Technocrane
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A technocrane is a telescopic camera crane widely utilised in the film industry and in television production. Originally commissioned, manufactured, named and marketed by Technovision Ltd. in London, United Kingdom, the first TechnoCrane was exhibited by Technovision during Photokina Expo in Cologne, Germany in September 1986. Today, TechnoCrane derivatives are available from several different manufacturers, such as SuperTechno, MovieBird, Filmotechnic, Servicevision among others, and come in many different sizes and various specifications, with extended arms reaching to . The camera is mounted on a remote head on the end of the crane arm and is remote controlled by a camera operator at a control desk. The Technocrane can telescope at variable speeds on demand. It allows camera moves that cannot be achieved using a jib arm crane and camera dolly, and the telescoping can be used to compensate for the camera moving in an arc called "arc compensation".
A technocrane is a telescopic camera crane widely utilised in the film industry and in television production. Originally commissioned, manufactured, named and marketed by Technovision Ltd. in London, United Kingdom, the first TechnoCrane was exhibited by Technovision during Photokina Expo in Cologne, Germany in September 1986. Today, TechnoCrane derivatives are available from several different manufacturers, such as SuperTechno, MovieBird, Filmotechnic, Servicevision among others, and come in many different sizes and various specifications, with extended arms reaching to . The camera is mounted on a remote head on the end of the crane arm and is remote controlled by a camera operator at a control desk. The Technocrane can telescope at variable speeds on demand. It allows camera moves that cannot be achieved using a jib arm crane and camera dolly, and the telescoping can be used to compensate for the camera moving in an arc called "arc compensation". File:X-MEN First Class.JPG|Technocrane used during the filming of X-Men: First Class (2011) File:Technocrane with Newton stabilized remote camera head.jpg|Technocrane with remote camera head File:MovieBird in production.jpg|Technocrane in production File:NEWTON stabilized camera head on a technocrane.jpg|Moviebird 52, telescopic camera crane with stabilized head to control the camera at a live TV show in Norway File:Technocrane demo 2006.jpg|SuperTechno 30 File:Telescopic Camera Crane MovieBird 45.jpg|MovieBird 45 ( ) File:Inside plane mounted with MovieBird Crane.jpg|MovieBird Crane mounted inside airplane File:MB-Ghost-Protocol.jpg|Technocrane used during the filming of Ghost Protocol File:Technodolly12.jpg|A TechnoDolly 12 installed at PGA Tour Studios ==See also== Crane shot ==References== ==External links== 1st Technocrane related Patent - 1988 - by Gyula Mester / Technovision Maker of MovieBird telescopic cranes Maker of Super Technocranes Maker of the Scorpio telescopic cranes Maker of Technoscope telescopic cranes
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