On Sun, 01 Jul 2001 04:04:47 GMT, Barry Koopersmith wrote:
>PBocciardi wrote:

>> >I liked the Habbycam.com version, after a moderate
>> >modification that allowed the camera to sit lower on the
>> >brace - but there is so little weight on the shoulder
>> >that these tend to pop up without an elastic attachment
>> >to a belt, or something to hold it on the shoulder.
>> >Maybe better: a side handle (still-camera "L"-shaped
>> >flash bracket), combined with a belt pod...
>> >David Ruether

>> I second David's comments. I bought the VX2000 recently, also to record live
>> music (on David's suggestion, actually, and its low-light capabilities are
>> absolutely unreal; I couldn't be happier). Anyway, it was really fatiguing
>> holding the camera for 2 hours. After painfully shooting one gig, I bought the
>> habbycam, but I got my money back right away after I realized that there was
>> far too little shoulder weight and it wouldn't help one iota. I finally ended
>> up with a belt pod and am happy with that.

>Thank you for your comment. Can you refer me to a web site that sells a
>"belt pod"? I have not seen this item anywhere.

They are sold in camera shops, the kind that appear to be
evaporating rapidly... One can be made from a light, compact
monopod, with a clip added at the bottom to hook over a
belt - or a neck strap arrangement could be devised to hold
the bottom...

>With the "belt pod", does the camera attach to a rod that is supported
>by a waist belt? Isn't that uncomfortable (having it push down on your
>belt) compared to a support that rests on the shoulder (perhaps with a
>small weight hanging down your back attached to the end of the shoulder
>rest)?

Yes - but if one is effective, and the other not...;-)
I may try hooking a bungee cord to the rear of the shoulder
brace, going to a belt (this should help a problem that is
already serious, and made worse by a belt pod: the
tendency of my belt to lower on its own...;-)