Steadicam Rig for iPhone Is the Real Deal
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You know all those lame old camera stabilizers for the iPhone, the ones that promise you “steadicam” shooting? Well, you can forget them. Tiffen, the people who make the real
Steadicam, now offer a little iPhone version. It’s called the Steadicam Smoothee.
The holder works like the big Steadicam rigs used in the movie industry (and also just like the $14 home-made Steadicam
). It puts the iPhone 3GS on a mount which sits atop a dangling counterbalance and pivots on a handle. This counterweight, although just 25 ounces in total, damps any wobbles and allows the iPhone’s video camera to capture the swooping, shake-free shots we all love.
The quick release mounting case into which the iPhone settles can be removed and sat atop a table or screwed onto a tripod. Tiffen haven’t yet announced a price for the Smoothee, but you can be sure it will cost less than, say the Steadicam Ultra 2C, which will set you back $50,000.
Steadicam Smoothee [Tiffen]
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