and badly framed and feature loads of smooth flying shots.   Just joking here! Kind of...

I hate it when they do (lame) product demos and call it short films, then it's neither one or the other in the end. This "short" was terribly staged, camera was all over the place, crossing the line shot after shot, poor composition... if they had just done an objective and carefully planned demo they'd have spent their money better, but I guess they were paying for the Laforet hype and publicity, not for a good short film.   This equipment is welcome and I'm sure it will find its use, its price is not expensive for high end film making, but in order to be revolutionary as they're trying to make it, it would have to cost a fraction of that.

Well, just put a GH3 on his head and you've a cheaper and biological MoWLI:     [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6M-h5g3PwI[/youtube]

Although not specifically build for handheld use.... this could be a cheaper alternative ($3500 for the GH2 version)   https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=v6TWct7VqCY

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Meanwhile, Canon can't manage to put 60fps in 1080p in their DSLRs...

LOL, "fat one"

I don't understand the strange comments about the aesthetics. It is striking and I suppose that divides people but I am on the side of the looks, it is beautiful. Show me your rare wood handles for your plastic DSLR made in China!!