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"Movo X100 Ultimate Steadycam" ultra cheap stead is it reliable ?


Antoine Dorseuil

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Hi,

Please pardon my english :3

Excuse for the boring life talk but I think I need to give a little bit of a context.
I'm currently looking for an entry level steadicam, with a student budget to get me started in this world. I bought years ago those small 50€ gimbals and played around a lot with it. I currently work as a DP for small music videos. Since I want to pursue learning the steadicam, I would like to get a little bigger rig to operate in those music videos. The camera to fly would mostly be DSLRs (rigged with cage, wireless focus etc.) and for lovely occasions small camcorders like Fs7, Ursa Mini Pro (pray for me to get to work with the alexa mini). 

My production company is investing around 2 thousand bucks in video equipement, that we will have to pay in multiple times (we're just begining our 2nd year running don't laugh :p). SO It has to be bought on Amazon (for the multiple payment). 
So this budget includes around 700€ for a steadicam. (I said don't laugh) And with the amazon obligation, I can't get my hands on a second hand unit on ebay or else.
 

I'm looking at those 2 models, but since there is close to 0 reviews on them I would like to have your advices, I'm sure some experienced people around here can tell if it is garbage or not just looking at it.

"The Movo x100 ultimate steadycam" the tilte is not reassuring at all  x)

https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B07GRCD66X/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A2TL1YPR21P6VT&psc=1

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There is also this one cheaper on wich I would mount a monitor,  but I could not get the HDMI to go through the sled like with the movo
https://www.amazon.fr/Flycam-Stabilisateur-Flcm-glxy-rk-stabilisation-professionnel/dp/B01H1JQOKM/ref=sr_1_2?__mk_fr_FR=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=2ZMZAS55F1HUD&keywords=flycam+galaxy&qid=1577727094&s=electronics&sprefix=flycam+gala%2Celectronics%2C149&sr=1-2

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What do you think of these ?Wich one looks best ?  Be honest, tell me if you think this is wasted money and I should be patient to gather enough money to buy a bigger rig. Or would it work and get me the possibility to keep improving.

Thank you so much for taking your time to read and answer,

Sincerly yours

Antoine Dorseuil

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Are you sure you want a steadicam and not some sort of gimball set up? a steadicam A. takes alot of practice and time to learn B. Is very expensive and C. Usually is used for bigger cameras. If you want to become a steadicam operator this sorta makes sense to get practice, but if you just want cool shots for music videos/ commercials using dslrs id reccomend checking out the gimball solutions :D

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Yes I'm totally sure, I would like to become a steadicam operator that's why I would like to get one to be able to practice a lot with it. We are currently using gimbals for our music videos, but my team is supporting me to get a steadicam and they also think it will be a + for our production to get steadicam shots when I'll be trained in a market where everything is done with gimbals ! :)

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