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What is motion control?

What is motion control?

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What is motion control?

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- Hi, my name's Rich Harrington - And I'm Robbie Carman. - And welcome to this week's episode of Video Gear Weekly. Rob, last week we took a look at time lapsed shooting, and also just regular sliders using a rail type system and really putting the camera into motion. - [Robbie] Yeah, and it's a great way to sort of livening up your shots and getting some interesting, and some more unique shots. - [Rich] And for this, we used a specific system, the eMotimo TB3. Well I want to dig a bit deeper into this system because it's not just for time lapse. It works for video, it can be used for tabletop shooting. It's a motion controlled robot. And Rob, what's motion control? - Motion control is repeatable motion, and being able to control that motion, and be able to program it to your specifications. So if you want the camera to be tilted and panned in a certain degree increment, you can do that. But the important part of that is you can repeat that. So you can come back a week later, a month…

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