Technology and Innovation

Steadicams are brand-name stabilizer devices with counterweights which make handheld camera movements smooth, lies videotape. The originals weighed a lot and had to be mounted to the operator with a brace, and the operator had to be trained and licensed in its use. New consumer versions weigh only a few pounds, and you can carry them with one hand.

This doesn’t just mean lying on the floor and photographing up people’s noses. Consider videotaping what a child or pet might see or what goes on under the dinner table. What can Today’s tiny camcorders don’t require the huge supports of yesterday’s huge video cameras; lake advantage of this.