If you need a camera crane that is lightweight, easy to relocate and available in HD or SD then you need a Polecam.

Polecam is a unique, single operator camera crane available in HD or SD. Designed specifically to be lightweight and very transportable. It rigs in under 15 minutes and de-rigs in less than 10 allowing multiple re-positioning unlike conventional jibs.

Pedestal Television utilizes the Toshiba HD Minicam to provide native 16:9, 1080i pictures of a quality never before achieved by such a small camera head.

The remote pan and tilt head is operated with a joystick and allows full 360 degree control.

The length of the carbon fibre pole is configurable by the number of sections slotted together from 1.5 to 6 metres (5 to 20 feet) and this length can be reconfigured quickly during a shoot, without tools.

Any recorder that has an HD SDI input is compatible with the Polecam system. Pedestal TV have recently acquired a Flash XDR that records HD video onto Compact Flash cards. This recorder considerably reduces the cost of hiring the larger tape based HD recorders. At the end of a shoot footage is simply downloaded to the clients laptop or external hard drive. For further information regarding the Flash XDR please click here....

Chris Taber of Pedestal Television is a cameraman with 20 years experience and has been operating Polecam for over 8 years. He is based in Mid Wales and has operated on a wide range of programmes from motor racing to music festivals.

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