We each move and shoot differently for our various filming
movements. This guide is a good starting point but you each need to
find the range of damping to suit your own shooting styles.
Understanding how to set the damping
When you set the damping to a certain level you are actually setting
the dampening range i.e. Setting the damping to 100% will not
dampen out all vertical motion. Max damping will only dampen the
most extreme vertical motion and light to medium motion will not be
damped out.
You need to think of this setting more as a range - For instance, if I set the
damping to around 20% I find that motion from slow walking thru to walking
down stairs will be smoothed out but any harder or softer motion won’t be
smoothed out.
Damping Settings:
To give you an idea of where to set the damping here’s a range of filming
movements with the level of fluid damping that I use for each. This uses the single
black line in the white gauge:-
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The most gentle camera movement - for this I tend to use from 0%
damping up to 20% damping. (e.g. slow walking, all the faux slider shots,
dolly/pans, faux crane shots, Push-In and Pull-Out)
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For walking or vertical or rotational motion (tilts, orbits or rotates) and
stairs I’ll have it set roughly between 15% and 30%.
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For brisk walking or sudden changes in camera direction - (20%-40%).
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For walking backwards or light jogging (follow /Lead) - (30%-45%).
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For medium pace jogging - (30%-60%).
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User Guide - AirFlo Duo - 4th Axis Stabilizer - 20181209 ScottyMakesStuff.com
