Which camera type uses a long arm to provide wide-angle shots?

• A. Pedestal
• B. Jib
• C. Robotic
• D. Handheld

Answer: (B)

Using a long arm to get wide, sweeping shots is the function of a jib crane. The jib is a crane-like setup with a horizontal arm that extends out from a base, carrying the camera at its end. That reach lets you position the camera high above the scene or far to the side while still capturing a broad field, and you can sweep the shot smoothly as the arm moves. A pedestal, by contrast, is just a vertical lift at a fixed location, used for moving the camera up or down without extending out over the scene. A robotic system is a motorized, programmable setup for pan/tilt or track moves, not defined by a long protruding arm for wide framing. Handheld cameras are portable and provide intimacy and mobility, not the extended reach a jib offers. So the long-arm device described is the jib.