How to Keep a Video Camera Steady

[00dempsey]

And the blinking star trek lights in the background

[00dempsey]

Lol wow, I love how the JJ Abrams look alike is so evident...

[rojoque]

Could you please post some footage taken with the Manfrotto 585? I keep hearing that it is not that good.

[BestTypoEver]

Chris is such a sell out.

[HALOFAN804]

thats what i call "RIPOFF"

[cateye27]

Um, Chris, you forgot to link the annotation for "Webcam Buying Tips."

[qubei]

Why not show some actual footage shot with it? Thumbs down.

[maqnchs]

Ha! so jewish.

[madaboutrc]

I love the way he says "Look its a tripod" as its flopping around on the make shift tripod.

[BraStrapsForum]

woooow it's a tripod!!! someone give him a cookie!

[Wackertech]

woooow it's not a tridpod!!

[borge689]

lol wow... douche..

[mikhailadam]

This is just a sales pitch and very dishonest.

This particular "so called" video camera stabilizer by manfrotto is the worst commercial stabilizer on the market.

Due to this fact, you won't see any footage taken on this "Stabilizer" by the the sales man trying to force it down your throat.

The better option would be the Hague MMC Stabilizer, not perfect but 100% better than this crap.

[talentdesigner]

Stablizer my ass with that tool. Look how that fag moves it, like a bitch. Piece of shit, don' t buy it. Also, his presentation sucks ball. Stupid sales geek wanna-be.

[BraStrapsForum]

that's right he does moves it, like a bitch lol

[facciolite]

fucking faggot nerd

[TheHiddenPart]

Why does it look like a paid commercial?

[Kalahridudex]

i wan't a coupon

[14080yo]

you brag too much its not that cool dude

[ccubsfan94]

wait until you put a camera in your hands and see what it is like to keep it stable. this thing is fucking awsome

[AaronApocalypse]

Thats my exact camra!

[MilSim411]

wats the name of those clocks again?

[jchouproductions]

tix clocks

[paws1011]

beans are for beaners (mexicans)

[MooseOfReason]

Chris, you should put a link to where people can buy the stabilizer, in the video description.

Or they can watch the video over and over again and try to hear what the product name is. Or look at the video tags (if they think of doing that) and wonder what the heck "Manfrotto" means.

[mewantpoop]

look at it tripod. this is wack

[LOONLAKEPRO]

YO THATS A TRASFORMER omfg LOL

[RandomShadowMan]

What camera was used to film this video?

[jchouproductions]

kodak zi6

[XSeveredManX]

Aw perfect.... SMOOOTH!!!

[psphacks786]

How du u use a cam as a webcam

[clifgreen3]

u can do that???

[flip5426]

He wasn't actually recording with the camera in his hand. It was just on to prove a point.

[matttyler08]

Whats that Chat box called. o.o Ive been watching vids of you. But I never knew what that chat box is.

[ccubsfan94]

chat or chatroom

[MBGMovies]

hey whats the stablizer called i just bought a camcorder and i want something more stable when i move around and this looks like a great thing

[TheBoff321]

Why is the chat just on his mac, not on the actual video?

[ivanyoulube]

i just noticed the star trak computer lights on the wall lololol

[Halo2isgay87]

lol anyone that has one of those looks so gay lol

[eschelar]

you spent a hundred bucks on a manfrotto tripod gizmo so you could take crappy video with your iphone?

Sometin' rongg wit yer hedd.

I bought a mini-tripod for 5 bucks and screwed a foldable yard-stick to it that cost me 2 bucks.

A fool and his money...

[lockergnome]

That's a Kodak Zi6. Last I looked, phones are incapable of being mounted on a tripod.

[ccubsfan94]

can you spell out the name and tell me where you got it. plz you rock

[eschelar]

When was the last time you looked? 1983?

