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Steadycam
I'm after a (as small as possible) steadycam, the cheaper the better
anyone have any recommendations or links?
TIA
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16-02-2007, 10:13 AM
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Re: Steadycam
Jason Bradbury made one in the last series of the Gadget Show , if not the last series , then the series before that . Might be worth having a go if you feel upto it . Check their website Five/gadget , or something like that
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Re: Steadycam
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Re: Steadycam
Not technically a steadycam, but a cheap and small solution to help stabilise your shooting is to use a monopod. As well as using it extended, I use it retracted (holding the monopod near the bottom and close to my gut!) and that helps a lot. This photo isn't me but shows the idea...
http://www.sonyhdvinfo.com/attachmen...ntid=448&stc=1
I have a cheap Manfrotto one I paid £25 for.
http://www.acecameras.co.uk/asp/web/.../1/product.asp
I know people who use and like these Spiderbraces, but I've never used them...
http://www.spiderbrace.com/
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Re: Steadycam
cheers Mark, but I'll be doing a lot of movement so a steadycam will be best I think
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Re: Steadycam
last year I had a website bookmarked, it was a UK "company" selling one but I can't remember the name, they were really cheap and "cam" was spelt "kam", but I've since lost the bookmark and cannot find them if I search for them!
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Re: Steadycam
Could it have been these guys?
http://www.b-hague.co.uk/Camcorder%20Steadymount.htm
They have a range of different solutions; again I have not used any of them.
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Re: Steadycam
no, it was something like smooth kam or steady kam, it was well under £100
thanks though
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Re: Steadycam
Oh well. Hague does have a range of different ones; did you scan that page? Some as cheap as £10 or so.
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Re: Steadycam
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Oh well. Hague does have a range of different ones; did you scan that page? Some as cheap as £10 or so.
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yeah, cheers, seen them before, they're always in the magazines, but I'll be doing a lot of movement myself while filming (concerts etc - local bands, going round the crowds etc)
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Re: Steadycam
Ok - I replied before I saw you found your other link.
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Re: Steadycam
I'm looking at picking up a fig rig soon
http://services.manfrotto.com/figrig/
Under £200
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Re: Steadycam
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I'll look like a tw*t with my smoothkam, would look even more so with a big steering wheel!
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