Ahh, the benefits of living in the big city. I was able to make a quick trip over my lunch hour to Discount Steel, where I found a flat bar of aluminum (3" wide) that I'll use for the camera platform. It was in the "drop" section (scrap metals) of the "aluminum barn", so I got a four-foot piece for just 5 bucks.
Ooh I see Steadicam now makes a "Smoothee" model, for small cameras like the iPhone. It's under $200, which is much more reasonable than the price of the Steadicam Merlin. Time to abandon my DIY project?
And there's also the Manfrotto Modo 585 for under a hundred bucks. It's gotten very mixed reviews on Amazon and at B&H. Hmmm.
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