Phone tripod attachments are all over the place. There's tons of them for pretty much every sony model. There's generic clippy ones too. All it needs to do is hold on to the camera and have a female 1/4" screw thread.

You can make one yourself for about 2 bucks with supplies from your local Staples or Office Depot. Oh and a couple of nuts from Home Hardware.

here in Asia a generic tripod mount is around 3 bucks US, You might have to pay $9.99...

[eschelar]

Plus, that's even worse, a cheap crappy little digicam costs even less than a phone these days. And you mount it on a 100 dollar manfrotto? Bizarre.

if it already has a tripod socket, why not just pick up a regular cheap tripod and extend one leg. That will reach your shoulder just as easily. Doubles as a monopod too. 20 bucks is better than 100 bucks. And more effective too.

By the way, why not show us any actual footage taken with your 'stabilized' camera.

[TheAvery86]

@lockergnome not the iPhone

[canespwnu123]

how about you tie a sand bag to your camera

[maximusgold]

hey WOW what a total friggin douche bag! try an icicle thru the eye! die hard 2 style!

[Connerdale]

your weird

[canespwnu123]

your gay

[prokcips]

so how may compter do you have

[psychofish25]

low volume

[CalabusDabus]

...not a tripod... thats a quadpod

[chopper821]

This guy is the sterotypical pinacle of geek. No offence, i like his ideas and explainations.. just saying haha

[jcdock]

he actually prides himself on being the stereotypical geek :P.

[Connerdale]

yeah and?

[WindowsGuru84]

Just like me :)

[jcdock]

same

[Dynamics18]

wow, you can read the chat on his pc if ur in HD ^_^

[Berus7]

Chris - Thanks again for all you do for the tech community at large. The variety and value of the information you give us is helpful on so many levels. You have inspired a number of ideas for me, and I'm sure others as well. We're glad you're out there! Hope your Christmas was a fun one, and your New Year will be a great one!

[roblamper]

cool

[ComputerHelpful]

thanks man ur the best!!!

[timmansixgun]

super cool

[bestSVMS]

i have heard of the 14 poor man steady cam, if it actully works, it beats this in cost

[xaad2]

hi all . please someone tell me where i can find ""C++ VEDIO, lecture "" or "" all programing"" website , chanel , everwhere ... pls help :D thnx

[TooKhuuForYou]

AWW PERFECT SMOOTH lol xD

[dddaaannn360]

whats the black laptop

[planetazul3]

Hum, weird stuff.

[planetazul3]

And when would you show us the video recorded with this video attachment?

[OldGoochProductions]

it looks ridiculous

[MarilynManson55]

ahh i cooda used this i had to film a video for school & it was shaky as hell!

[UKSkaterstar07]

manfrotto is a great company..i have a few reviews up fpr them.

[johnTRAN93]

ur room looks like some high tech house from the future

[chum1002]

what are those lights for above your computer, going around your desk...i want some...

[MrZenic]

its his binary clock i think, he mentioned it somewhere

[Compgenius999]

i think there were called tix lights

[theunits3]

Pretty cool

[commodore256]

"Tripod"? It looks more like a "quadpod".

[SiCK35TKiiD]

or u can just edit the shacking

[thehellsyeah123]

that ones nice but i wish it was extendible

[ichs0]

i have that video camera i got it for christmas

[kainaussie]

put it on ebya

[kainaussie]

wats up witht he chat how come its not in the video feeed any more

[calvcoll]

Because he is not recording live using ustream

[kainaussie]

amm he doesnt record in ustream lol he records in another program lol i think the program stuffed up cause he never records in ustream

[TalesOfWar]

I don't think he actually records them, I think Kat does it and then uploads them for him. He's using a seperate camera for the HD stuff at the same time as streaming with his standard camera via UStream for the quality bump. The live stream still looks the same.

[kainaussie]

no cause chris records them in a seprate program

dont u ever see him uploading then?

[todorovichat]

seriously chris, i dont like your new mic. the sound to me is tiny. Samson was much better.

