2010Brackets/Widgets forum
Using camera sliders with geared heads without risers
16 years old. Gear and prices may have changed since.
What the thread found
- Optional square wheels on a slider can provide clearance when used with a geared head to avoid collision between the pan wheel and the track
- Lisagav should not be used excessively on pan wheels due to its flammability, which also prevents its use in certain support systems
- The Ronford-Baker slider can work with a geared head when longer posts are used on the mitchell mount to allow wheel clearance
Depends on
- The square wheel solution addresses the clearance issue but may have other practical limitations not fully discussed
- The offset version mentioned may only partially solve the problem at certain pan angles
- The Ronford-Baker slider solution was presented as one operator's experience without broader testing data