User Manual

Body Clearance: With practice you will learn the moves will that allow you
to create flexible and dynamic footage without making unwanted contact
between the Glidegear 3000 camera stabilizer system and other parts of your
body. Bend your elbows sideways to avoid hitting them with your Glidegear
3000 when you boom up and down. Move your guide hand out of the way
as you make extreme camera rotation pans and then grab the gimbal grip
knob again after the arc passes the midline of your Two-handed grip.
For extreme shots that require booming and tilting up and down, you may
want to make the Glidegear Camera Stabilizer less bottom heavy. This will
increase the drop time and make it easier for you to aim your camera with
your guide hand while booming.
Shooting Stairs: You can really make awesome stair shots with your Glidegear
Camera Stabilizer if you make it less bottom heavy as described above. Also,
when incorporating booming up and down, remember to remain level with
your target subject; plus, fine tune the tilt as needed with your guide hand.
If you are in forward mode and following someone up the stairs, you would
want to tilt the Glidegear Camera Stabilizer slightly upward. Maintain level
with your subject by using the boom range of your arms. This method is more
effective and easier than trying to compensate for the change in framing with
only tilt and no boom. Booming is more accurate, has less camera
movement, and produces higher quality shots.
If you feel like shooting your subject from the front while walking up the
stairs, then you should precede your subject in Reverse. While in Reverse,
tilt the Glidegear 3000 down just a bit with your guide hand while using the
boom range of your arms to maintain the target framing. Do not try this
technique without some practice runs. As you are combining many
techniques while going up the stairs backwards, it should not be attempted
without some practice.
Handling Positions for Shooting and Resting: The Glidegear 3000 camera
stabilizer behaves as anti-gravity device, but obviously it is not really able
to escape the force of gravity. Therefore, it can become tiring after long
periods of shooting. The entire system can weigh from 1 lb. to 6 lbs., so it
will vary greatly depending on what equipment you are using. The number
one method to deal with fatigue is to use the Glidegear Body Harness, this
will allow you to rest the weight of the unit onto your body and it will literally
become weightless in your arms. This will let you to take hours of footage
without ever experiencing fatigue in your arms.
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