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nickbrenske

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Looking at the Canon 60D with a 50mm lens and the 18-55mm. Need some help with stabilizer and anything else I will need. Anything helps!
 
What are you looking for in a stabilizer? Something you can hold and point like a fig rig? Or are you looking for something like a glidecam?
 
12961295:TheWingmen said:
What are you looking for in a stabilizer? Something you can hold and point like a fig rig? Or are you looking for something like a glidecam?
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Not particularly sure what the difference is. Something I can hold preferably. Really don't know anything about ski filming.
 
12961307:nickbrenske said:
Not particularly sure what the difference is. Something I can hold preferably. Really don't know anything about ski filming.
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Chances are if you don't know what those are....you probably don't need a 60d....why not go with the t3i? It's a lot cheaper, and will be much easier to use than the 60d.
 
12961489:Profahoben_212 said:
Chances are if you don't know what those are....you probably don't need a 60d....why not go with the t3i? It's a lot cheaper, and will be much easier to use than the 60d.
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I'm looking to use it for a bit of photography too. I've been doing photography for a year or 2 and am quite familiar with the canon 7D.
 
As far as stabilizers go here are a few examples:

Fig Rig - pretty easy to use, makes getting shots from different angles pretty nice and holds the camera fairly stable. I believe Line TC uses these a lot to film their episodes
http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-MVA..._1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398185378&sr=8-1&keywords=fig+rig

Scorpion handle (idk what its actual name is thats what I call em though) - popular with skateboarders and snowboarders, super easy to use. The shots don't always seem very stable when moving though.
http://www.amazon.com/Opteka-Profes...=UTF8&qid=1398185469&sr=8-1&keywords=scorpion+camera+stabilizer

Glidecam - There is a learning curve for these, but once you get using them down your footage looks sick. Personally I use a Glidecam HD-1000 with my Sony a65, but for a camera like you're looking at you will probably want an HD-2000 at least to handle the weight, my a65 is just super light so I got away with the 1000. Note that after prolonged use glidecam setups start to get fairly heavy.

HD-2000:http://www.amazon.com/Glidecam-HD-2...=UTF8&qid=1398185676&sr=8-1&keywords=glidecam+hd+2000

Opteka version (my friend has one of these with his t2i and a mic and it works just about perfectly, a little more difficult to get finely tuned than the glidecam due to how the baseplate moves, but no big deal really and a HUGE price difference):http://www.amazon.com/Opteka-Steady...ie=UTF8&qid=1398185697&sr=8-1&keywords=opteka+stabilizer

Hopefully some of that info helps out!
 
12961933:TheWingmen said:
As far as stabilizers go here are a few examples:

Fig Rig - pretty easy to use, makes getting shots from different angles pretty nice and holds the camera fairly stable. I believe Line TC uses these a lot to film their episodes
http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-MVA..._1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398185378&sr=8-1&keywords=fig+rig

Scorpion handle (idk what its actual name is thats what I call em though) - popular with skateboarders and snowboarders, super easy to use. The shots don't always seem very stable when moving though.
http://www.amazon.com/Opteka-Profes...=UTF8&qid=1398185469&sr=8-1&keywords=scorpion+camera+stabilizer

Glidecam - There is a learning curve for these, but once you get using them down your footage looks sick. Personally I use a Glidecam HD-1000 with my Sony a65, but for a camera like you're looking at you will probably want an HD-2000 at least to handle the weight, my a65 is just super light so I got away with the 1000. Note that after prolonged use glidecam setups start to get fairly heavy.

HD-2000:http://www.amazon.com/Glidecam-HD-2...=UTF8&qid=1398185676&sr=8-1&keywords=glidecam+hd+2000

Opteka version (my friend has one of these with his t2i and a mic and it works just about perfectly, a little more difficult to get finely tuned than the glidecam due to how the baseplate moves, but no big deal really and a HUGE price difference):http://www.amazon.com/Opteka-Steady...ie=UTF8&qid=1398185697&sr=8-1&keywords=opteka+stabilizer

Hopefully some of that info helps out!
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Thanks a lot! It helps quite a bit. What sort of lens/lenses should I be getting? Obviousoly one around 10-20 for up close but other then that I have no clue what is good.
 
12961949:nickbrenske said:
Thanks a lot! It helps quite a bit. What sort of lens/lenses should I be getting? Obviousoly one around 10-20 for up close but other then that I have no clue what is good.
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I just have a super standard 18-55 lens on my camera. Wish I had money for a telephoto and a wide angle but alas I am poor and camera shit is so expensive.
 
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