Blade Borge
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Doing a homemade steadicam like here, http://14dollarstabilizer.org/ Anybody know how much the camera weighs with a big battery? Not sure if I should use a 3lb weight or 5lb weight.
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Weight?
- Thread starter Blade Borge
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I believe it's 4.3 pounds.
But -- that $14 thing (now $21, right?) isn't worth $14 even if you end up paying twenty-one for it. The only thing you'll end up with is a club that may be suitable for smashing skulls.
Also, the cheap generic versions are also awful.
Take the leap to Glidecam and you'll be able to produce cool looking stuff -- after a hell of a learning curve. Steadicam Merlin is a tiny bit easier and more convenient, but has limitations.
But -- that $14 thing (now $21, right?) isn't worth $14 even if you end up paying twenty-one for it. The only thing you'll end up with is a club that may be suitable for smashing skulls.
Also, the cheap generic versions are also awful.
Take the leap to Glidecam and you'll be able to produce cool looking stuff -- after a hell of a learning curve. Steadicam Merlin is a tiny bit easier and more convenient, but has limitations.
The original stedicam was at some point "homebuilt".
Biggest downside to that 14 buck stabilizer is weight, as in damn heavy. It's easier on the arms to have the weight you do have distributed to the bottom end and out form the center (to reduce rotation).
Without a vest anything over 5 lbs gets to be real heavy real quick. (Grab a 10lb canon ball/downrigger weight and hold it out from your body. See how quick that gets annoying.)
Biggest downside to that 14 buck stabilizer is weight, as in damn heavy. It's easier on the arms to have the weight you do have distributed to the bottom end and out form the center (to reduce rotation).
Without a vest anything over 5 lbs gets to be real heavy real quick. (Grab a 10lb canon ball/downrigger weight and hold it out from your body. See how quick that gets annoying.)