Variable Fluid Damping
Your stabilizer has two variable adjustment fluid damping cartridges. These can be
adjusted independently to smooth out a large range of spring bounce in your
system. The range of fluid damping is seen on both of the white marked gauges
with the percent range next to them indicating the minimum (0%) to maximum
(100%) damping levels. When it comes to the level of damping for various filming
movements I can tell you what works for me but as we each move differently you
might find your own settings vary so please experiment to find what suits you.
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 fluid damping to 100%
(Max) 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
between the top and bottom of the white indicator. For instance, if I set the
damping with the black centre line at 30% 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.
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