User Manual

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Ready to produce some footage? Check out some suggestions for great
shooting opportunities
Test your shots with longer focal lengths and shooting mid-telephoto. With
some care and practice you can make spectacular close-up shots of people
without having to be right on top of them.
Walking Zooms: Try replacing optical zooms with walking toward and away
from your subject. These actual approaches and departures produce an
amazing 3D effect that just cannot be achieved optically or digitally.
Take amazing passing shots; as people know you have full binocular vision
and you will not bump into them, you can get wonderful passing shots that
can be natural and unparalleled in smoothness.
Hand Focusing: Try pulling your focus by hand, it is a fact that humans can
still focus faster than auto-focus devices. So, with some practice you can pull
off some remarkable hand focus shots with your Glidegear Camera
Stabilizer. (This can only be achieved with the body harness)
Digital stabilization: The built-in electronic stabilizers that today’s cameras
have are good for eliminating vibrations but useless for macro-movements
and bumps that occur when walking, driving, stair climbing, running, etc.
We recommend turning digital stabilization off unless you plan on making
telephoto moving shots, which can be done really well with clever use of the
camera’s auto-focus and your Glidegear Camera Stabilizer.
One-handed operation is essential for advanced operation that requires
clearing debris, opening doors, reaching farther, or including yourself in the
shot. Hand-offs can make for interesting footage as long as both operators
are familiar with the one-handed operation.
The topography of the shot will depend on your familiarity with the terrain.
Remember to scout and visualize the shot beforehand. Rehearse your shot
and make sure all obstacles are accounted for or removed. Rehearse over
and over again until you can achieve the shot blindfolded — only then are you
ready to begin your shot.
Whip pans? Yes you can make lightning fast pans up to 360° with your
Glidegear Camera Stabilizer. Practice with slow pans under 180° from a
pre-determined start frame and stop frame. Practice this until you can
consistently stop at the appropriate frame. Gradually speed up your pans do
hundreds of them (yes we said hundreds), until you master the technique at
the slower speeds before attempting them at higher speed.