2023From a Facebook group: The Steadicam Group
ARRI Artemis 2 sled tilting after 180-degree rotation: gimbal centering tolerance and measurement methodology.
Note (as of October 2026)Curt O. Schaller, the developer of Artemis and Trinity, has no longer been with ARRI since the end of 2025. To our knowledge, ARRI currently has no dedicated team and no official contact persons for its stabilizer systems. In our view, the future of this line is uncertain. If you are buying new, get written confirmation from ARRI beforehand on how long service and spare parts are guaranteed. Have used rigs checked by the manufacturer before you buy.
DisputedParticipants disagreed and reached no conclusion. Read the findings as positions, not as an answer.
What the thread found
- Tolerance assessment depends significantly on fall time: at 3 seconds or longer, some operators consider the shown deviation within acceptable limits, while the manufacturer specifies 'within the black lines of the bubble level' as conforming to spec.
- A misaligned measurement gauge can produce apparent torsion and should be checked as part of troubleshooting.
- When sending a gimbal for service, always include the center post (or preferably the entire rig) used with it, to allow the service center to match tolerances to your actual configuration.
- One position holds that meeting specification alone is no longer sufficient, and that finer shims can achieve significantly tighter centering, with XCS and PRO gimbals offering narrower tolerances by design.
- Similar tilt issues have been reported with Steadicam® Zephyr and Tiffen M1 systems.
Depends on
- Gimbal tolerance specification and whether it is operationally acceptable
- Type and quality of measurement setup used to assess centering
- Fall time duration and rig configuration during measurement
- Availability and duration of manufacturer service
- Gimbal model and generation (standard, XCS, PRO variants)
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