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Ravelli ATD Professional Tripod Dolly for Camera Photo and Video It’s a dolly, but not a great one – L. valle – Los Angeles, CA
I hate cliches, but what’s that old adage that will accurately describe this thing…ah, yes: You get what you pay for.

At (from cowboy studios) I suppose I shouldnt be expecting the smoothest ride but I just couldnt get that many smooth, flowing tracking shots from this thing. It is functional in that you can fit any tripod into it and it will hold your tripod and move…but no matter how steady your tripod legs/head are, the whole roving unit WILL shake. This was the case for my Canon XH A1 prosumer camcorder and my Canon HV40 consumer camcorder. (Although, the HV40 wasnt as bad)
The wheels are stiff and that might sound like a good thing but the extra force you use to get it moving will translate in the shot, making for an awkward, jagged push when you start it moving. Changing directions, starting and stopping just looks like you’re yanking the damn thing just to get it going. To be fair, if you’re super steady and are on a solid, smooth and flat surface you could probably get a smooth tracking shot, but for me, I should’ve spent the extra money to get a better quality dolly.
Ravelli: ATD The Ravelli ATD Tripod Dolly is an excellent dolly for use with your professional camera and video tripods, light stands, and background stands.
The most important feature of a good dolly is good wheels. After all, the point of a dolly is to be able to smoothly move your tripod from one place to another. Unlike less expensive models with smaller plastic wheels, our dolly uses large 3″ diameter wheels with all metal ball bearings and a rubber outer surface for an ultra smooth roll.
The Assia ATD also features one step easy locking wheels. Once you get the dolly where you want it, all you have to do is “step” on the locks for one or more of the wheels. Some
competing models including the best names such as Bogen, Manfrotto, Quickset, and Linhof require that you get down on your knees to “screw” a separate rubber stopper down to the floor to hold the dolly in position.
The universal leg locks used will fit nearly any tripod. Many of the tripod dollies offered by the competition including the best names such as Bogen, Manfrotto, Quickset, and Linhof have a fixed attachment point at the end of the dolly legs. Ours has a leg grip which slides along the dolly leg going either closer to the center or out to the end. This allows you to adjust the desired level of “spread” for the tripod you are using.
Ravelli ATD Professional Tripod Dolly for Camera Photo and Video

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