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#1 Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of a Glidecam HD-1000 and/or Glidecam HD-2000/Glidecam HD-
4000.
The amazingly advanced and totally re-engineered HD-Series from Glidecam Industries represents the
top of the line in hand-held Camera Stabilization.
The lightweight and state-of-the-art Glidecam HD-1000, HD-2000, and HD-4000 hand-held Camera
Stabilizers will transform your hard to watch, shaky camera footage into hypnotically smooth,
professional footage.
The Glidecam HD-Series offers advanced features and a degree of sophistication never before seen in a
line of hand-held Camera Stabilizers.
With the Glidecam HD-Series hand-held Stabilizers your camcorder seems to float, always balanced,
isolated from the undesirable motions of your hands. Now you are free to move with your camera –
panning, tilting, booming or running without any camera instability or shake.
The Glidecam HD-Series works so well that it allows you to shoot incredibly smooth and graceful shots
even while going to extremes like running up and down stairs or traveling over rugged terrain. When it
comes to normal shooting, like walking or moving the camera slowly around someone, the results are
equally magical.
Each HD-Series Stabilizer’s offset, foam-cushioned, Handle Grip is attached to a free floating, three axis
Gimbal. This allows your hand to move up and down and side-to-side, thereby isolating your hands’
unwanted motions from the camera. This up and down movement alleviates the bouncing, pogo-type
action often associated with our competitor’s system. This is because their handle is not designed to
have the beneficial ability to move up and down. This design feature, coupled with the overall higher
inertia of the HD-Series systems, produces superior stabilization when compared with our competition.
A unique and proprietary precision, three-axis Gimbal incorporates several adjustable axis convergence
controls. This allows all three axes to intersect for proper operational alignment.
A camera-mounting platform with a quick-release, no-tools drop on camera plate allows you to quickly
attach or remove your camera. Ergonomic control knobs allow quick, precise adjustment of the top
stage’s back and forth, and side-to-side movement. These controls allow you to adjust the camera’s
horizontal balance.
By varying the amount of Counter Weights on the Base Platform, or by changing the length of the no-
tools telescoping Central Post, you adjust the camera’s vertical balance. When balanced properly the
camera floats, ready for you to move into action.
The Glidecam HD Series Stabilizers offer unparalleled controllability and ease of use with their unique
rigid, yet dynamically adjustable, control and weight distribution surfaces. Setting up, controlling and
adjusting system balance is now quick and precise.
