Comments on: Glide Gear DNA 1000 Small Camera Stabilizer

By: Michael M. Wooden "Michael Wooden"

Michael M. Wooden "Michael Wooden" — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 08:17:46 +0000

Doesn't fit my T3i 0

By: Old time photographer

Old time photographer — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 08:09:10 +0000

Glide Gear Steadicam Stabilizer I watched some videos on this type of Glide and it looked like it would fit a few shoots I have coming up so purchased the 1000.CONsMy camera is a Canon T3i and it will work with this after I remove all the extra gear that I have hanging on it. Although I would recomend anyone with a larger digital camera should be looking at the larger but more expensive models of Glides. This one is really for small lighter cameras although if you’re handy at moding equipment like me you will find a way to make it work. Also there are no instructions in the box and the screw that holds the camera on will come out when you remove your camera and we all know this means it will be lost someday. So a hint to Glide Gear is there should be some tie or some storage threaded hole on the unit for this screw so when not using the unit it won’t get lost.PROsThey made this the easiest on the market to adjust it is all done with your fingertips and no tools are needed except the screw…

By: Adam and Liz Orton

Adam and Liz Orton — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 07:50:53 +0000

Excellent bargain I’ll cut to the chase, then you can read my explanation. The gimbal is perfect, and that’s all the reason you need to purchase this. End of story.I’m an expert in budget stabilizers. I first built a crappy DIY, then a PVC fig rig, then I bought the U Flycam, then the Lensse Mid-X. I thought, what’s so difficult about making an adjustable rod with a joint on it? I just didn’t want to throw down five hundred on a Glidecam – something that didn’t seem worth it when there were significantly cheaper items on the Internet that appeared to do the same thing: hold a camera on a little swivel ball joint (I soon learned was called a gimbal). Both of those times I regretted, yet I took another risk with buying the DNA 1000 simply from the fact that it was half the cost of a Glidecam 1000.You can buy low budget gear all day, but with a stabilizer the one piece of hardware on it that MUST be manufactured well is the gimbal. If the entire stabilizer is solid but the gimbal…