HOW TO BALANCE a Flycam | Glidecam | Stabilizer | Steadycam + TIPS on Achieving Best Results Tube. Duration : 13.03 Mins.
something that was suppose to be a quick video, but ended up being really long and since I'm not good on camera it took me ages to film too :) Hope this video is helpful to some of you guys and the tips at the end will also help get better result. Please SUBSCRIBE to make sure you don't miss my upcoming videos. Follow BF on tweeter for latest updates: twitter.com Music: "December Nights" by cdk (feat. Fourstones) ccmixter.org is licensed under a Creative Commons license: creativecommons.org
www.learningdslrvideo.com The opening sequence was shot on this Glidecam HD2000. These type of devices that fly your camera are not as easy as they look, they take practice and this is my first one so I have nothing to compare it to, so please take my review from the point of a true beginner. First off let's talk about price, the HD2000 is around 0 which kinda on the pricey side for hobbyist, however if you compare it to the Steadicam Merlin it is a steal, but on the other hand if you compare it to a Hague then it looks expensive again. I had some problems balancing my Glidecam so I contacted the manufacturer and Tom from Glidecam gave me a few pointers. They actually told me I have the wrong one for the T2i, they recommended the same one, the Glidecam HD1000 is about 0 cheaper. I am tall at 6'-3" when I try to go low to get at eye level with my girls the handle hits the bottom plate the camera sits on which ruins my low shots. I asked one of my visitors to my site Marc Wiblishauser from Vimeo what he does with his and he recommend rotating the handle, and that worked great for my low shots instead up inverting the whole unit which would time consuming. I found that flying this outside it much easier than trying this inside, the main reason is focus, you generally want most of your image to be in focus so you have to raise your F-stop to 8 or higher, and if you don't have much light inside for all the rooms you are passing through you need to up the ISO a ton. FIND ...
Check out this simple and effective tutorial to learn how to shoot a tracking shot of a running scene with just your camera and a tripod! This camera trick will give your next film the look of a steadicam or zipline dolly rig. Also, this tutorial was featured on Indy Mogul's BFX !! Check it out here: www.youtube.com Check out this short film to see another example of this effect in action! www.youtube.com Leave us a comment and let us know what you think and tell us what else you would like to see DIY'd! Or leave a video response showing how you used this trick, we'd love to see it!! Please Subscribe for more upcoming DIY fun! Thanks for watching! Music from this episode: www.incompetech.com http
I had another version of this up(the only difference with this one is this is a new soundtrack my friend composed specifically for this. In order to be a partner with youtube, you must have the rights to all the music, so this was our attempt at that. My friend Stephen composed the music for this, it's an original piece specifically for this. You can contact him here. Stephen Anderson. www.stephenjanderson.com As for me.. I'm a freelance cinematographer. For any potential job offers, feel free to contact me through my youtube page, or through my email at dpdevin@gmail.com Here's some footage I shot with my Canon 5D Mark II while in Canada with my family last week. We spent 10 days on Vancouver. Most of that time was spent in one of my favorite places, Barkley Sound. It's an area with 150 islands in a 5 mile radius. We canoed from one island to the next, camping on them. On a technical side, it was all shot on the Canon 5D Mark II. Most of the shots were done with the Canon 16-35mm 2.8 L Series. A Nikon 50mm 1.8 adapter, and a Nikon 70-200 2.8 with Canon/Nikon lens adapter. The smooth shots were done with a glidecam 2000. You can check out the exact model on their official website here where you can also buy them. www.glidecam.com I had my tripod as well, with several shots handheld, with a "smooth cam" filter applied to it with Final Cut pro.
In Part 2 of the Glidecam HD-Series stabilizers review, we are taking a look at how to balance the unit with a Canon T2i DSLR camera that also shoots video.
www.learningdslrvideo.com The opening sequence was shot on this Glidecam HD2000. These type of devices that fly your camera are not as easy as they look, they take practice and this is my first one so I have nothing to compare it to, so please take my review from the point of a true beginner. First off let's talk about price, the HD2000 is around $450 which kinda on the pricey side for hobbyist, however if you compare it to the Steadicam Merlin it is a steal, but on the other hand if you compare it to a Hague then it looks expensive again. I had some problems balancing my Glidecam so I contacted the manufacturer and Tom from Glidecam gave me a few pointers. They actually told me I have the wrong one for the T2i, they recommended the same one, the Glidecam HD1000 is about $100 cheaper. I am tall at 6'-3" when I try to go low to get at eye level with my girls the handle hits the bottom plate the camera sits on which ruins my low shots. I asked one of my visitors to my site Marc Wiblishauser from Vimeo what he does with his and he recommend rotating the handle, and that worked great for my low shots instead up inverting the whole unit which would time consuming. I found that flying this outside it much easier than trying this inside, the main reason is focus, you generally want most of your image to be in focus so you have to raise your F-stop to 8 or higher, and if you don't have much light inside for all the rooms you are passing through you need to up the ISO a ton. FIND ...
