Silver Flyer (diy Steadicam) test footage from diy camera stabilizer gimbal Watch Video
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Description: For around $30, I built a so-called Silver Flyer (search for it on YouTube), which is a handheld camera stabilizer. It works on the relatively simple principle of attaching your camera to a frame that is counter-balanced (counter-weighted) and gripped with a gimbal (allowing your hand--and its inherent shakiness--to remain independent of the frame).nnI was fairly pleased with the smoothness of walking down the long flight of stairs. It's apparent I've got a tilt issue going on, and I'm attemptin