Get yourself one of these:No more locked-off shots for you then...
I've seen a Manfrotto one and was wondering how this compares to that?
I take it you've built that adam?
I'm sure someone much more technically minded than me could describe that better!
On the Gadget show the other day (I wish I didnt have re-occuring nightmares featuring the short bald wanker) they had sompe make your own pop video challenge etc... anyway - said Short bald twat had a neat thing for holding a vidcamera that looked a bit like those old flash mounts for slr's - a metal bracket that screws into the tripod hole and a hand grip on either end. The logic was that because your hands were further apart when holding the camera there was much less shake/more steady etc.. seemd to work really well and was dead simple.I'm sure someone much more technically minded than me could describe that better!