As videographers our sole purpose is to find a way to mount our video camera so that it is stable, enhances the composition, force perspective, fluid motion and provide smooth pan and angle movements. One of first pieces of essential camera equipment was the video camera tripod.

The Steadicam was introduced to the industry in 1976 by inventor and camera-man Garrett Brown. This began a new era allowing the video camera to move freely from subject to another. While the video camera tripod is still essential in video production the camera stabilizer has changed everything. The video camera stabilizer operator wears a harness which is attached to an iso-elastic arm. This is connected by a gimbal to a armature which has the camera mounted at one end and a counterbalance weight at the other.

Steadicam introduced the Steadicam Flyer followed by the Steadicam pilot and the Steadicam Merlin. Glidecam has introduced video camera stabilizers, the Glidecam Pro series and the new HD Glidecam Series.The professional operator has many camera stabilizer (Glidecam Gold Series, Steadicam flyer) in the heavier class to choose from as well. Because these video camera stabilizers tend to be heavy when shooting extended periods of time, they have designed the body arm and vest to stop arm fatigue. Steadicam introduced Steadicam the Arm and vest for the the Steadicam Flyer, Pilot and the Steadicam Merlin. .As well Glidecam introduced the first truly affordable professionally inspired video camera stabilizer smooth shooter system followed by the Glidecam X-10 video camera stabilizer system Kits.

Both Steadicam and Glidecam and new video man-ufacturers have introduced camera stabilizers for all video camera sizes and weights. Both BH video and auto media monkey video tools provide  many video camera stabilizer kits with a better price.

The camera stabilizer is all but necessary for the film student and school video programs. making money as a professional photographer shooting weddings, sports events, nature, architecture, landscape photography. Incombination with a video camera tripod and camera mounts the videographer has all the tools to tell a story and make make stimulating, magical videos.

The easy to set up and balance Glidecam video camera stabilizer will deliver beautifully smooth shake free stabilized video with professional results, for the camera operator. With the camera stabilizer you no longer need a tripod or a dolly. All you need is your creativety! The video camera stabilizer system will allow unrestricted booming and 360-degree panning while you shoot upside-down, sideways, low near the ground, overhead and angled, as in a Dutch shot.