WhereNextPhotography
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First, as I'm slowly making my way over from stills, I'm new here so hi everyone!
I currently use a Camcrane 200 jib with my HDSLR and it works pretty nicely. The problem is that it takes a looong time to set up and take down and, like any jib, is pretty bulky if using in tighter spaces. I also travel a lot and the crane can't come with me. I'm thinking of supplementing it with som kind of Steadicam-type stabilser (possibly a CMR Blackbird) for when time and space are a little tighter. My question therefore is: can a well balanced and skilfully operated Steadicam (I wouldn't be skilful but I know the importance of learning to be so!) get anywhere close to approximating a short jib move or is it just going to look rubbish? I'm not expecting 100% jibby loveliness but how close can it get?
If a handheld effort is a 0 and an actual jib move is 100, where do people think that a Steadicam approximation of a jib move would fall?
I currently use a Camcrane 200 jib with my HDSLR and it works pretty nicely. The problem is that it takes a looong time to set up and take down and, like any jib, is pretty bulky if using in tighter spaces. I also travel a lot and the crane can't come with me. I'm thinking of supplementing it with som kind of Steadicam-type stabilser (possibly a CMR Blackbird) for when time and space are a little tighter. My question therefore is: can a well balanced and skilfully operated Steadicam (I wouldn't be skilful but I know the importance of learning to be so!) get anywhere close to approximating a short jib move or is it just going to look rubbish? I'm not expecting 100% jibby loveliness but how close can it get?
If a handheld effort is a 0 and an actual jib move is 100, where do people think that a Steadicam approximation of a jib move would fall?
