User Manual

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• Camera Cushion Strips and Gross Adjustment Screw - Fore and Aft: Your
camera will mount onto the camera cushion strips and the gross adjustment
screw forward and aft.
• Counterweight Arm: This allows you to distribute the mass of the system
along the horizontal axis. If your camera has most of the weight to the right
side of midline, then you would need to adjust the counterweight arm to the
left appropriate to obtain level condition along the horizontal - X-axis.
• Counterweights: These allow you to balance the system along the
vertical - Y-axis. This is totally going to depend on the weight of your camera
and general rule of thumb would be to start out with 1/4 or less weight of your
camera on the counterweight arm and then fine tune from there. For example,
if your camera weighs 1 lb., then you would start with about 3.5 oz. of weights
and then fine tune by adding or subtracting small weights from there. Your
Glidegear 3000 camera stabilizer comes with 20 pieces of large weights (0.6
oz.) and 4 pieces of small weights (0.25 oz.)
• 360 Nut: With the innovative 360 Nut, the Glidegear 3000 camera stabilizer
becomes unique to all other camera stabilizers. Loosen the 360 Nut and you
gain another dimension of range of motion. With the Gimbal Joint and the
360 Nut together your Glidegear 3000 has over 90° of range of motion. This
means you can take more versatile shots than with any other stabilizer on the
market, including the professional models.
***If your camera is 6oz or less you need to use the small camera adaptor or the
system will not properly balance***