Best Motorized Camera Slider 2021 | Neewer slider vs GVM slider | budget camera slider

[@52cardsfilm28]

Hi how do you modify the foam box for the neewer slider ? I'm stuck ?

[@RoamingInterests]

Foam box? What do you mean by the foam box?

[@DopamineOverload]

Great review. Oddly, I noticed interlacing throughout your video, especially with moving objects. Were you aware of that?

[@RoamingInterests]

I was aware of some artefacts. But not interlacing. Thats a thing of the past. The artefacts look like the video was de-interlaced. But i think the video editor dis not properly convert from 60 fps to 30 or so.

[@TrevorMcGrathPhotography]

Hi, what do you mean when you say "The GVM is more hackable"?

[@RoamingInterests]

If You look at the end of the video there is a time lapse where the 3d print is being built as the camera is moving from the left to the right. I was able to do that by changing the stepper motor. I used a 3d printer stepper motor which was a bit smaller but I need the the jst 6 pin connector coupling, because the stepper motor that comes with the GVM has wires soldered to a non standard connector to connect to the controller and battery. So I temporarily changed the stepper motor and connected to the secondary stepper motor on my artillery sidewinder x1 3d printer. so in that manner every time the Z axis moved up the camera moved to the also on the GVM slider. So that is how I got that Time-lapse. Usually you only see the camera move vertically but with this hack it moved on the side and kept the 3d print in focus. The Neewer has more electronics which can be disconnected and then you could use the same approach to get the same shot but the fact that the stepper motor is carried on the dolly it self makes it less hackable. In addition removing the stepper motor will take more time and finesse on the Neweer than the GVM. I did not even attempt to do it on the neewer because I could see that the casing was more complex, had a power button a battery connector and so on. Whereas the GVM had a casing that was easily disconnected / removed. then the stepper motor was removed and then the replacement stepper was attached and the the cable directly from the 3d printer board was attached and that is how i got that time-lapse. in addition you would need octoprint to be able to get a similar time-lapse for 3d printing. In addition if you want to take week long timelapse with pulsating the motor by an arduino is much easier to connect an arduino to the stepper motor and do some simple math and pulse the motor every 1 minute. and have a plugged in power supply. I hope this sheds some light on your question.

[@TrevorMcGrathPhotography]

@@RoamingInterests Huge thank you for your in-depth reply. I'm not that knowledgeable with motors to tinker with them. I currently have the 31" GVM slider and it's works really well. I would like to get get a longer slider I.e. 150cm but they get very expensive. I have an option from the following link www.ratrig.com/dslr/v-slider-567.html the 150cm is not listed but they do have it. This also sells a DIY motorising kit www.ratrig.com/dslr/v-slider-diy-motorizing-kit-mechanical-only-573.html I would need to add a electronics, wiring, controller but this is where I need to learn. Thanks again

[@RoamingInterests]

You can get an arduino to use as a controller and get the basic code from tutorials from other creators, then you can customize or modify some parameters in the code to alter the speed at which the camera moves. But why would you need such a long slider? the GBM seems quite ok for me, at times I found it too long. But I have to say on the GVM and Neweer the menu was rudimentary good for beginners. But if you want long time lapses then you need to modify it with an Arduino.

[@VzuallStudio]

which one can be mounted inverted?

[@RoamingInterests]

Not sure what you mean?

[@VzuallStudio]

@@RoamingInterests top down

[@RoamingInterests]

I do not know.