On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 01:37:42 GMT, "Tom Brickner" wrote:

>Hey guys,
>Thanks a lot for your advice. We're looking to strap our housings down using
>U-Bolts, pipe fittings and anything else short of welding. We've got a EWA
>bag for the 1000 & 150. The gyro seems the best idea. Steve, I'd like to
>know where I can rent one for $200 / week. I called Bexel in LA and they
>want $200 / day, which unfortunately is not in the budget.
>Wish me luck...
>Thanks for the help.
>-- Tom

I used to have a Kenyon KS-4 gyro for stills, but
when tried with Hi-8 video cameras (what I had at
the time), the vibration was enough to cause
mistracking. Also, while the gyro is quite good
for "liquifying" motions when there are fairly slow
high-amplitude influences on motion, or are
low-amplitude vibrations, the gyro was nearly
useless during shooting when flying or driving in
very bumpy conditions - when the gyro "hits the
stops", its motion-smoothing influence stops, and
it tries to make weird turns. The gyro is also
noisy, possibly not important for your purpose...