The enemy of all handheld gimbals is unwanted movement on the “Z” or “4th axis”. The Steadicam Steadimate-S promises to solve this for good. The Steadicam Steadimate-S The Steadicam Steadimate-S is a gimbal adapter kit to mount a handheld gimbal on an Aero 15 arm with the Aero vest, or the Aero 30 arm with the Zephyr vest. This turns your handheld gimbal into a fully isolated body worn stabilizer, greatly reducing z-axis movement and enabling more natural looking pan movements. Not only does it allow more precise control, it relieves the load from your arms, reducing fatigue and extending operating time. Everyone who uses a handheld gimbal of any kind, of any brand, whether it’s for smartphone, mirrorless, DSLR or larger, faces this issue. This is the one axis a handheld gimbal can’t compensate for on its own. For most, the solution involves the “Ninja Walk”, which is difficult at best, and not entirely effective. Even employing this mythical mode of walking, most of the shots you see are recorded at high frame rates and slowed down in post. The solution is to isolate the gimbal entirely from the source of this unwanted movement (your body), and that requires one or more sprung and dampened articulated arms. The Steadimate-S promises some important advantages. Affordably converts handheld motorized gimbals into body worn stabilizers Stabilizer arm greatly reduces the common bouncing image effect on the z-axis while walking with handheld gimbals Execute more natural-looking manual camera pan movements Wide vertical...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 18 July, 2019