Over the last two years there’s been an explosion in new product accessories for Jimmy Jib rigs. We have all been dreaming of a number of new features for years and finally we are getting them. With our Jimmy Jib Rentals, our NYC Jib Operators have a number of improvement gizmos that make life so much easier. All of our products have been made by John Huffman ( Myelectronicsguy.com) and he’s been so awesome with customer support. I have the following tech upgrades:
Upgraded Pan/tilt toggle: replacement electronics for the Jimmy Jib Pan Handle that makes the motor head enormously smoother at long focal lengths
Digital focus converter: Allows using the stock Jimmy Jib focus control knob with the digital servo on newer TV and Cine lenses.
Tally System: It just works…..the original JJ tally system seemed to never function correctly.
Model 4D+ Control Board: This is a replacement circuit board for the control box. It’s made all the electronics much smoother, far more accurate, and enhanced the speed of the P/T motors. It’s all digital, can receive firmware updates, and is packed with great features. A huge upgrade is the system calibrates to the controllers when booting up. In the old control box, you’d have two off-set potentiometers for pan/tilt that would need to be zero’d out when changing the PSU or controllers. It was an annoying process of turning ramp off, motors speed up, zooming in on a lens, watching for motions, and adjusting the offset with an eye glass screwing till there was no motion. What a pain! That process happens automatically when it boots up! Another huge feature is the ability to switch between sock Jimmy Jib Lens controls, Jimmy Jib Zoom + Tilta Nucleus Focus/Iris, and Titlta FIZ. There is a little box placed at the motor head that converts the Jimmy Jib Fiz controls to work with the Tilta Motors. The Tilta Nucleus-M motors are cheap and VERY good. Let’s not compare them to a high end FF system like an arri. All we need to do is spin the barrel, have some stops options, auto calibrate stops, and have it be super smooth. Tilta checks all the boxes!
So if you see us out there jibbing, know that we have an unfair advantage —- much better electronics than The Stock Jimmy Jib!!