If you don't mind looking like an A/V nerd, I use a sunpak monopod (5' 1") and have a spider brace ace bandaged to it. Without the appendage, the footage normally sways side to side if hand held / hand braced. Alternatively I've ace bandaged a mini-tripod to it for roughly the same stability in a smaller package. I like the spider brace though as I can fly the monopod like a pole and the spider brace tells me where it's actually pointed since I can't really see the 3" LCD from 6' out.