Did you know that when you post up a really cute video of your Shiba on your Shiba blog, I watch it? And you know what happens afterwards? The related Shiba videos pop up.
Countless hours have been lost to watching random adorable Shiba videos thanks to your one post.
But, I couldn't be happier. I love Shibas! :D
One of the biggest things I have struggled with with my videos is stabilizing the camera while following Shio around. There are 2 main issues: 1) Shio is low to the ground, so I need a solution that is low to the ground to capture video at his vantage point; 2) I don't want to spend a lot of money for this given I am not sure how well it will work -- most solutions have mixed reviews.
In the end, after looking around on the web, what I found was this: $14 Steadycam. I did not build it myself, and opted for the $50 pre-built version. Three reasons why I bought this: 1) the reviews seem great; 2) it costs 50% less than the next solution available; 3) it has many configurations, one of which allows me to get low to the ground.
I put it together really quickly Friday night and in my first attempt with it, I already achieved relatively neat results:
Video taken with Lumix GF-1, 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6.