I’ve been doing a lot of experimenting and testing with my Steadicam setup lately. Both the full steadicam rig and I’ve been doing some tests with just the Glidecam HD 4000 by itself and this was another “in-the-field” test with just that. Once again I’ve dusted off the rollerblades, thrown them on, and chased Perth skater Tom Ranger around a skate park to see what interesting footage we could get.
Above is just a few snippets of the footage we captured. I really wanted a wider lens but I had to use what I had at the time. It was a very last minute shoot. The 1.6 crop on the 600D didn’t help me either. Anyway there’s a couple of really nice smooth takes in this little clip, so take a look and see what possibilities the Glidecam can bring to your production.
I will tell you one thing, it is a true art to control the Glidecam successfully, especially when you are on skates. You need a lot of practice and even I am still feeling inadequate in that department. It can be tricky out with the wind as well, and having a wide lens will help hide some of the bumps, where as a longer lens will be very hard to keep steady.
While we were at it I switched over to Manual mode (since the 600D has a dedicated movie mode) and fired off a couple of snaps for Tom, one of which is below.
