I'm not sponsored by Muddy Outdoors or Bogan - but think what you want. I actually designed the camera arm for Lone Wolf, and spend about as much time out filming and using this equipment as anyone I know - so yeah, I would say my opinion is worth something to a guy who is asking about camera arms.

Because Huntingnet IS one of my sponsors - you bet I use the site to promote our videos - we even have our own forum too! It can also be a great means of talking filming as well as a ton of guys who use it regularly also film. If you think I'm all about "product plugs", you obviously haven't been reading my field journals nor have seen any of our productions.

thanks for the help guys....now for the people talking about making your own did you go off instructions you found online or just kind o wing it?

Here is mine buddy...

Good Luck

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I came across this arm at a show this past weekend, It will be my next arm without a doubt : http://www.skipenterprises.com/hunting_products.html#rocksteady_arm scroll to the bottom of the page.

I saw that arm from Skip Enterprises this past weekend at the WI Deer Expor, and it looks pretty sweet. However, the $600 price tag is probably a wee bit high for me right now. For $200 the arm from Muddy Outdoors looks very similar and for most people I think will work great. In my case I have a GL2 that doesn't weigh much so I don't need the beefiest arm in the world. If I was to ever step it up to a bigger camera I believe Skip's arm would be the way to go. I really liked the dovetail feature he was working on so that the base folded down nice and small. That was pretty slick.

As for the guy who says you don't need an arm, he's right. You don't NEED an arm to film hunts, but from personal experience I will atest that it is much easier to get better quality footage with a good arm than without one. A more economical option for some people would be a shoulder mount, but the footage definitely has a tendency to be a little bit more jumpy. In my opinion, having a good arm and getting steady footage makes more of an impoact on the quality of your footage that stuff like a wide angle lens or even a better quality camera. If the footage gives me motion sickness when I watch it, I don't care how clear it is.

If you are looking to be economical. Screw a realtree bow hanger above your head. Tie a rope to it and then to your camera. You will be amazed at how well this can work. Especially compared to freehand.

That Muddy arm looks decent, but it doesn't look like you can use a ballhead mount in it. That's too bad because that looks like a solid arm for the price.

With all the adjustment, why would you need a ball head?

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heres the one i use for now.......what do you buy to make an arm?

Do you mean a ball head



Or a pan/tilt head?




In any case, you should be able to screw either onto that Muddy arm.