Hey guys, sorry for the delay in responding. I got caught up in a couple last minute film shoots that kept me away from my computer. So the CineStar gimbal is designed and manufactured by FreeFly Systems (which I am a partner in) FreeFly in the past has just been a company that is for hire for Aerial Cinematography. Over the years the team here has developed some innovative products that I have been using over the years in my filming business. In this last year we decided to start selling some of our designs and the CineStar 6, 8 and associated camera gimbal are our first 3 products to be released.
The main goals behind this gimbal were to make it adjustable, rigid, and robust. By using the tube and clamp design this camera mount can adjust to suit a wide variety of cameras. I have mounted a whole range of cameras from the gopro up to the RED epic. If you need a little bit more clearance on tilt axis for instance all you have to do is adjust the mount down a bit by loosening 4 screws and re clamping.
Additionally by using the 25mm carbon fiber tubes the mount is very rigid and slop free. Mounting a camera to a 25mm tube allows for a very solid mount point and keeps the camera from flopping around which can ruin otherwise great footage.
I have attached a photo of the mount with no camera for you to see how the camera attaches. The camera mounting plate (though it looks skimpy) is 5mm thick CF and is very rigid. Since the mounting plate can slide left and right to obtain proper CG we can get away with a small and lightweight camera mounting plate. The tube and clamp design also makes it easy to get the mount to CG perfectly so that your systems gyro stabilization will work smoothly
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Any other questions fire away and I will try and answer in less then 2 weeks this time!