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Back in the 1990s when we shot most of our old SSS video series we used to used a Steadicam a lot for some of the running scenes we did with the girls on several videos....e.g. our version of It's a Knockout wet and messy games....and the results looked nice.....but the Steadicam we had cost 7 grand and it took a LOT of setting up before you could use it....cos you can't just attach the camera and harness and you are ready to shoot.....no...it it is real pain in the butt to balance things before you can use it....cos before each shoot you need to dick around for a long time to balance all the counterweights on the gyro mechanism first. So....a steadicam is expensive and reallty fiddly to balance all the weights before you can use it....whereas the Go Pro on a Pole Stick can achieve similar results and it is cheap and you just strap it to your pole stick and you are ready to go.

FYI....we bought 2 GoPros and the 3D video mount where you strap the 2 cameras together and can shoot in 3D....and we shot a few test videos in 3D a couple of years ago....but did not release the footage mainly because the software that comes with the camera is pretty crappy at rendering and editing in 3D and we did not like the results......i.e. the Go Pro is great for shooting in 2D HD....but you cannot shoot decent 3D videos with a  GoPro cos the 3D rendering and editing software is not up to par with what James Cameron does with his Hollywood 3D films.....so forget about shooting in 3D....it does not work well with 2 Go Pros strapped together.

MK