Comments on: DIY Steadicam + Nikon D90 Video

By: John

John — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:34:18 +0000

That’s why you practice :)

By: Hills

Hills — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:32:36 +0000

This looks great! but i was thinking, it’s be a little awkward adjusting focus, zoom while having the steadicam attached?

By: VancityAllie

VancityAllie — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:31:47 +0000

I just saw this linked from your newest post… this is RAD, John!

By: JP

JP — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:16:15 +0000

Your footage looks great!
The only thing is I’ve been searching the web for a DIY to make a STEDICAM and 99.99% of the people using the term steadicam are talking about a simple camera stabilizer based on a counterweight.
A STEADICAM by definition includes an ISO-ELASTIC arm and a harness to minimize the vertical vibrations and bumps which none of the counterweighted camera STABILIZERS do. It’s like making a wood cart and calling it an SUV!!!

By: Tod

Tod — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:39:50 +0000

The fisheye shot was supercool!

By: John

John — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:03:34 +0000

Kevin: it’s mostly noticeable in the side to side shaking….the rig doesn’t eliminate it but definitely reduces it.

Tyler: you’re funny….they weren’t shot in the order they appear here…see if you can guess the order. All were shot during one intermission….beer was consumed afterwards as my reward for all the running up/down the stairs.

By: Tyler Ingram

Tyler Ingram — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:08:40 +0000

If i didn’t know better I’d say with each one there was a bout a beer or two consumed inbetween shots ;)

And Peter’s expression seems to change too!

You could almost rate the steadiness based on beer! The fisheye was about 4 beer, the Zi6 is about 6 beer ;) Then again I don’t think i could get up to the 4 beer, I need to woke on my skillz

By: Kevin Haggerty

Kevin Haggerty — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:59:16 +0000

I don’t really notice much (if any) difference between the three videos…