David Edward Keen Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Yep, returning the crap, saving up & buying the dana dolly. Lesson learned. Jeez Louise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Brereton Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 My only issue was the speed of the wheels - they had not much resistance. I'd rather have to put a bit of weight behind my moves. Without any resistance, gradual movements weren't as easy as I'd like. I suspect there's a common piece of kit I don't know about that would be an addition to the Dana? I usually have one hand on the Dana to push, so I let my fingers drag on the wheels to provide a little dampening on moves. I use it with an O'Connor 2575 head and a large camera, so it has more inertia to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Daniel Doherty Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I usually have one hand on the Dana to push, so I let my fingers drag on the wheels to provide a little dampening on moves. I use it with an O'Connor 2575 head and a large camera, so it has more inertia to begin with. Cheers, sir. Yeah, such techniques may do the trick but a heavier push is still much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Hartman Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Cheers, sir. Yeah, such techniques may do the trick but a heavier push is still much better Heavier push? Do you mean more rolling resistance or a dolly with more weight so it has more momentum and moves smoother? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Daniel Doherty Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Brereton Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Cheers, sir. Yeah, such techniques may do the trick but a heavier push is still much better The Dana is designed to be lightweight. If it's more weight you want, the Dana is the wrong tool for the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Daniel Doherty Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I fear this is becoming tedious, but a dolly can be lightweight and still have some wheel resistance, making the camera heavier to push. One has nothing to do with the other. This, therefore, allowing for gradual movements. And the tool remainging lightweight. Goodnight 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Brereton Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I fear this is becoming tedious, I'm sorry if our answers are boring you. Perhaps you'd prefer to be ignored. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin R Probyn Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Some of the early Fisher dollies had square wheels.. unfortunately this soon went out of fashion.. but did provide excellent resistance for the initial move.. and was the making of many a young filmmaker of yesteryear .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Daniel Doherty Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Some of the early Fisher dollies had square wheels.. unfortunately this soon went out of fashion.. but did provide excellent resistance for the initial move.. and was the making of many a young filmmaker of yesteryear .. Ha! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Hartman Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 You could add a shot bag to increase momentum and make the moves smoother, but too much weight on speedrail would be undesirable. You could switch the wheels out to ones that are softer and a stickier composition, but the simple construction doesn't allow the addition of a device to add a variable about of drag to it. It is what is, a roller skate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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