Wow! Quite an approach to a problem! And you were able to convert the motion of that cam to pan and tilt a camera? That is something, too!
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of BEDFORD NEIL Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 2:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AP] Home Made Camera Bracket Although not exactly a dedicated website, this one does describe the units in question... http://www.bigclive.com/flame.htm They use a motor (sometimes on a heart shape wheel with cam) to compress 'single release' air freshener aerosols (press down and only one burst comes out). We had a load of them surplus to requirements in my first job, so I went to work building my first unit out of two of them. Cheers, Neil. On 20 May 2011 19:16, Lee Menningen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > " motorized aerosol air fresheners"? What are these? > > Lee > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] > On Behalf Of BEDFORD NEIL > Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 1:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AP] Home Made Camera Bracket > > > Hi Lee, > > Very interesting. Well done. > > I used to make pan and tilt motor systems for my CCTV system, using > the motors from the readily available motorised aerosol air fresheners > (high torque after all the gearing). Both motors were inside readily > available project boxes. All I did was drill a small hole in each > drive shaft and secure it onto a round plate that either connected to > the other motors box or a camera mount. The weight these units could carry was quite impressive. > One motor turned the other so to speak. > > At the time I had no funds for buying expensive ready made pan and > tilt units, so the motors were DC, I controlled the speed of them with > a 5W or so low resistance variable resistor from a Tannoy system's > speaker volume control. (20 Ohms?) I had a microswitch joystick > 'crosswired' between two switches so that it fed the low Voltage one > way or the other, depending on the direction it was pushed for each > motor. > > If anyone wants any more details so they can use it in conjunction > with Lee's design, I am more than happy to share the simple designs I > made with others. > > I do have several CCTV camera's now that are RS485 controlled PTZ (pan > & tilt + zoom) and much better quality than most of my standard > definition camera's ever were. > > The only downside to using HD camera's (for HD) in this situation > might be a problem, as the video is designed to be pumped onto a hard > drive or memory card, streaming over USB is not the best for HD video > I've found. > > Still, brilliant work and a lot of effort has gone into Lee's project. > > Regards, > > Neil. > > On 20 May 2011 17:38, Lee Menningen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I recently did a home shop project of making a way to mount several > > cameras in an unusual place that is somewhat inaccessible. The > > completed bracket allows for mounting cameras on a pan/tilt unit, > > remotely adjusting zoom, providing wireless sound, and remote > > start/stop recording. Three youtube videos show how the brackets > > were made and how they are electrically connected. > > > > You might be interested because they are rather unusual. No one else > > is ever going to make one like these, I'm sure, but it may give you > > some ideas. > > > > Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPcr96oe8V8 > > > > Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEfzB219m4w > > > > Part 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUKfMt7BRn8 > > > > By the way, I've also mounted these pan/tilts on a tripod and used > > this connection technique at a wedding where they didn't want a > > cameraman around the ceremony but allowed a tripod on the platform. > > Being up front facing the audience, it provided some great footage > > of the facial expressions during the vows. > > > > Lee > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
