Quote Originally Posted by John V View Post
The Talon is a remote head that is very different than a true motion control head. It saves point not the actual motion of the shot. Point are easy...saving the speed, time, and actual location during the move is what makes a unit such as Mark Roberts Ultihead and Mirus from View Factor diffrent than a remote head.
John, I'm going to have to disagree with you here. A motion control head is not defined by what kind of data it saves. If you have the positions of the motors in a system, it only takes a little math to figure out the actual lens position in space, as well as velocities, after the fact. And all the heads that you mention are remote heads, because they are operated remotely.
A "true" motion control head will exactly repeat the same camera position for every frame that is shot when it is played back. The Talon does this with little to no programming knowledge.


Quote Originally Posted by John V View Post
BTW When Mirus is released it is self contained. The Talon and every other system out there neglects to show you all the other equipment and programming you need to know to make it work.

Actually, the Talon only needs the head, remote box, power supply and 2 cables and it is ready to fully function. To record a move, you press the record button... no programming necessary. And Brett, the intervalometer function is now included with the base package for the Remote.
The system also continuously outputs virtual set data also with the base package. The Talon will also sync to the Red Camera's frame output while recording and playing back to ensure that the motion is locked to the picture.

-Jeff