Equipment for use with hand held motion picture cameras
First Claim
1. A portable camera equipment system especially adapted for operation by a cameraman in motion and capable of being hand-guided, the system being of improved stability against angular deviations in pan, tilt and roll, and substantially free-floating in a manner to isolate the equipment also from unwanted lateral and vertical movement caused by the motion of the cameraman using the equipment which comprises;
- camera equipment components positioned in an expanded balanced arrangement at points remote from each other and about a handle means for guiding the camera equipment which means is positioned at or approximately at the center of gravity and at or approximately at the center of the moment of inertia of the mass of the components comprising the expanded camera equipment;
camera equipment support means adapted to support at least part of the weight of the camera equipment which means is adapted to be pivotally and rotatably connected to the cameraman and is connected to the camera equipment, said means substantially freeing the cameraman'"'"'s hands from the weight of the camera equipment, isolating and free-floating the camera equipment at a distance from the cameraman substantially independently of any of his unwanted lateral and vertical motions and capable of being guided to a position in space in a range of positions selected by the cameraman;
pivotable and rotatable means interconnecting the camera equipment with the support means to permit rotatable and pivotal movement of the camera equipment relative to the support means and which thereby virtually does not transmit deviations in the pan, tilt and roll axes from the cameraman to the camera equipment; and
view finding means adapted to indicate the field of view of the camera to the cameraman without the need for his eye to be in direct contact with the camera.
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Abstract
Equipment for use with hand-held motion picture and video cameras comprises a pair of interconnected spring loaded arms, one end of which is pivotally supported by a carrying brace worn by a cameraman and the other end of which is connected to a handle positioned to mount the camera equipment at approximately the center of the moment of inertia. The camera and its associated equipment are mounted in exploded, balanced relation about the handle. The weight of the camera equipment is substantially counterbalanced by the action of the spring loaded arms without employing counterweights. A camera viewer is provided, to facilitate viewing from a position remote from the camera itself and not necessarily governed by the camera orientation.
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69 Claims
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1. A portable camera equipment system especially adapted for operation by a cameraman in motion and capable of being hand-guided, the system being of improved stability against angular deviations in pan, tilt and roll, and substantially free-floating in a manner to isolate the equipment also from unwanted lateral and vertical movement caused by the motion of the cameraman using the equipment which comprises;
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camera equipment components positioned in an expanded balanced arrangement at points remote from each other and about a handle means for guiding the camera equipment which means is positioned at or approximately at the center of gravity and at or approximately at the center of the moment of inertia of the mass of the components comprising the expanded camera equipment; camera equipment support means adapted to support at least part of the weight of the camera equipment which means is adapted to be pivotally and rotatably connected to the cameraman and is connected to the camera equipment, said means substantially freeing the cameraman'"'"'s hands from the weight of the camera equipment, isolating and free-floating the camera equipment at a distance from the cameraman substantially independently of any of his unwanted lateral and vertical motions and capable of being guided to a position in space in a range of positions selected by the cameraman; pivotable and rotatable means interconnecting the camera equipment with the support means to permit rotatable and pivotal movement of the camera equipment relative to the support means and which thereby virtually does not transmit deviations in the pan, tilt and roll axes from the cameraman to the camera equipment; and view finding means adapted to indicate the field of view of the camera to the cameraman without the need for his eye to be in direct contact with the camera. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A camera equipment system especially adapted for operation by a cameraman in motion and capable of being hand-guided, the system being of improved stability against angular deviations in pan, tilt and roll, and substantially free-floating in a manner to isolate the equipment also from unwanted lateral and vertial movement caused by the motion of the cameraman using the equipment which comprises
camera equipment components positioned in an expanded balanced arrangement at points remote from each other and balanced about the center of gravity and the center of the moment of inertial of the mass of the components comprising the expanded camera equipment; -
camera equipment support means adapted to support at least part of the weight of the camera equipment which means is adapted to be pivotably and rotatably connected to the cameraman and connected to the camera equipment, said means substantially freeing the cameraman'"'"'s hands from the weight of the camera equipment, isolating and free-floating the camera equipment at a distance from the cameraman substantially independently of any of his unwanted lateral and vertical motions and capable of being guided to a position in space in a range of positions selected by the cameraman; the camera equipment being adapted to be guided from a position which is located at or approximately at the center of gravity and at or approximately at the center of the moment of inertial of the mass of the components comprising the expanded camera equipment; pivotable and rotatable means interconnecting the camera equipment with the support means to permit rotatable and pivotable movement of the camera equipment relative to the support means and which thereby virtually does not transmit deviations in the pan, tilt and roll axes from the cameraman to the camera equipment; and view finding means adapted to indicate the field of view of the camera to the cameraman without the need for his eye to be in direct contact with the camera. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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