T2i How to make the Glidecam 4000 work with Canon T2i

brandondull

brandondull

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I think the canon t2i is to lite for the Glidecam 4000 Pro. Has anyone got the Glidecam 4000 to work with their Canon T2i?
 
It's not too light. I flew my 7D and the T2i on the 4000 without issue. I know there is weight difference but you can always add weight. Balancing that thing was tough the first time. I would suggest watching a few youtube tutorials on that. It can be done for sure. I'm at work and post the links to youtube. hope it helps.
 
just making sure it works. I ordered some stuff for the T2i hopefully it will add some weights. It works perfect with my HVX200a but just wanted to get the best results in both worlds ;) Glad to know its possible with the Canon T2i. Thanks!
 
brandondull said:
the T2i is so much lighter then the 7D lol
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Are you sure about that?

The 7d weighs 1.8 pounds and the t2i weighs 1.2 pounds. Once you add a battery grip to your camera with two batteries in there you will see how great the t2i handles then.
 
okay so my battery grip finally came in. I have 2 canon batteries in this thing. I tried it with the steady cam with my 55-250mm telelphoto lens. I added all the counter weights to the Glidecam 4000 Pro (10x10) & it is still to light. Does anyone else have any suggestions to getting the camera to at least 4 pounds so I can use it on my glidecam 4000 Pro?
 
yeah throw something on the hot shoe...like a light panel or monitor and that should get you there even if you don't use them
 
Hmmm honestly 55-250mm, it's gonna be hard to get steady footage out that ... I could get around 4-6 secs out of it ..which is not to bad for a commercial. This has nothing to do with the weight, just that Tele focal lengths are much more difficult to do some "gliding"

Your gonna have to start with a wider lens, 11 - 20 mm range.
 
I have the Glidecam HD-4000, but it's very similar to the Glidecam 4000 Pro. I have a T2i and I got it to work just fine, but I'm also using a bit heavier lens too. You can always get a longer screw at Lowes or Home Depot or one of the local hardware stores you have around, and add extra weights on the top to balance it. But anyways, I have a video review about how I got my T2i to work on my HD-4000. If you are interested, it's here in this thread:

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=213016
 
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