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davidpula

davidpula

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Went to Central Park to test out my Glidecam 4000 stabilizer with the DVX100A today.
Very difficult balancing the thing, and it puts extraordinary strain on the arm...and I even have the arm brace bought separately. Not amazing results but it is apparent that smooth footage can be acheived (I just haven't quite yet).
I've pinched a few nerves in my right arm and hand.:crybaby: Couldn't even hold up a cigarette a few hours later!
The music is my own.
Again the resolution is not stellar thanks to MySpace.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=1184956167

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Ups I meant to write 'First shots using Glidecam 4000' as the title......
 
First shot, cool man

butr yikes, that thing still isnt in balance, i think the verticle balance my be off cause it seems to be bottom heavy jsut by the way its moving.

keep trying to get that thing in perfect balance, my 2000 pro is a life saver for my camera and after some practice, you can work it perfectly.
 
nope i think its top heavy....i only had a couple rings on the bottom. i can't imagine adding a 35mm adapter like m2 or sgpro with the clunky rails, almost doubling the weight of the camera. i want of those two but i think i may end up getting the brevis for its weight (about 1/2 a pound) and just avoid rails, at least with 28mm and 50mm lenses.
 
Has anybody tried to make one of these $14 dollar steady cams?

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/steadycam/

I haven't had the chance to make one yet, and I'm moving to Calgary in a week so theres no point in making one... I doubt they'd let me take a bunch of pipes as carry on... But as soon as I get there I'm rigging one up, why not eh, it's cheap as can be, and if anything at least it'll kill an afternoon!
 
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