The Matthews Studio Equipment Motion Control System is designed specifically for use with the FloatCam HD DC Slider. Motion control allows manual and programmed movements. Every movement, manual or programmed may be stored for later use. There are 9 persistent banks and 1 volatile bank available. Each movement can be repeated up to 999 times and extended time extension up to 99 times, allowing the user more than enough opportunity to get that desired shot. When using Canon and Nikon DSLR's and the accessory camera control cable, it is possible to control the shutter speed and exposure from the remote control, which contains a built-in intervalometer. Furthermore, the control features a wide range of speed settings from 0 to 20cm/sec and a speed ramp range from 0.5 to 2.5 seconds. Due to the precision counter balance system on the DC Slider family, only one motor is required for all functions of motion control. The Motion Control System allows the use of the multi-angled slider to achieve a wide range of shots.
The DC-Slider Motion Control System comes with factory presets to control camera movement. These presets can be easily changed as needed. Programmed movement, manual movement, recorded movements, timelapse, and stop motion can all be achieved with the DC Slider Motion Control.
Time Lapse Continuous mode allows for continuous movement across the slider during the time lapse process. In this mode, it is possible to set the total movement time and number of shots, and control the shutter and exposure of a DSLR camera. It is also possible to trigger multiple image sequences from the Motion Control. This can be useful for high dynamic range imaging, exposure-bracketed time lapse or multiple constant-exposure shots for noise reduction in the post production process. The time lapse continuous setting also gives you the option to read a saved track from the memory or manually set the start and stop position desired.
Time Lapse After Shots or Shoot-Move-Shoot mode works similar to the continuous time lapse mode, but the camera stops before each shot. Set the distance, number of shots, and movement time, and control shutter and exposure of DSLR’s. Multiple image sequences for HDR photography are also available in this mode.
Stop Motion Distance mode allows programmed distance between each shot with precise accuracy. Every move and shot is initiated manually through the controller.
Stop Motion Shot mode allows camera movement with factory settings and programmed number of shots. In this mode, it is possible to set the total movement time, number of shots, and control shutter and exposure of DSLR cameras with the use of the accessory camera control cords.