Steadicam information
Howstuffworks: How Steadicam Works
Definitions and Principles of Inertial Camera Stabilization
Get yourself educated with these steadicam terminlogies.
The art of dynamic balance - Read it!
Are you confuse as ever about this issue? then this is the
topic for you.
If the theoritical aspect of dynamic balance
is too much for you,
then just hope on over to the practical
section.
The article was written by one of hollywood's
experience
operators - Jerry Holiway. Enjoy.
Steadicam physics and construction hints
Critical hints. It's worth the look for you homemade steadicam owners.
The different ranges of steadicams
This link has detail information of all full rig steadicams.
Like size of arms, weight of each rig , number of springs , etc.
A good model for using when building that first stabilizer.
It shows everything from the SK series to the master series.
Eric Swanson's steadicam FAQs
An in depth understanding of the steadicam by Eric Swanson.
There are 4 parts to this. The numbers for the next series
are at the bottom of each page that you read.
So make sure you read them. He makes some interesting points.
A must for you builders.