Gopro stabilizer

thegardens8

thegardens8

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i was wondering if anyone has made there own or bought a handheld stabilizer for a gopro? one of my friends has a very shaky hand so when we do park laps and films with it in his hands the footage is very shaky.

any ways let me know! -K for spam or hate! +K if you help me out alot!
 
One of my friends is actually making a steadicam for his GoPro (and eventually a DSLR). I'm gonna try to get him to join NS and post it when he's done (he snowboards).
 
Put the gopro on a ski pole to make it much steadier. I you want to build a glidecam style stabilizer, searchbar $40 glidecam, there's a sick thread on how to build one
 
The thing to keep in mind is the gopro is significantly lighter so it would probably be better to watch a tutorial on YouTube meant for dslrs
 
Friend of mine said he's been using a waterbottle attached to the base of his rigs handle. Said it worked pretty good. Another kid I know has this square frame built out of pvc with rubberband coming from all 4 sides, he uses that with his Canon though so I'm not sure about using it with the superlight gopro. Google it though, im in the market for one too and found a whole bunch of diy ones. Also thought about just getting one of these:Â[URL]http://www.amazon.com/Opteka-Professional-Camcorder-Stabilizing-Handle-/dp/B003PBB4ME/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1362102175&sr=8-13&keywords=gopro+grip[/url]
 
while the opteka grip is pretty cheap, but if you have an iq over 80 its not that hard to make one similar yourself and about $15 cheaper
 
Yea for sure. I was thinking about rigging up something similar with pvc and then putting some sort of weight at the base so it would stabilize it a bit.
 
he guys need some help i was thinking about making a steady cam for my gopro whats your best solution.

i found this in an older thread does it work well with

a gopro?

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hey dude i have been using the hague mmc stabiliser and quite happy with the results. I have a battery pack on the back which adds more weight to the device to make it easier to balance. Below is a video of me using while skiing, most of the video is with the stabiliser in use, and i am still getting use to it so its not perfect on my behalf.

 
I found adding weights to the handle of the ski pole i chopped down for a gopro pole mount reduced the amount of shake in the camera as the weight of the gopro is partially balanced at the other end. small lead disks would work but i used a small stack of 1p's (im a brit) obviously quaters or whateve small coinage you deem suitable would work.
 
Off topic, I had a friend that we used to joke about having shakey hands. His pictures were always blurry, so the pics of us were terrible and the pics of him were crystal clear.

Turned out that it wasn't his blood sugar or a nic fit, but that he had a brain tumor.

RIP Kaz.
 
its designed to work for all cams, so i can put my camcorder in there and it wont stick out. with my gopro i took the 3-way mount and straightened it so the gopro sticks out further.

it obviously isnt as stable as a glidecam, but is far better than just holding the cam. its super easy to grab the side handles and do some jump follows, or grab the top and get some skater shots on rails.

for anyone mounting a gopro on a pole for follow cams, remember to mount it upside down and flip the cameras recording. this way the camera wont want to fall over in your hand.
 
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