Steadicam

British

/ ˈstɛdɪˌkæm /

noun

a mechanism for steadying a hand-held camera, consisting of a shock-absorbing arm to which the camera is attached and a harness worn by the camera operator

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Arkapaw: The scene looks like a oner, but it’s three Steadicam shots, 76 seconds each, stitched together.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

Both Ricquebourg and Tran, who favored long takes, said that at various times, they grabbed a Steadicam operator’s hips to push in for closer views of the cooking.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024

“I have a very close relationship with my Steadicam operators, and I just say, ‘Go with it,’” Fiorilli adds.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2023

This one is more for the brilliant filmmaking: the way it’s shot, the way it’s cut, the way they use the music, the way they use the crane, the Steadicam.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2023

I had an amazing Steadicam operator, and we embedded him with the boxing choreographers early in the process to design how the fights were photographed.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2023

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