That's good advice for
fixing the shot... but I be just as worried if not moreso about
getting the shot. If the vibration is as bad as you say ("...the camera head looked like it was going to vibrate off") that just
can't be good for the camera.
In the "olden days" (Betacam era and earlier), the cameras were full of circuit boards that could fairly easily become unseated, thus vibration wasa real no-no. Now, cameras aren't designed quite like that anymore, but I'm sure vibration still isn't good for them.
Sounds like you've gone to good effort to attach the jib as securely as possible to the truck bed. That might actually be part of the probem. If the bazooka (or whatever stand the jib is riding on) is bolted down firm to the bed, it is simply transferring all the truck vibration straight to the cam head. Is there any way to dampen that? I'm thinking something like a thick rubber mat (like a bar mat) between the mounting points might help matters a little. Probably not completey, but perhaps some.
T2
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