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A unique and proprietary dynamic Base Platform can expand or contract. This allows you to easily
adjust the system’s dynamic balance or to increase or decrease the systems rotational pan inertia.
Shot after shot, move after move, the Glidecam HD-Series Stabilizers deliver beautifully smooth and
professional results. With the Glidecam HD-Series you no longer need a tripod or a dolly. All you need
is your creativity, imagination, and innovation!
Glidecam Industries is now becoming the choice of a generation. Glidecam makes your decisions
concerning camera stability and movement simple and easy. When you wish for your camera to glide
smoothly along your chosen path, simply rely, as so many have and still do, on using a Glidecam
Camera Stabilizer. Glidecam Industries, Inc., now in its seventeenth year, offers a wide range of camera
stabilizers, each optimized for various camera weights and shooting conditions.
The Glidecam HD-Series requires practice and understanding to achieve professional looking results.
We highly recommend that the user read this manual thoroughly before setting up and operating the HD-
1000, HD-2000, or HD-4000. Doing so will save you time, and will minimize the risk of damage to
your camcorder or the Glidecam HD-1000, HD-2000, or HD-4000. It is important to perform and
follow the Set-up and Operation’s procedures in the proper sequence, so as to avoid both frustration and
a possible accident.
If you have need of any technical assistance, you can call our
Technical Support Line at
1-781-585-7900
, Monday through Friday between the hours of 9:00 am and 5:00 pm, Eastern Time.
We’re sure that once you have your Glidecam HD-1000, HD-2000, or HD-4000 up and running, you
will find years of enjoyment with it.
#2 Glidecam HD-2000
Parts and Components
Congratulations on your purchase of a Glidecam
HD-2000. When you unpack your Glidecam
HD-2000 you will see that it is not completely
assembled. Contents of the Glidecam HD-2000
shipping
box
include:
the
MANUAL,
CENTRAL POST with gimbal assembly,
QUICK
RELEASE
PLATE,
CAMERA-
MOUNTING
PLATFORM,
BASE
PLATFORM,
TELESCOPING
POST,
HARDWARE bag, and COUNTER WEIGHT
PLATES.
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