walking and videoing at same time

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View: https://youtu.be/3Losu7PGkO0
Pana G9ii with 12-60mm leica lens

this is my solution to walking (normal speed) and keeping a camera steady. something cheap to make light and takes up little room in a camera bag. Seems to work for me


what is the members opinion please on this setup

 

[Writewheel]

I have not been able to crack the walking and videoing trick. I act as if I'm brining a tray of full beers back to a table, taking short steps and clenching parts of my body (I was told to make out I had a coin between my cheeks, but how would I know how to do that) but it didn't work for me. I bought a gimbal, a Zhiyon, or a make spelt similarly, Weebill, and it works well, but not cheap.

 

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HI Dek I had a look at using a gimbal not only for my cameras but also for my camcorder. Soon gave up that idea as changing lenes or from camera to camcorder would be a pain in the arse setting it up every time. more time getting the balance right than using either. with this I can change instantly from one to other,

The problem with using a gimbal I gather is setting it up. I think this cost me no more than £20 if that I had an old round handle I had modified for this purpose. I think the parts I used are self explainatory and the flat 8" bar is long enough to have the handle on top and still clear the flip out screen.
want to put on a tripod? no problem and no fiddling about just have a tripod plate screwed into the Bottom of the round part as shown.

It is not so much as balance as to how you hold a camera or camcorder. Companies want you to spend £100s on their products when very often not necessary
Hope this may be of some help. Please let me know , I am 80 years old and keeping a video steady made me come up with this solution


I see your in mid Sussex and I am in East Sussex ( east of bexhill ) so if you want to try out on your gear come on over, I can PM my addy if your interested as you will find walking and videoing so much easier

 

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HI Dek I had a look at using a gimbal not only for my cameras but also for my camcorder. Soon gave up that idea as changing lenes or from camera to camcorder would be a pain in the arse setting it up every time. more time getting the balance right than using either. with this I can change instantly from one to other,

The problem with using a gimbal I gather is setting it up. I think this cost me no more than £20 if that I had an old round handle I had modified for this purpose. I think the parts I used are self explainatory and the flat 8" bar is long enough to have the handle on top and still clear the flip out screen.
want to put on a tripod? no problem and no fiddling about just have a tripod plate screwed into the Bottom of the round part as shown.
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It is not so much as balance as to how you hold a camera or camcorder. Companies want you to spend £100s on their products when very often not necessary
Hope this may be of some help. Please let me know , I am 80 years old and keeping a video steady made me come up with this solution


I see your in mid Sussex and I am in East Sussex ( east of bexhill ) so if you want to try out on your gear come on over, I can PM my addy if your interested as you will find walking and videoing so much easier

I'm grateful for your offer. I might take you up on it. I've been changing my photography subject matter recently, due to health reasons, and my videoing is now mainly on a tripod and only occasionally when moving. I've limited myself to three main venues for car meets: Brooklands, Amberleigh Museum, and Hampton Court Concours, and am concentrating on more local places, such as nature reserves for flowers and a bit of wildlife (not to the extent of cheetahs, like you). I see you go occasionally to Goodwood. Do you also venture to my locations? We could meet at a meet. We old-uns need to stick together, or else we'll fall over. I used to be a regular at the Goodwood FoS, but it's got very crowded over recent years and pricey (talk about spending £hundreds on products).

 

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you have me mxed up with someone else i have never been to Goodwood. check PM.wait until the weather warms up a bit and then see what we can arrange

 

[4wd]

Another inexpensive way to make it a bit easier might be a top handle you can use the hot shoe provided you are being gentle or look at a cage with proper mounting on top.
Such as the DJI 3 mini gimbal is not expensive and would carry that camera but they still don't remove all the bobbing motion without accomplished ninja walk - and frankly are a bit of a pain to carry about unless you know it's going to be used.

 

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Another inexpensive way to make it a bit easier might be a top handle you can use the hot shoe provided you are being gentle or look at a cage with proper mounting on top.
Such as the DJI 3 mini gimbal is not expensive and would carry that camera but they still don't remove all the bobbing motion without accomplished ninja walk - and frankly are a bit of a pain to carry about unless you know it's going to be used.

the problem with that is your still using just on hand and that won't stop the bobbing motion. As I demonstrated ,being able to control a camera movement with both hands is a better and cheaper option.

just to mention 4wd my camcorder with the handle on top is the same as you are mentioning and it doesn't work you cannot stop side swing or up down bobbing

I have given a lot of thought and tried many different ways before comming up with this idea. Not perfect but good enough to be usable as shown, and cost effective . As I already said I can swap between camera and camcorder very easily you can't even do that with a cage. ALso take into consideration about the support your are giving using a top handle ,,not very much

My consideration was not just to keep the camera/camcorder steady while walking but also supporting so it does't fall .Apart from using a hand/neck strap as a backup I am also not just holding the camera but also to a lesser extent supporting with the extended bar and handle.

Now I have to be honest and I never thought it would work. Me being me will try anything once with camera gear. It came as a bit of a shock the difference this setup of mine made. Which is why I am passing this tip to others Hoping it makes life a lot easier for video work. If not there is little financial loss and can be used for something else instead

 

[Annet]

I like your setup but won't the slight hand movements affect the video? I mean, my list of ways to stabilize videos relies solely on post production tricks so what do I know There is a good article about it, but results may vary (still not perfect) https://clipify.net/how-to-stabilize-video.php

However, your idea looks simple and afforadble, so it's great either way. Using both hands to keep the camera steady is certainly going to give you better results than using just one.

 

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Annet
Just to prove how good this setup of mine is , here is a quick video yet again using my Panasoniv G9ii and a 12-60mm lens @12mm unedited
just taken for you. humming is somone over the back using a power tool not bad me being 80 years old
taken a second time to prove it works every time

View: https://youtu.be/VXuwJMUx8nA





Unfortunately because it is cheap and easy to assemble everyone has been brainwashed to think only expensive gear will work. that is the power of advertising. Make something up that is cheap and it is shunned without even trying it. . you will always get those "know it alls" that criticise without trying first. That is their loss not mine. The old saying " get it right in the camera first and less with editing" still holds good

 

[Annet]

Annet
Just to prove how good this setup of mine is , here is a quick video yet again using my Panasoniv G9ii and a 12-60mm lens @12mm unedited
just taken for you. humming is somone over the back using a power tool not bad me being 80 years old
taken a second time to prove it works every time

View: https://youtu.be/VXuwJMUx8nA

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Unfortunately because it is cheap and easy to assemble everyone has been brainwashed to think only expensive gear will work. that is the power of advertising. Make something up that is cheap and it is shunned without even trying it. . you will always get those "know it alls" that criticise without trying first. That is their loss not mine. The old saying " get it right in the camera first and less with editing" still holds good

Oh wow, it really works wonders! Thanks for sharing! Also you're absolutely right, criticising something before trying it doesn't make one look smarter.