Shopping CartManfrotto 585-1 ModoSteady 3-in-1 Camera/Camcorder Stabilizer and Support System
date : October 9th, 2011Manfrotto
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Tags : 3in1, 5851, Camera/Camcorder, Manfrotto, ModoSteady, Stabilizer, Support, System
- Can be utilized three different ways
- Use as a shoulder support
- Unique stabilizing system
- Can be used as a table top tripod
The Manfrotto ModoSteady Has a unique innovative-design that is an ergonomic, multifunction stabilization system for lightweight camcorders. A “three-in-one” product: 1. A shoulder support. its bi-injected foot can be used as shoulder pod, so that the ModoSteady becomes an extension of the body. 2. A camcorder counterbalancing stabilizer, the counterbalancing stabilizer needs to be set in order to find the proper counterbalance position and weight, considering the weight and the centre of gravit
Product does not work at all,
We are giving the Monosteady a 1 star because a 0 star is not offered as an option.
We bought a Manfrotto MonoSteady stabilizer to use with a small video camera. We’re pretty good at using video equipment, but the MonoSteady absolutely, categorically did not work. We studied the instruction sheet that came with it and followed instructions exactly as described, we watched Manfrotto’s demonstration videos on YouTube (you’ll notice they make it look SO easy, a caveman can do it – excuse the pun!
But in reality it was impossible to use. It never balanced no matter how many ways we tried to make it work.
We went back to the store we bought it from and asked the video experts there to help us figure out how to use it, but even THEY could not balance it. We took the MonoSteady to Italy and met some Italian videographers videotaping a festival and we figured – Hey, Manfrotto is an Italian company, maybe the Italians know how to use the MonoSteady! The entire group of pro videographers could NOT balance the MonoSteady no matter how hard they tried.
Figuring maybe we got a bad model, we bought another one. Yes, HUGE mistake. It did not work either. The biggest waste of $200+ ever!
It’s such a colossal disappointment that we did not even attempt to sell the MonoSteadies…we could not in good conscience inflict Manfrotto MonoSteady on another unsuspecting victim.
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|Not for SLR’s,
While this product may have some uses, the instructions which are very difficult to read and understand state that it is for use with camera’s that are less than 1.6 lbs. This rules out my Canon 7d with any type of lens. The description on this site doesn’t make any mention of this limitation.
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|This product as a stabilizer simply does not work,
I checked the bad comments review of this product and they were right, it simply does not work. I bought it for my iphone, I prepared a base for it and “noway” it never stabilized, I did a better job with my hand. I do have many Manfrotto products, all of them are very good but this one as a stabilizer is a garbage. Do not make the same mistake as me.
Good luck
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