Glidecam X-10/HD-4000 Reviewed
Video Maker • Feb 17, 2010Last month we test drove a Blackbird Handheld Stabilizer. This month, we strap on Glidecam's X-10 vest and support arm and test fly their re-designed HD-4000 sled made for camcorders that weigh between four to ten pounds. The Glidecam design is similar to that pioneered by Garret Brown, inventor of the Steadicam, but the HD-4000 can be used in either hand held or supported modes. There are three basic components, the vest, the spring-tensioned support arm and the sled, together called a "rig" in operator parlance. There are differences that we will investigate below, but by far the most important… Full Story »
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Topics:
- JVC
- Sharp
- Digital Camcorder
