I finally had time to go to the local hardware store now that its going out of business because of competition from lowes, and so I decided I wanted to make a steady cam very similar to the tutorial someone else provided:

I bought:
-3 Foot Pipe
-2 Foot Pipe
-T Metal Connection
-1/2 Foot Larger pipe to fit T-Connector
-Small End Bolt
-Small End Bolt
-And a Large End Bolt for the Larger Pipe
Total Cost: $4.90

I have many weights so I pulled out 2-Five Pounders for experimentation.

Here is what I did next, I drilled a whole in the end cap of the small pipes end and then threaded it at 1/20 size since thats what my cannon uses. Then I put a Bolt through and use a nut to make it secure then I just added weight as needed (Visit the Tutorial for more help).

Here is what I found: STEADY CAMS OF ANY SORT help tremendously with lots of differnt types of shots. Running with the steadycam looks VERY smooth and all up and down motion is gone. Sadly there is some side to side motion, but I think thats beacuse our weights were shaking around.

We also found it serves much better then a tripod in that its actually smoother sometimes and its much easier to handle indoors.

Best part about the whole thing is I can fit it in a Backpack for easy transport AND my ZR-45's screw thing in the bottom makes it easy to screw in.

Overall defintley worth the $4.90 and vital for anyone who does lots of shots the require lots of smooth camera movement.

I have the Canon GL2 and I use the handle quite a bit for motion shots.. do u think it would be wise to set up a steady cam even tho I have the handle on the camera already?

If you don't look I'll force you to _=_

Hmm, I used to just run with the camera and that was horrible but the steady cam makes it much more watchable. But not sure how a Handle would effect that. EX: My friends tried hooking a guy up to roller blades for like running scenes that involved a paved surface and worked GREAT, but it all depends where you film. This was so good because its easy to take indoors and you can achieve some good like floating motions. Downsides is it's heavy enough for 25 minutes of test shooting and since I know personally when I shoot even a crappy shortfilm session ussually lasts at least 3-5 Hours so it could get quite heavy.