[TalesOfWar]

I think it's because he isn't actually talking in to it, it's off to his left (or our right when looking at him) and captures in a cone, but he speaks just outside it so it's a little quiet and not quite as clear lol.

[oneeyedgeek]

Sweet! I've been wanting a stabilizer for awhile but every one I found was at least $500.

[isuckatmachinima]

actually to get the best pan, use a rubber-band.

[TeddyBcool2000]

Isn't that technically a quadpod?

[dfoggin]

You could say that but as some architect will correct you it's a "tetrapod" with tetra being greek for 4. Like where we get "Tetris" from cos all of the shapes are made up for 4 blocks.

[manbearpig91]

the dark night was a kickass movie

[cvogel4]

That is the most geekist thing ever!

[caisback18]

Are you kidding? look at the freaking Darth Vader usb hub!!!!!

[lukebob1]

i would need a heavy counter balance for my camera, it is heavy!

[sufa256]

Nice!!

[livewithdavid]

I don't understand how those things work? It just makes the camera weigh more!

[lemonysnick123]

It acts as a counter balance so the camera doesn't shake a lot.

[NeshAran]

Hey I wanted to know how to use my Canon Ixus 860 as an webcam...I lost the Canon CD...oly hv the usb cable of it...is it possible?

i am using dell xps..

i wana use my canon digital cam as my webcam on MSN messenger....plz help me :)

Thnaks in advance for replys !

[Thsiscool]

lol nice!

[dmediaz]

nice, don't got no money... can i borrow yours? ;D

[Zomfsm]

LMFAO at the end "SMOOTH"

[Zomfsm]

hey u hav hd now, awesome!

[ne0ngeek]

LMFAO @ What if you have a shoulder spasm? in the chat ahahahahah

[iwalkwithawetsponge]

chris what has happened over the last year you used to be so intresting with all the tec talk like computer specs mac v pc and answered peoples emails links and questions and uploaded them to youtube but now all you do is advertise the most random and pointless gadgets. come on we want the old chris back at least one video with lots of geek talk!

[kzone272]

second!!

cool gadget though but 100$ is too much for that crap

[MAZZEKAARTS]

Yeah, it should be about $30!

[seajist]

i agree, who gives a shit about a luggage weight scale or a camera stabilizer, wheres the good stuff

[TheOutsanityDotCom]

I must be missing something. Aren't most of the vids geekworthy?

[Nanotech11]

What is that new black computer on his right?

[iwalkwithawetsponge]

i dont know

[daweirdodude]

Its an iMac, he showed it on a video once, it was always on the left side of the camera, so you couldn`t see it.

[jakeparrproductions]

an msi wind running mac osx

[dodykid4ever]

hey chris what camera is that?, and by the way i like the new set up, pretty good :)

[MooseOfReason]

Dody, the camera hooked up to the stabilizer is a Kodak Zi6.

[dodykid4ever]

thanks mooseofreason

[Glasseh]

Wouldn't that be a quad-pod though? Four legs instead of just three.

[JerzeyLegend]

I like how you say "Perfect...smoooth." Then the camera you're using to recording shakes.

Very good idea using the Macbook for the chat. Takes to focus off chat and onto you.

[MooseOfReason]

He probably pushed too hard when turning the camera off, but yeah.

[danayamauchi]

that is an awesome stabilizer

[MooseOfReason]

Chris, that was pretty crafty of you to set up the laptop with the chat room like that.

Though maybe you could have the laptop closer to the camera. The chat's readable, but I think it could be better.

Also, the audio sounded a little funny. Did you ditch the mic?

[JereHakala]

Watch in HD, then it's readable.

[MooseOfReason]

Jere, I said it was readable, but could be improved.

Did you read my comment or just respond to it?

[PacoBell]

"Better" as in how, exactly. If it's legible, that's good enough for most people. I guess your comment just begs the question.

