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Another convenient feature of this Hi-hat/apple box combination is the ability to rapidly and securely obtain up to about 5-7 seconds of smooth truck/slider motion with my 8 ft slider, simply by dropping the combo onto the slider’s dolly.

I can secure the hat in 3 different positions to the drilled 1/4″ holes in the large apple box as shown, whether collapsed or extending the legs.

Here is the 8′ slider beneath the #2 lg apple box, bolted to the Hi-hat and camera

Sandbags are used to further stabilize the slider when appropriate

The #2 small apple box is used as a counterweight or to provide quick angled shots by placing beneath other boxes

The bolt holes are clearly marked in order to speed setup of the rig in the field

This makes it unnecessary to detach and re-attach the Hi-Hat, and it’s and easy to take off the camera via the quick -release baseplate camera to put it on a cinema rig, for example. This means that there are many more options for developing and executing shot lists.

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