User Manual

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The Steadicam
®
Volt™
Welcome to the future of professional Steadicam
®
stabilizer operating!
Working with the sled’s inertia and neutral balance, the Volt generates
an “articial bottom-heaviness” to keep the horizon level and headroom
stable. With the Volt, the operator can concentrate on precise framing,
timing, navigating, and other more interesting aspects of operating.
The strength of the roll and the tilt assistance can be individually
ne-tuned to suit the operator’s preferences, and easily adjusted for
different shots. The assistance can feel like operating a sled with a very
long drop time – easy to tilt or roll – to full gyro-simulation, with the
sled locked hard to the horizon in roll or tilt or both!
Because the sled is always balanced neutrally top-to-bottom, all
pendular effects from acceleration and deceleration are eliminated. Plus,
there is no re-balancing needed when switching to low mode!
Introduction Components
Trunnion
pulley
Handle pulley
Trunnion motor
and belt
Pan encoder
Pan encoder ring
Steadicam
®
Volt™ shown on M-1™ gimbal
Main power/
control input &
Encoder jack
Handle motor
and belt
Power LED (blue)
Gimbal button
Mode LED (green)
Trunnion screw
access
Invert button access
The Volt also allows behaviors
that were impossible before. Like
“friction mode” which emulates a
uid head with tilt hold and a xed
horizon, bringing you new control
options for each and every shot.
In use, the Volt is completely
transparent to the operator, and it
feels exactly like regular Steadicam
operating – with perfect horizons.
The operator is always in full
and direct control of framing,
and can easily override the Volt’s
assistance.
Encoder cable guide