{"id":237,"date":"2013-03-28T17:15:01","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T17:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garbershop.com\/?p=237"},"modified":"2013-04-05T18:55:50","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T18:55:50","slug":"to-jib-or-not-to-jib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.garbershop.com\/?p=237","title":{"rendered":"To Jib or Not to Jib?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I mentioned a couple weeks ago, I&#8217;m considering adding a small jib to my rig. There are lots of options out there, from cheaper carbon fiber ones to more expensive solutions that have a built in pan head.<\/p>\n<p>Some have a way to tilt the camera, which I think is quite necessary. The ones that don&#8217;t tilt the camera are generally cheaper and very light. They are considered &#8220;travel jibs.&#8221; Those models also allow for the extension of the back end that allows for using less counter-weight.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, it&#8217;s down to three options, all have positives and negatives. I&#8217;m looking for the best value &#8211; something that doesn&#8217;t cost an arm and a leg and will provide excellent results.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kesslercrane.com\/product-p\/100041.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Kessler KC-Lite 8.0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kesslercrane.com\/product-p\/pocket_jib_traveler.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Kessler Pocket Jib<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/varavon.com\/product\/crane_t3.html\" target=\"_blank\">Varavon T3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Has anyone had experience with these jibs? Any recommendations? Feel free to post your comments and recommendations below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I mentioned a couple weeks ago, I&#8217;m considering adding a small jib to my rig. There are lots of options out there, from cheaper carbon fiber ones to more expensive solutions that have a built in pan head. Some have a way to tilt the camera, which I think is quite necessary. The ones [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[38,39,40,42,41],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.garbershop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.garbershop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.garbershop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.garbershop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.garbershop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.garbershop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240,"href":"http:\/\/www.garbershop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions\/240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.garbershop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.garbershop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.garbershop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}