JanNovia Tips # 0004: Sanyo Xacti upside down on Steadicam JR

Two Sanyo Xacti HD2000 in action during instruction course at Global-DVC Centre Zandvoort. Sanyo mounted upside down on Steadicam JR. Wide Angle and Fish Eye on the other from Century 37mm.

Many fast-moving action sequences are filmed with handheld cameras using a device known as Steadicam. The sequences do not have the jittery camerawork characteristic of home videos because the Steadicam uses an elaborate system of springs and weights attached to a body harness to isolate the camera from the movements of the body.

Garrett Brown, inventor of the device, won an Oscar, and its television equivalent the Emmy, for his development of the device. The original system costs $40,000 (about 20,000 Pounds) and has been used in hundreds of TV programmes, advertisements and films. Today, over 500 professional Steadicams are in use around the world.

Now the hordes of amateur Steven Spielbergs can achieve the same effects with the consumer version the old Steadicam JR or the newest version The Merlin.
This camera platform dispenses with the body harness and has instead a hand grip which is attached to the device via a system of gimbals with prevents wobbly hand movements affecting the camera.

The centre of gravity of the whole apparatus is centred on the gimabls so the user can easily point the camera with the other hand. A system of sprung weights smooths rapid up-and-down movements.
The device attaches to any modern video camcorder and works best with one that weigh less than 2 kilograms.

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[TheDivineCellphone]

ill PM the link...

[GlobalDVC]

Thanks already added to info!

[REDBULLISNOBULLSHIT]

How

[dimas2487]

that was great...awesome

[MainTechFrame]

Hy! Great video! Could you tell how you mounted the HD2000 upside down on the steadycam?!?

Thanx

[phi]

Did you flip the video in post production?