Digital Juice Free Spirit User manual
USER’S GUIDE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
About the Free Spirit Handheld Camera Stabilizer 2
Free Spirit Component Parts 3
Free Spirit Key Features 4
Using the Free Spirit Camera Stabilizer 5
Attaching your camera to the Free Spirit 5
Achieving balance with your camera 6
Horizontal Balance 6
Vertical Balance 8
Handling the Free Spirit 9
Shooting with the Free Spirit 9
Cautions & Warnings 11
Specications 11
Return Policy & Limited Warranty 13
USER’S GUIDE
About the
Free Spirit
Handheld
Camera Stabilizer
The Digital Juice Free Spirit Camera Stabilizer is an affordable,
lightweight, handheld camera stabilizing system designed to allow
you to walk, run, climb stairs or move over rough terrain without
camera shake or instability. Using this one piece of gear you can get
beautiful and stable moving shots with a very high production value.
And, since it weighs less than 3 pounds, it won’t break your back
when you need to hold both Free Spirit and camera for extended
periods of time. You can easily get smooth tilts and pans, even
jib or crane-like booms and fluid dolly-style maneuvers with the
device because of its offset-gimbaled handle grip, horizontal yoke,
telescoping center post and adjustable built-in quick-release camera
plate. With the right lens and the right balance, the shots you can get
with the Free Spirit are limitless.
The Free Spirit unit collapses to 18.5 inches and extends to just over
30 inches. It can help you shoot continuous shots which range freely
in any direction you can move, while still producing stable, dynamic
imagery. You can use just about any professional camcorder, SLR
or DSLR camera weighing up to 8 pounds with the Free Spirit. Its bidirectional, adjustable baseplate includes 3/8” and 1/4”-20 adapters
that allow for easy mounting of a wide variety of quick release plates
and cameras. A precision 3-axis gimbal allows your camera to remain
stable and isolated from your hand shake and body movement, giving
you smooth steady camera motion over any terrain, whether it’s dirt,
rocks, pavement, or grass. The quick-release locking system with
micro adjustment knobs and the position-adjustable counterweight
rings on the base of the stabilizer allow for easy finetuning and
balancing when your camera is onboard.
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USER’S GUIDE
Free Spirit
Component Parts
Quick release camera
base plate (1)
1
3
2
4
5
Center telescoping support column (2)
Offset gimbaled handle
grip and horizontal yoke
assembly (3)
Handle assembly up/
down adjustment and
locking ring (4)
Soft rubber, textured
handle grip (5)
Telescoping center column length adjustment
and locking ring (6)
Counterweight base
plate (7)
Six 3-ounce counterweight rings (8)
Counterweight stack
tie-down screw (9)
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6
8
7
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