Refining and updating its popular robotic camera mount, GigaPan has released the new EPIC Pro V, which adds continuous-motion settings to the familiar feature set that previously revolved around solely producing stitched panoramas and “gigapixel” composite imagery. Video panning and motion time-lapse modes now allow for the creation of more dynamic, multimedia productions for recording moving subjects. In all shooting modes, the mount affords a 360° horizontal panning range and a 180° vertical panning (tilt) range and, in motion modes, these two axes can be used simultaneously to produce diagonal movements.
When working with the video pan mode, you simply configure the range of the movements needed during the shot, along with the speed and duration of the movements, and start recording manually from the camera itself. The range of movements can be previewed prior to shooting, too. Similarly, in the motion time-lapse mode, you set the beginning and end points of the shot, along with the total duration of the time lapse and the number of shots to be recorded throughout. When recording time-lapses, the camera must be connected to the GigaPan via a remote shutter release cable for triggering.
Aside from these new modes, the EPIC Pro V retains the same stills feature set as the EPIC Pro, including recording up to 20 frames at each shooting position for bracketing or HDR purposes and the ability to adjust parallax settings for various lenses, time between exposures, aspect ratios, and the amount in which individual frames overlap with others. The EPIC Pro V supports camera and lens combinations weighing up to 10 lb total, it features both 1/4"-20 and 3/8"-16 tripod mounts, uses the same replaceable rechargeable lithium-ion battery as the EPIC Pro, and includes a copy of GigaPan Stitch software for compositing individual frames into seamless gigapixel photographs.