I got mine; wanted to try it out and first thing, with just the faintest resistance, the zipper broke. Weirdest thing – and of course, made me pretty nervous about the material and build quality. Fortunately I can just get a key ring and it should be fine.

Only got to try it out real quick with the assistance of a couple intoxicated friends:

And now on to getting it down smooth.

sorry I thought it'd be smaller – taken with phone.

hi guys and girls, I bought the crane. Because I have a lot of work, I have not had time to test advanced. All I can tell you today is that the crane is very light, easy to assemble and with practice you can make beautiful camera movements. What I can tell you today is that the water bag is provided in the pro model. review soon...

@5thwall

I see no reason getting T2. If you want Varavon get T4, as all you need to turn it to T3 or T2 is wires.

As for carbon cranes, all are good.

Hi guys,

So I'm looking to replace my cobra crane backpacker jib. It's a very portable unit if a little short but the biggest problem I find is that it displays too much lateral shake due to the single beam design and the simple connection between tripod mount and jib arm. I would also like to support slightly heavier loads. Add a 1kg fluid head to the front to provide quick angle/framing changes, jib mounted lights, heavier lens, etc... and you're over the 3.5/4kg limit :(

@kingmixer, love the video but I noticed a small amount of shake at the very start of your shot and then some more later on, which is the problem I experience - especially at start and stop points. Mine is relatively steady once you let it go unless you're outside in the wind. Have you found a way to reduce this shake?

Anyone else have any experience with jibs (such as the Varavon T4) and know of a way to reduce the lateral shake or is it a product of being a lightweight design? Any suggestions on other jibs?

@wolfshooter no haven't really found a specific technique for avoiding it – other than maybe starting off over extended up or down so the shake is minimal by the time your in the useful parts of the movement.

@inhousegoods Yes and it is a very clever design. Apart from having excellent structural integrity by virtue of an i-beam shaft, the camera mount can be tilted at a 1:1 ratio as it is coupled to the tripod head through a pulley - so if your tripod can tilt 90° so can the varavon jib's camera mount (as a matter-of-fact it can rotate 360° on its axis). @wolfshooter Further, an additional wire under tension linked to the end where the camera mount resides adds lateral stability, i.e. greatly reduced shake.

@Actarus

I do not know that you understand under "combined". This phrase means that both tripod and head must be designed for such load (hence usage of "and").

As for head. Just get cheap 717 head as spare one.

@Actarus

Just read again my explanation. Summing head and tripod load has zero meaning.

hi guys and girls, I had the time to do some tests. With practice, some method, it is possible to me to do things with this tool. the last two dollies bike in the end have nothing to do.

@peaceonearth

Camera : gh2, and the crane is of course the crane of this topic... There is no post production or stabilisation on crane's shoots. (And for bike's travelling at the end there is ulgly stabilisation with after effects bit it's not subject here)