Learn about Tripods & Supports

Find the best tripods and supports for your video work. Learn how to stabilize your shots, control camera movement, and get the best results.
  1. How To Use a Gimbal: Balancing Your Camera

    How To Use a Gimbal: Balancing Your Camera

    Tutorial Beginner

    Before you can use a gimbal, you have to balance your camera on it. While balancing can be very frustrating at first, it doesn't have to be perfect for your...

  2. How to Use a Gimbal: What You Need

    How to Use a Gimbal: What You Need

    Tutorial Beginner

    If you want to shoot smooth video with a gimbal, you'll need two things: a camera, and a gimbal. But the type of gimbal you choose depends a lot on the...

  3. Is It Magic? How Image Stabilisation Stops Shake

    Is It Magic? How Image Stabilisation Stops Shake

    Tutorial Beginner

    You’ve probably seen VR, IS, OIS or a variety of names on the side of a lens or camera, all essentially meaning that is has a form of image stabilisation....

  4. Building Your Own DIY Camera Stabilizing Rig

    Building Your Own DIY Camera Stabilizing Rig

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial, we are going to create a cheap and effective steadying rig for shooting video. It is quick and easy to build. I'll cover all the parts and...

  5. Video for Photographers Part 1: Shot Types and Moving the Camera

    Video for Photographers Part 1: Shot Types and Moving the Camera

    Tutorial Beginner

    With the growing number of DSLRs that shoot video, we are launching a three-part series to help you adapt your photography skills to video production. Today,...

  6. How to Build Your Own Digital SLR Video Dolly for Under $20

    How to Build Your Own Digital SLR Video Dolly for Under $20

    Tutorial Advanced

    With video capability in Digital SLRs becoming ever-more pervasive, there's an increasing demand for accessories and gadgets to help produce fantastic video...