Talk:Steadicam

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I also hate the 'graph

The weight of the counter balance and camera means that the sled has a high level of inertia and will not easily be moved by small movements from the operator. The free-swinging counterbalance--not the harness itself--accounts for most of the picture stabilization; shaky filmed images mostly result from a change of angle, not a translation of camera position.

but i am beyond my depth in trying to rewrite it as well; hope someone else will try.
--Jerzy 02:05, 2004 Feb 15 (UTC)

I killed the "(sic)" in the middle of "Steadicam Operators Association":

• it should be "[sic]", which i assume is syntactically forbidden, and
• it's not really an error: there is a (disgusting, IMO) convention that apostrophes may be, and usually are, dropped, where grammar logically requires them, in the names of organizations. (The corresponding convention is treated as a solid rule for place names by the US Geographical Names Board.)

--Jerzy 02:29, 2004 Feb 15 (UTC)

I reverted your revert where you removed the link which you described as an add. The page describes to build a steadicam which is obviously relevant. It was featured on Slashdot. Just because the guy also sells them doesn't make the page worthless and only an add. The $14 refered to the cost of materials when you do it yourself, btw, and not the price of a video that gives instruction of how to build a steadicam, which is sort of what it looked like.

CGS 18:48, 11 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Yup, much better link; enough better that i have no problem waiting to see what others think. --Jerzy(t) 23:42, 2004 Apr 11 (UTC)

How about the health issue? It takes an iron man to operate the steadicam to its limit. A good article can not do without the health issue of an operator. Another section on female steadicam operators may also be good. Just a suggestion. --Toytoy

Sorry, only just noticed this comment. We already have an external link to the BBC Health and Safety guide. But it wouldn't hurt to put some discussion directly in the article. You could probably cull enough detail from the intro of the BBC guide. -- Solipsist 8 July 2005 18:09 (UTC)

I added a note to explain "sled". The reference to the movie "Aliens" mentioned that the sled was removed, but nowhere in the article did it explain what a sled was. --Dshaw 8 July 2005 18:00 (UTC)

Contents 1 A good link to add I think 2 Image showing operator 3 Trademark 4 the kid in the shining 5 Other Movies 6 Diagram please

[edit] A good link to add I think

How to build your own steadicam for $14! http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/steadycam/

Another DIY stabilizer site with a very active and informative messageboard too. http://hbsboard.com/

[edit] Image showing operator

Which of these two images do people prefer? I note someone fixed the 'overexposed' lighter image, but isn't it useful to have it brighter, so the detail of the steadicam is actually visible, as opposed to the steadicam just being a shadow against a light background?

I'm in two minds myself - the darker version is prettier, yes, but seems less useful. What does it look like on other people's monitors? Are the dark areas visible?

Mike1024 (t/c) 00:24, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

To me, it would look best if the contrast was between the two. The dark one is too solid, the light one is too grainy. Even if I turn the brightness on my screen right down, the lighter one still looks too pale.

-- Sasuke Sarutobi 00:35, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Someone fix it, it looks shite too dark 202.191.106.92 12:45, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

I put together a new version, based on these comments and the screen brightness standard of wp:fpc. Hope that's OK with everyone? Mike1024 (t/c) 10:04, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trademark

While I realize that Wikipedia tends to be descriptive, rather than prescriptive, "Steadicam" (note inital cap) is in fact a federally registered trademark in the US, and probably wherever else Cinema Products could register it; I really think we ought to restructure the lede to properly reflect this. Contributing to the generecization of tradenames is probably not our raison' d'etre. --Baylink 00:51, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] the kid in the shining

he was riding a big wheel, not a tricycle.

[edit] Other Movies

What about "Wolfen"? I'm pretty sure they used a steadicam to produce the Wolf's view as he was chasing people.

[edit] Diagram please

I came across this article and there are lots of links to gimbals and things etc. etc. - how about a diagram with all the parts labelled, please? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.29.59.111 (talk) 09:34, 10 December 2006 (UTC).