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Originally Posted by vidvicious
There is nothing about that home made gaget that makes it a steadicam .. you'd have the same affect as a mono pod ...
A steadicam system is pretty simple in design .. seprate The centers of Gravity and allow for your own seprate xy axis.
I sold and operated Glidecam and steadicam in the 90's. From a V20 to an Ultra.
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You are right, they use the Steadicam name as a generic catch all in this case. You can essentially get similar results even with a small tripod that you keep the legs closed on. What the 14.00 deally does basically is increase the weight of the camera. Its harder to make a bowling ball shake, than it is to make a pencil shake. With the smaller cameras they do make a heck of a difference. The first shoot we did with our HV-10 the video looked like I was a parkinsons victim with a crack addiction lol. Ok not that bad, but compared to how the shoots come out with the "steadicam" I made its night and day.
Oh and find out how much he wants for that Merlin. From the videos I saw of it, its pretty awesome.