I bought a camcorder stabilizer for my miniDV camera and have been very happy with the results. I was looking for the link (sorry, still searching) to share with the group. As I was searching across this guy's site on how to make your own. You might be interested in checking it out. Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the page (I'm NOT talking about the stabilizer he made out of used jet parts). Wonderful presentation: http://www.jamesarnett.com/3-3-6.html I'll keep looking for the source of my Steadicam wanna-be. It was around $100 and works on the same counterbalance principle, you hold it 1/3 of the way down the vertical shaft. -DC