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I've purchased the HD4000 and looking at either the steadicam merlin or smooth shooter arm and vest. Any insight on which of these is better and in what ways? They are similar price more or less.

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I'm new to video. So I'll apologize ahead of time of this is not a good question. I have a FancierStudio DLSR Shoulder mount rig. I was wondering if anyone has tried mounting the base of a rig like this to a Glidecam (steadicam)? The reason I'm interested is so that with this type of setup...

Thanks Paul. I decided (I think) on the 50 1.4f, the tokina 11 - 16, and the already in hand 85 1.8. I may regret not having around the 30 - 35 range but I'll deal with that later. Down the road I think I'll add the 70 - 200 2.8f.

Josh, so if you were doing it all over again would you start with maybe a 24 - 70 f2.8? Does the advantage of movement outweigh not being able to open up the aperture at short focal lengths? Maybe depends on what you are shooting. I imagine I'll be in some lower light situations.

I’m a noob – both to this board and to digital video. I do have a limited photography background so I understand the basics (aperture, shutter speed, differences between zoom and prime, etc). But, I’ve never done video other than of the kids on a small hand held. I have a Canon T2i. I have...