Telescopic camera cranes have been around for 20 years. The first telescopic camera crane was developed by Horst Burbulla of the Supertechno company. He developed this crane to shoot his first and only film “Liebe und Tot”. The shots he wanted to make could not have been made without this camera crane. His invention is indispensable today! This equipment is used in almost all blockbusters, such as productions such as The Matrix, Titanic, Pearl Harbor and Harry Potter.
The latest models are equipped with, among other things, a electronically powered and self-leveling head, balance weights and high-precision pivots that allow vibration-free movement of the camera during shooting. Supertechno stands for state-of-the-art in camera crane technology.
The “Technocrane” positions the camera and moves it via remote control. “Without this camera crane, complicated action scenes like those shot in Spider-Man and Van Helsing would not have been possible,” says Mr. Burbulla.
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