[MooseOfReason]

Okay, Paco. Bigger, and maybe less of a glare.

[lazer46]

i rather carry a tripod thn carry tht ugly thing...i mean look at it...if m carriying a tripod at least people know wht it is...if i go around with tht they'll be like WTF???

[wizkid22]

i can not watch hd on my netbook

[casper0012]

I like lockergnome.

[coteya]

Look at 1:09 and 3:58 for my comment

[prep4md]

At last in wide screen ;)

[nirvan5a]

nice hd, keep going dude.

[insanity54]

Camera Gun!

[Steve0292]

loving the hd chris

just calm down with the advertising for your websites....it's very annoying...but other than that...love the videos

[JGalva88]

What do you mean Calm Down. The Banners on his Live stream in the bottom Corner are his Sponsors, He's not gonna be sponsored by someone and not advertise them. They aren't in the way anyways.

[Steve0292]

in every single video he says to come on his channel and he goes on how it's live and bla bla bla bla...every single video..it gets annoying

[MacFan420]

What did you record this video with?

[alnandr]

Hell yea my comments are in this vid! :D

-alnandr

[Liz0A]

FIRST!

... No, wait...

*eyeroll?*

Bit too expensive for nothing more than a hobby in my case (I recently spent too much already). But I've always wanted one - I can never take steady photos or videos!

I remember a review of these on The Gadget Show a few years back... Not quite as nice as the one you're showing, but they still looked beautiful.

[j2murada]

wow! THREE hugfe screens! Mac! Nice chris!

[mancole96]

I have a Zi6... I can't edit because PowerDirector makes the video very slow, and the audio very fast...

[forsalebypwner]

lol no offense but that looks really geeky.

[jackta101]

lol :) - loving the irony.

[Liz0A]

He's a geek... Isn't that kinda the point?

;)

[irishkendoll]

def a must have! i made mine from parts at ace hardware! best gadget thus far for my camera..

[roger62383]

it looks a little bulky, but nice

btw...i can't read the chat anymore since its on the computer

[sbmillionair]

watch in HD

[roger62383]

o crap thanks for the tip! i've been missing out!

[bllymcgvrn123]

for some reason my mac wont let me view in hd HELP?

[IamtheVOICE123]

Do you have it plugged in through the DVI and the HD setting on videocard to be enabled?

[bllymcgvrn123]

how to do i change that, this is my 1st mac

[IamtheVOICE123]

not very familar with macs but it would usually be in your videocard settings, if yah dont have the one button mouse just right click on the desktop and there should be an option that says either Nvidia Control Panel or Ati Catalyst control (depending on the graphics chip in your mac) then their should be an option that says display and it should be somewhat in there... but the thing is yah also have to have a highspeed connection and LCD HD moniter to view it in HD

[bllymcgvrn123]

i just cleared my cookies and cache and it works! :)

[IamtheVOICE123]

Ah i see... well that was going to be my next suggestion lol, oh well, hey if yah have any questions about a mac, ask mrbit10, hes one of my subscribers and he knows a lot more about them than i do... im more of a pc guy myself

[SayntAce]

watch in hd

[DynastiaUnlawfulBro]

Cool. Cool.

[decalfreak]

i made one off a tut on youtube to ..

very cool gadgets!

[shademan55]

O_O

HOLY CRAP

[pspfano]

are u recording with the zi6?? and is that another zi6??

[bllymcgvrn123]

1sttttt YES

[bllymcgvrn123]

ahhh nvm

[shademan55]

Nice video man.

BTW: First post

[Peter07Pal]

capodastaro:

faggot

[capodastaro]

You could of used a capital letter for the Capodastaro.

but good try.

[lockergnome]

First! Bet you didn't see that one coming. Now, if another person tries to throw in a numerical ranking as a comment, everyone else has my full permission to call them an uncreative moron.

[bllymcgvrn123]

hahah