October 27th, 2009, 02:06 PM
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Anyone tried the shoulder mount
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October 30th, 2009, 08:46 AM
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If this guy thinks that his footage with this shoulder stabilizer looks like Steadicam/Glidecam footage, then he is majorly delusional.
Unless he has been looking at some pretty crappy Glidecam footage.
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November 1st, 2009, 08:57 AM
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I agree Michael this is not even close to a Steadicam/Glidecam. I look at the unit as a shoulder brace and that is it. I was just interested to see if people on DVinfo had had the chance to try one.
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November 1st, 2009, 01:54 PM
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The design is hard to categorize, and the physics don't seem to make too much sense. It's not really a shoulder mount, as it uses a counterbalanced arm. The closest thing would be a human mounted crane... but you still have much of the underlying instability of the mobile platform from the looks of things.
Shoulder mounts typically do what they do by being a stable fixed mount, not a flexible system. In my experience the more "flex" you have in a system (short of a properly machined bearing/gimbal), just creates another spot for wobble/bounce to be introduced. |
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November 1st, 2009, 06:07 PM
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I agree David it looks like it would be hard to nail a smooth shot walking like he suggest.
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November 2nd, 2009, 09:00 PM
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im sorry, but I LOLed when I saw that... this is nothing close to a steadicam in terms of stabilization. not to mention that operating in tight spaces would definitely be harder with a crane and associated counter balance attached to your shoulder....
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November 3rd, 2009, 07:57 AM
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Steadicam it is not, it is a shoulder mount that we all agree looks very hard to use and is worth a pass.
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November 3rd, 2009, 08:49 AM
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November 3rd, 2009, 02:50 PM
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I suspect the "SCAM" was lost in the translation... probably doesn't know what that means in English...
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November 3rd, 2009, 03:15 PM
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I assumed that, Dave. But still funny ;)
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November 3rd, 2009, 05:17 PM
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November 4th, 2009, 09:05 AM
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The Scam part did catch me at first and made me LOL.
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