TNmike wrote:
lowkick, I really understood what you were saying. The BUT is the Steadicam rig you linked to is a completely different type of rig than what Morrisdh is trying to design. The Steadicam looks to me like it would be pretty useless for birds in flight but pretty nice for video. I am very familiar with firearms and the Morrisdh rig would be used in much the same way. If you have ever used a shotgun you have to adjust your aim in both vertical and horizontal planes very rapidly (both for clay targets and game hunting) and it looks to me like Morrisdh is trying to design his rig to be used in much the same way and make it adjustable to be used with various photo equipment. Also you would still have access to some of you camera controls unlike a second grip where you only have a shutter release. Will the Morrisdh rig ever be as stable as a tripod--of course not but it looks to me like it just might be an improvement over completely handheld and increase your chance of 'getting the shot'. Respectively, TNmike
lowkick, I really understood what you were saying... (
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Thank you, if you can sight a gun and follow a bird in flight you
can pan and follow it with my rig. I have been doing it for a year
now. Check all my posts, if they say hand held it was with my
proto-types of this support. I am not trying to fool anyone into
buying something that dosen't work, I am only trying to thank
those that helped me on the way and that have the same problems with heavy cameras and lens. I don't lose contact with
the subject while panning, it also supports a Mono-pod without
bening attached to it. It is great for the folks that like to shoot
from a vehicle. I started this thread to see if the people here
would be insterested in something that is simple yet trustworthy
to hold thier equipment on. Mine has come by the hardway and
I would not want to lose it or get it broken on something that
does not work. I don't want something that is attached to me,
I want the freedom to move or sit it down or simply lay it in my
truck seat.
I don't see why idea from a plane old country boy offends so
many of you. Just think you were one mouse click away from
looking at this thread. For those of you that saw me for what
I am and showed an interest I TRULY thank you.
Rest assured I will put a few out there for my friends, I have
been working my ass off to get these completed and so far have given them all away.
Dennis Morris