Lights, camera, action

28 July, 2022

Back at the office, Tonks turned his focus to a similar self-levelling hydraulic system used within the leisure industry as a starting point for Croome’s design and began work on a software programming solution. A few weeks after placing his confirmed order, Croome’s prototype system was built and ready to be put through its paces filming on BBC Springwatch.

Croome comments: “The prototype gator hydraulic mount has worked a treat – keeping the jib level as we repositioned across some pretty uneven ground, then allowing us to raise and lower the jib depending on the shot. It’s back to the engineers for some minor tweaks then back in action in a few weeks.”

Only a few minor adjustments were needed to the mercury switches to stop a minor tremble and then the new selflevelling hydraulic mount system was signed off, sealed and delivered.

Unique design

According to Tonks, the new hydraulically operated mount is a unique design for this type of application, which allows for an auto in-motion self-levelling and height adjusting manoeuvre – all remotely controlled via a panel. The strictest of safety measures have also been taken into consideration with weight distributed over five cylinders.

Croome concludes: “We are really happy with our new camera mount from Hydraulics Online. They clearly know their stuff and have created a product which way exceeds all our expectations in terms of functionality and cost. The automatic self-levelling and height adjusting system is now saving us considerable time on each set and it makes the whole experience less stressful too.”

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