Dave Allen
May 17th, 2011, 11:24 AM
I am always looking for interesting cine gear just for fun and I ran across this skater dolly on EBay while looking for Chrosziel swing away brackets.
Now mind you I am quite happy with my Omni-Ttracker skater dolly, but since this looks new and had a budget price point I thought you all might enjoy checking out the newShotracker (http://www.onetakeonly.com/OneTakeOnly/Shot_Tracker.html) from OneTakeOnly
http://www.onetakeonly.com/OneTakeOnly/Shot_Tracker_files/dolly10W.jpg
It does sort of raise the camera up higher due to the wheels being under rather than embedded within the plate, but the flip side is you can use it on tracks with dual wheels.
Now if someone just took the single wheel systems and on a lathe cut in a radiused groove, we could use the normal low slung skater dollies on tracks yet still use them trackless.
Now mind you I am quite happy with my Omni-Ttracker skater dolly, but since this looks new and had a budget price point I thought you all might enjoy checking out the newShotracker (http://www.onetakeonly.com/OneTakeOnly/Shot_Tracker.html) from OneTakeOnly
http://www.onetakeonly.com/OneTakeOnly/Shot_Tracker_files/dolly10W.jpg
It does sort of raise the camera up higher due to the wheels being under rather than embedded within the plate, but the flip side is you can use it on tracks with dual wheels.
Now if someone just took the single wheel systems and on a lathe cut in a radiused groove, we could use the normal low slung skater dollies on tracks yet still use them trackless.