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I happen to come across something called a Flycam Nano which is basically a knock-off Steadicam. So far it looks like the only place you can find it is on eBay for $115. I don’t have any footage yet because I just learned how to balance the thing a little bit ago. It took forever initially but once you understand what it’s trying to do, I bet it’s easy to balance another one.

On eBay it says it can only handle 3 lbs. or something like that, but I was able to balance my Canon 60D with either my Sigma 28mm f1.8 or Sigma 11-17mm f2.8 on it so it can handle more than it states.

It’s built pretty well. I think the only thing it might be missing is aesthetics because it uses silver washer weights as counter balances, but who cares, it’s roughly a billion times less than getting a real Steadicam.

Here are a few photos of the build:

Sometimes I see an idea like this that is so simple/brilliant that I get depressed that I didn’t think of it.

Here’s 30 seconds of Chrissy, Jody and me decorating my parents’ Christmas tree. I’ve been wanting to try making a time lapse video and this is my first shot at it. This is a huge ball of corny, but I’m a big sucker for Christmas and Christmas decorations!