Five years ago, a little company from France called SteadXP shook the Internet with a “game-changing” small box and stabilization technology made for GoPro and DSLR/Mirrorless cameras. This box attaches to your camera and records all the motion data of your camera so that you can stabilize your footage in post-production. The concept was revolutionary back in the days. Nowadays, with action cameras that feature in-body image stabilization that works just as well – if not better –, SteadXP is trying to move to the cinema market with SteadXP+. But is this product and technology still relevant? Let’s take a closer look at it in this hands-on review. SteadXP – A Bit of History The first time I heard of SteadXP was in 2014 when a short video popped out on social media and made quite some noise. In this video, you could see various footage that was shot handheld with a little box attached to a GoPro. Indeed, this box and the software that goes with it called SteadXP could stabilize your footage in post-production. It was five years ago, so the first-ever MoVi gimbal was just announced, it was out of reach for most filmmakers, and gimbals for action cameras were something you couldn’t imagine. So, we reported about this new “game-changing” product, and a couple of months after, the product went live on Kickstarter. The success was huge, and in a short amount of time, more than 2200 people backed the project. What was initially a prototype...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 10 December, 2019