Ted Churchill published a pamphlet on how to operate one of these things, calling his occupation the "Last Great Job in the Business".  
Ted Churchill published a pamphlet on how to operate one of these things, calling his occupation the "Last Great Job in the Business".  Vittorio Storaro co-led early workshops on how to use these devices.  A handheld one of these devices goes by the name of Merlin.  This is the best known invention of a man who also created "Sky", "Dive" and "Moby" variants of the same product.  A consumer-marketed version of these devices can hold an iPhone and is marketed as the Smoothee.  They were originally named for their inventor, Garrett Brown.  Like a (*) gyroscope, a gimbal is used for balancing these things and supports the sled.  The counterbalance of these devices often includes the battery pack.  The operator of one of these devices no longer had to rely on an expensive dolly setup.  One of these devices was used to record the steps sequence from the first Rocky and the speeder-bike shots in Return of the Jedi.  For 10 points, name this type of stable camera.
Ted Churchill published a pamphlet on how to operate one of these things, calling his occupation the "Last Great Job in the Business".  
Steadicam [accept Brown Stabilizer before mentioned; prompt on cameras; prompt on movie cameras] 