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So I have ~$200 bucks and I'm looking for a stabilizer for my T2i. Obviously, a Glidecam HD1000 would be the best choice but its $300-350 and I can't afford it. In the ~200 dollar range there are two main ones, the Flycam Nano (which i've heard lots of bad stuff about here on NS eg horrible build quality) and the Opteka Steadyvid Pro. The Steadyvid Pro is like the Merlin in having a vertical gimble and a C shape around it. It has pretty good reviews on amazon and people have even compared it to the flycam nano saying its better. Do you guys know anything about it? I heard from somebody that the C shaped vertical stabilizers could be shifted by wind much more easily than the glidecam like ones. Could this be true? Should I buy one of these or get a glidecam for $350 and be in debt $150 (to my parents, its their credit card, i'm 15 and don't have my own)?
I'm also thinking about just making a DIY one or making a cheap PVC DIY fig rig. BTW.