u have 72hrs to practise =)

Florin, glad you got your issues worked out and let's perhaps all keep this thread in mind next time someone posts "anyone have experience with the Flycam"? as that comes up every other week around here.

It's slightly ironic to me to hear this said about Glidecam, but everything is relative and as long as you are happy that's what counts...have you had the chance to try a Merlin, by the way?

I have never tried a Merlin, I'm sure that there are many other better stabilization systems than Glidecam. I only would like to demonstrate to the dealer (the one with Flycam) that he was wrong and he was trying to convince me that I didn't know how to properly balance de unit. Also he told me that is enough that the sled is balanced and I don't have to rotate it or change hands on handle. Anyway, the more arguments I was bringing the more irritated the dealer was getting. Now I am convinced of the "quality" of Flycam units because one unit can be an accident but a second one is certain bad quality.
I hope my unpleasant experience can be useful for other people

It's a rare reseller that actually understands what is involved with flying a stabilizer--none of these surprises me really.

Hi,
As I've promised, I'm back with a video sample with my camcorder mounted on Glidecam 2000 PRO. It's not perfect, but I am very pleased. The quality of video file is not very good (the image is a little foggy when panning) but I guess it's enough to illustrate flying a camcorder.
http://www.filebox.ro/download.php?k...315680&lang=en

Florin, I think you forgot to post a link to your footage.

UPS has my Glidecam 4000 Pro "Out for delivery" right now. Unfortunately, I won't be back home until late tonight, so I won't have a chance to try it out until probably Thursday. I'll keep you all posted.

I uploaded at http://www.vimeo.com/1068928 a clip where for the first time in my life I used a glidecam. You can check the link in my previous post with some raw footage shot using glidecam.