Open Moco meets Arrihead

Submitted by Matt on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 15:48

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Here's a picture of an Arrihead retrofitted with steppers controlled by Open Moco. It's still not quite perfect (actually the head is, but the motors aren't), but it works pretty good.
I will post some videos soon.

Matt, oh... That's very, very

Submitted by shutterdrone on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 16:09.

Matt, oh... That's very, very nice =)

that. is. awesome! i love how

Submitted by threeaxis on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 16:40.

that. is. awesome!

i love how small the canon looks on that. ;)

I really would prefer you try

Submitted by tedvandell on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 17:13.

I really would prefer you try moding one of these gear heads. Much more affordable and more reasonably sized for HD DSLRs
http://www.gearnex.com/

There is absolutely no

Submitted by Matt on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 18:00.

There is absolutely no problem to adapt the motors to a Gearnex head. I just happen to be lucky to have access to an Arrihead.
If someone would like to supply me with a Gearnex head, I will be happy to motorize it ;-)

Matt

Anyone tried one of these?

Submitted by Ludvig Friberg on Fri, 05/28/2010 - 13:01.

Anyone tried one of these? They are very cheap.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/127517-REG/Majestic_81205_1205_Tripod_Gearhead_with.html

or other "cheap" gearheads

Submitted by Ludvig Friberg on Fri, 05/28/2010 - 13:24.

or other "cheap" gearheads like this

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/554090-REG/Manfrotto_400_400_Deluxe_Geared_Head.html

i'm really new to the site,

Submitted by johnnyclem on Sat, 08/28/2010 - 16:11.

i'm really new to the site, but want to do this exact thing with my gearnex head. Can you describe a bit more how you set this up. (which motors/which shield you are using?) I have some 1.5A steppers laying around that i was thinking about using, but i'd love to do something smaller if possible, maybe try and make it battery powered, but i don't know enough about this stuff to know if that's even possible.

thanks in advance, and sorry for being so ignorant about this stuff