I am looking to by a good tree arm, not wanting to spend a lot 200 at the most. I want one that comes with a fluid head. Can i get a good one for this price? i heard a lot about muddy. Just looking for a few opinions.
Don't know of any that you will get at that price with a fluid head. Muddy makes awesome camera arms but you don't get a head with it so you have to buy that seperate which is going to put it way over budget. 3rd Arm makes some great ones too but again they don't include the fluid head. Have you been checking ebay or craigslist since you have such a tight budget?
Depending on the size of your camera the Hunter Cam Cradle may work for you: http://shop.huntercamcradle.com/product.sc?productId=2&categoryId=2 It's not the greatest fluid head in the world, but it will work nice with smaller cameras and not break the bank.
For under $200 you won't be able to find an arm with a fluid head. Most of those heads costs nearly $200 by themselves. When it comes to finding a camera arm, there's a couple things to think about. First, the size of your camera. Small cameras don't require a heavy duty arm to support them. Second, if you're filming yourself or filming another person. If you're filming yourself you want something that's very compact and light weight. Packing in a camera and camera arm in addition to your other gear can be a pain so you want to stay as small and light as possible. For a small, light-weight camera arm that includes a head check out the Pro-Bow-Cam from Pine Ridge Archery. It's well under your budget and should work great for your smaller camcorder. http://shop.pineridgearchery.com/pr...part_number=2547/101.1.1.1.5331.0.0.0.0?pp=12&
Thanks thats kind of what i was thinking i am using a Gl2. I saw a primos arm that they stopped making now for 100 dollars with a fluid head. Is that head bad a head to be that cheap?
Your best bet for using a small video camera is to go with the Lone Wolf camera arm. It comes with a video head, but to be honest, it is junk, so the first thing you should do is to throw it in the trash. Then buy a Manfrotto 700RC2 video head. You'll end up just under your $200 budget. It is a great set up for a small camera and light equipment. I used to run this set up with my Canon HV30 and shot great footage. When I jumped up to the bigger Canon XH-A1 though I had to go to significantly larger equipment.
If you are still looking into getting a tree arm, I bought a 3RD Arm from Campbellcameras.com. Extremely fluid and smooth and maintains position extremely well. They have multiple arms from $80 to $700
