Mover with SUPER smooth animation/rotation/prism at slow speed?

[Don Fox]

Hello everyone,

I would like your input as to a bright moving head (comparable to a VL3500) suitable for touring that has a SUPER smooth rotation of prism, rotation, or even better, an animation wheel...

Comments?

thank you!

 

[JD]

That's going to be a challenge! At it's heart, all movers use stepper motors, which by nature... step. As you increase the ratio so that the motor shaft has to spin more to achieve something, you smooth out the motion while at the same time slow down the response time. Irrelevant of the reduction, as you slow the motor down you will get to a point where you are seeing small jumps in position as compared to smooth movement. If you are projecting a prism effect, any slight disturbance in motion is going to be amplified several hundred times in size by the time it hits the stage. Remember, most times the prism itself is only a bit over an inch in size.

 

[jxgriffi]

Hello everyone,

I would like your input as to a bright moving head (comparable to a VL3500) suitable for touring that has a SUPER smooth rotation of prism, rotation, or even better, an animation wheel...

Comments?

thank you!

Perhaps the VL4000 will fit your bill. Comparable to the VL3500 and has an extremely smooth animation wheel.