spyboy
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Location: New Hampton, NH, United States
Registered: 7 Oct 2006
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Re: Does this look like a good setup mast?
Posted: 5 Aug 2008 at 12:48 GMT
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We need more info from you.
What gear are you putting up there (pano head, camera, lens, grips, etc)
ALL of that weight adds up. I have almost 10lbs of gear on my mast setup.. Canon 40D, Sigma 8mm fisheye, WFT-E3A wireless grip, Nodal Ninja 5, Bescor MP-360 pan/tilt head (plus the batteries and the wireless remote for the Bescor)
I have a Clark Mast on my truck, and when fully raised to 15 meters, any lean of the mast means alot of force at the end (you can put a 5 lb. weight on a 10 foot stick and hold it upright, but if you lean that stick out parallel to the ground, you won't be able to hold it)
My rig is mounted to my truck through the receiver hitch, so it's not going anywhere. And it's pneumatic so I can use a hand pump or an air compressor to raise it.
How is this mast system you're looking at raised? By hand? slide up a section, tighten the collar, raise the next section? If so, it will not be fast to raise/lower. That's the trade off with the less expensive systems.
Kirk
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