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September 29th, 2008, 11:26 PM
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Regular Crew
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Seattle, WA
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Flowpod for the HV30?
Is the flowpod a good stabilizer for the HV30? Can anyone give me some advice on this? Thanks...
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September 30th, 2008, 12:30 AM
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Trustee
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Singapore
Posts: 1,498
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nope. The HV30 is too light. U need to ballast some weights to use it. I think there is a smaller ver for the Flowpod that would work.
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September 30th, 2008, 01:20 AM
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Regular Crew
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Seattle, WA
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*IM IN THE WRONG SUB-FORUM... SORRY*
can you point me in the right direction? Smaller version? I dont get it... Last edited by William James Ryan; September 30th, 2008 at 04:06 AM. Reason: POSTED IN STEADYCAM FORUM,NOT MONO/FLOWPOD |
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November 2nd, 2008, 09:26 PM
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Major Player
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Wheeling, IL
Posts: 270
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I am planning to do the same. HV30 with flowpod or some other system.
I own Xh-A1, too, but wanna use HV30 as steadicam/flowpod use. Any update on this? Smaller version of Flowpod? |
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November 3rd, 2008, 10:58 PM
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Major Player
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Wheeling, IL
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I just purchased Glidecam 2000 and am getting it by Friday.
Couldn't wait for any more reponse... Just researched on my own and came to the decision... |
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November 7th, 2008, 11:09 AM
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Major Player
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Wheeling, IL
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I think HV30 with nothing extra is too light..
I am struggling... |
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November 7th, 2008, 10:14 PM
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Inner Circle
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Apple Valley CA
Posts: 4,874
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You are correct, the "flying" rigs out there are geared for a mid size camera by and large. even with a huge WA lens, mega battery and whatever other weight you can hang on top, it's still going to be on the light side...
For the smaller cams, Merlin, old Steadicam JR, or if you can find one, a VS1 (long out of production, but a very well made steadicam copy for the "micro" cam set). There are a couple other small steady rigs out too, but can't speak to how well they work as I haven't tried them... the Hague comes to mind, and there's a copy of it on eBay. Truth is depending on what you're trying to do, the right monopod may do 90% of the job. I also use a mini-figrig type setup using 3 flash brackets - looks like an old aircraft steering yoke with the cam in the middle. What sort of shots are you trying to achieve? |
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December 24th, 2008, 04:09 PM
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Regular Crew
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Lake Forest, CA
Posts: 106
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I use my HV30 with a Flowpod. The other posters are correct, alone the HV30 is too light. I already had the Flowpod for use with my XH-A1 which killed my arm so I started using my HV30. One thing I used to help is I mounted under the camera an Anton Bauer EgripZ. The camera is a little higher, adds a small amount of weight and the two "arms" add needed rotational mass. Sometimes I also put a light on the HV30 which really fixes the problem needing some counter weight. I wouldn't buy the Flowpod for this use but if you have one, you can make it work.
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