Documentary filmmaker Andre Götzmann has been putting two new Sachtler heads through their paces on different types of programmes with different demands on gear.

Kieran Tynan has been a BBC camera opeator for over 10 years. Now freelance, he works in news, documentary, features, entertainment, reality, commercials, corporate and drama. Kieran has recently been putting the new Sachtler aktiv 12T to the test in fast-paced news situations.

Geoff Nelson began his freelance camera operating career back in the nineties and is now a hugely experienced ENG broadcast and news cameraman with the gear to get the job done in any weather.

Called on by the Montenegro Army to document the delivery of a new fleet of helicopters, Uroš relied on his Sachtler flowtech75 tripod combined with the revolutionary new aktiv8 fluid head and a Syrp Magic Carpet slider to deliver the widest range of shots against the clock.

Being able to use a slider makes the picture so much more interesting. With aktiv SpeedSwap it was so fast and easy for us to just lift the lever, take the head off, attach the slider onto the tripod, click the head head onto the slider and we’re ready to go.

When I need to get an interview with a politician, I have just minutes with them, with aktiv there’s no time lost changing shot, the SpeedLevel means I can get three or four shots almost within a minute