Just curious, Samuel....
How exactly does that dolly boom since it says it has "no hydraulic system, no electrical system, no pumping required and no counterweights" yet still "gives smooth up and down camera movement."
Can't quite figure that out.
As for the weight (or lack thereof being a problem), no matter what type of dolly we use (from a skateboard rig up to a big crab dolly) I find it helpful to throw as much spare weight on it as I can. I read years ago that David Lynch likes to load dollys down with as many sandbags as they will hold... so that it takes two or three dolly grips just to
start the move, and the guys have to start trying to
stop the thing as soon as they start. He claims that gives him the exact perfectly smooth arc of movement and speed. That might be extreme, but more weight does indeed help.
T2
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