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Power Pod Notes:
Needs no special operator.
Control wheels have adjustable fluid

drag

settings, for gearhead feel.
helpful. Including base, it's
10 inches long, 6 inches wide and
8V2 inches high. And you can
work it with

one

hand, of course.

Wheels where you

expect to find them
Lift off the Clairmont shippingcase lid - there's our gearhead-

style Wheel Control Unit, ready to
(You place the monitor on
top.) As you can see in the photo,
go.

the wheels

are

in the familiar

gearhead positions, where you're
used to them.
A modular electronic
robotic remote Head

With an ARRI35
Typeshoulder
3
low-profile
and its

magazine

on one of our Power
Pods, you could fly the whole rig

through a big car window.
With the same Power Pod and its
two modular risers, you can
mount a 35BL with 1000 foot mag
and 5 to 1 zoom - and you can
make 360 degree tilts. (Plus, of
course,

360 degree pans.)

forward to set up

and relatively
simple to work with. You don't need
to hire a special "operator."
Money saved.
Weighs about 15% less
compact form, the Power Pod
is about 15% lighter than the
competition. That also means less
In

lead on the back of the boom.
When your key grip needs to make
a fast stop, every little bit helps.

Compact two ways
setup can be
rigged two ways: Pod and camera
can be 14V2 inches high, 2P/2
inches wide. Or they can be 20 V2
inches high, 13 inches wide.
The "car window"

a

Less mass in the

quicker setup,

a

Simpler to set

up

and to operate

sophisticated remote
head, but it's relatively straight¬
a

Manske has shot six commercials

using our Power Pods. "I'm used
to working wheels," he says, "And
these give me a sense of the
real weight of the camera, right
in my hand."

At the wrap,

the generator gets
killed, cables get coiled. Is
the Pod in the right configuration
to fit into its case? Of course
not. So you simply zap it with the

Zapper Box and in it goes.

arm means

smaller

dolly, happier grips, crisper moves.

This is

Camera weight
"right irt my hand"
Director of Photography Gary

A quicker wrap
also saves money

Riser versatility:
higher, lower, faster
With the risers, you can also
scrape the ceiling or the floor with¬
out going to a longer crane
arm.

Adjustable, constant,
repeatable fluid drag
And you can start and stop grace¬
fully with these wheels, because
they have the gearhead feel you're
used to. There's an adjustable
fluid drag control. With numbers,
so you can repeat the same drag
setting tomorrow.

Compact Joystick
for

tight spaces

We have two kinds of pan/tilt
control for our Power Pods: wheels

and joystick. When you're hiding
on the floor of a car, the Joystick is

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CAMERA
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