I am new to DV editing. I have just purchased a TRV 310 and a DV Raptor(works great.) After updating my PC and forking for camera & card, I'm broke. BUT I need some sort of steadicam for an upcoming project. Can anyone give me some advice or point me in the right direction of a product that will do something similar to a steadicam. Basically I need to be able to walk around filming without any camera shake. (I think this is the basic function of a steadicam.)I would also like to be able to do this from ground level. Here's another crunch, I live in Australia, so I need a company that will ship Internationally or who is local. Any advice, comments or abuse will be read with great interest.

Cheers!

-- Larry Learner (epoc22@hotmail.com), July 01, 1999

Answers

Go to www.promax.com and look into the SteadyTracker they sell. $199

-- adam farhi (afarhi@bloomberg.net), July 02, 1999.

Go to eBay.com and browse for Steadicam and see if any used Steadicam JR's are for sale. Most of the time you can e-mail the seller and see if international shipping is an option. You can pick up a good used JR from $150-$300 US. If you need help making it work for you then write to me. Or go to my Steadicam JR website at http://www.geocities.com/~steadicamjr

Best of luck to you,

John Brune

-- John Brune (jbfine@fortwayne.infi.net), October 27, 1999.

Check this out:

http://w1.226.telia.com/~u22604215/homebuiltstabilizers.html

And:

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Location/5272/tracker01.htm

Cheers!

-- Igor Trajkovski (eg_igor@yahoo.com), December 26, 2000.

have you been to hollywoodlite.com?

-- seth heller (seth@icepalaceproductions.com), January 11, 2002.