Help purchasing a steadicam

[Nithin Vunnam]

Hi everyone

 

I am new to this forum and need your advice. I am planning on purchasing a steadicam and looked at few and finally planning to purchase Laing P-04s. And then a friend of mine was suggesting me to look at goodluckbuy and found the 3-axis gimble with the controller for $340. Now im a bit confused on which one to take as I see the 3-axis gimble gives more options to shoot but harder to setup than a steadicam. Let me know your thoughts on this.

[Chris Van Campen]

Hi Nithin - you will probably be hard pressed to get answers to this kind of inquiry on this forum. If you take a look at the marketplace section, you'll get a feel for the level of gear that is being used and discussed.

I highly doubt anyone has experience with this gear, and in fact when members have seen Laing and other cheap knock-off brands in person, the comments are universally negative.

Best regards,

Chris

[Lars Erik]

Hi Nithin,

 

as Chris states, this forum consists of mostly operators who owns and uses $25K+ worth of steadicam gear. Therefore, no one here will likely have encountered the gear you ask about. Maybe someone here has used it, but not likely.

 

I did a quick google search and found this site;

 

http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5749/laing-steadicams-arms-and-vests/p1

 

It seems like a forum for the type of gear you're looking at.

 

Good luck!

 

All the best

LE

[Lucas Delbanco]

Not gonna lie, I've used similar gear. In fact, that's all I own. If you don't have the money for a true setup, skip it. The only quasi-passable rig under $600 is really the glidecam hd-4000, and even that has huge issues. The quality of the rig you could afford is not worth anywhere near that, and would give you more headaches than you could count. I know mine has!