Just bought one of these on Amazon after watching/reading your review. The quality is excellent for the price. I got the extension kit and extra weight in the kit. Put it together after it arrived today and I can't feel anything when the carriage crosses the joint. Just excellent quality. Can't wait to use this on my next shoot.
I bought one of these sliders with the extension rods and an extra counter weight. I think the overall design is great, but mine has a problem where the rods connect. Its just not smooth and the rollers get caught up. I was about to send the unit back, but noticed I could disassemble the slider, turn the main rods around and connect the extensions on the other end of the main rods. That helped smooth out the travel of the slider a lot. It still isn't 100% smooth, but it is usable. The Shark S1 slider's overall build quality is pretty nice, but I would suggest checking out the Rhino slider to compare its performance. The Rhino slider is available with long, one piece steel rods, which would flex less and have no connection points to cause bumps in the motion. I am keeping the Shark slider, as it works good enough for me.
Looks like a sweet slider. Unfortunately I just made my K2 39" purchase after years of waiting for the right one under $600 or so. I'm planning on adding a little weight mod to the K2 with the belt attachment to make a similar setup, but that's going to bring the price up close to what the Shark is out of the box.
Lot's of wobble, but perhaps that's because of the raise on the tripod. Boy, have you improved by the seven years since this. Nice to see you progress. Congrats. Would you still recommend this in 2020 for the smoothest available manual slider? How does it compare to the mini version?
You can unscrew the the feet.. the lenth of them is illustrated in many of your close up shots of them. I say this in jest, but what had you imagined that long thread was for? hahah ;) Cheers Caleb
I am just working on a Fine Art Architecture short film and browsed through the web and back in search for sliders ... Your review was SUPER helpful. One question: How did you do the "sliding & tilting the camera up/down simultaneously" ? Cheers and thanks for your help...
Awesome review, Caleb. Thanks. Just wondering about what cameras it can take though, do you think it would be alright with something a bit heavier like a BMCC?
Given the relatively simple design and the materials, I would expect a fair price to be in the $300 range, no more than $350. I could make my own rig for way less than $600, and I'd much rather do that than cough up so much money on a friggin' slider.
I've been looking for a nice slider and this looks like it! Good weight capacity, excellent performance, wide base, and the perfect size for my needs that is expandable if needed! I love it. How is the performance with a heavier loads (closer to the weight limit)? Does it hold up?
Hey great review so far, im half way in. The thing ive been wondering the most is- when its mounted on a tripod and you slide it to one side does the slider tilt to the side that the cameras is on, making the shot on an angle?
Great job! You took an epic location and made it even more epic-looking. Never heard of this slider. Just bought a Cinevate Atlas 10 LTS 30" and now I'm kinda regretting it. It's so big and heavy. What's the weight of this one? it has carbon fiber rails so I'm guessing not too bad, right?
***** The LTS is a bit heavier than the FLT, but, that still surprises me. How would you compare the two? Do you prefer the Shark's relatively "quick" smoothness or the stiffer ball-bearing style Atlas? Obviously the all-terrain feet of the Atlas and overall build-quality are a win, but, for practical use with DSLRs... honestly, which do you think you would purchase if didn't have a slider right now?
Were you able to use the slider camera on your column tripod extension (as shown) or did you use a different tripod set up completely?
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2019. Still worth getting or should one invest in a motorized slider instead? Interested in ifootage nano but the thing never gets in stock here in Sweden!! S1 looks pretty decent and would definitely fit my needs.
Can i do a complete vertical shot , camera hanging off the slider in inverted position and slider on ball head and perpendicular to the ground kinda shot. Its been a long time since you did this video but i really would appreciate if you can answer this.
I so want to give this a try as I'm in the market for a slider. Kessler and Cinevate are tried and true and can be added on to. This one may be too new to take a chance on. Kessler is about to have a $100 off any purchase over $500 sale on cyber Monday! I'll wait for the long term reviews to come in I guess.
