Begin forwarded message: Date: January 20, 2006 5:56:52 PM EST Subject: Re: [videoblogging] experience with DIY steadicams?
I get pretty good results with my manfrotto monopod with pistol grip ball. I just articulat the ball so there is an angle (forward or back) and move from there.
I looked at the 14$ page a while ago. Cool stuff.
Ron On Jan 20, 2006, at 4:09 PM, Jan McLaughlin wrote: Hey, Andy, this is soooo wiki-worthy!!! Dare I say, "wiki-licious".
<URL: http://www.voxmedia.org/w/index.php/Videoblogging_Hardware >
:)
XOX,
Jan
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On Jan 19, 2006, at 10:27 AM, Andy Carvin wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I've been thinking about building my own camera stabilizer - a poor
> man's steadicam, so to speak - and I was wondering if anyone has tried
> it. I've found a few websites with instructions (or selling
> instructions), with varying levels of cost and complexity. Two of the
> more interesting ones are below.
>
> The $14 Steadycam
> http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/steadycam/
>
> The $14 Steadycam is very bare-bones, but the demo footage on the
> website is pretty good. The author of the page provides free
> instructions, and he'll even sell you a kit with all of the parts for
> $39 plus shipping. Here are two demos of it in action:
>
> http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/steadycam/soccer2.mov
> http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/steadycam/girl3.mov
>
> The instructions and kit look very straightforward, but one practical
> concern I have is the use of standard plumbing supplies, including
> pipes
> and pipe heads. These parts give it somewhat of a T-shaped pipe-bomb
> look, which could be a major headache if you plan to travel with your
> steadicam on an airplane.
>
> Here's the other one:
>
> Hocast Stabilizers
> http://www.hocast.com/
>
> Hocast seems more sophisticated, but more costly. They have three
> different models, ranging from a low-budget rig requiring $15 worth of
> supplies + $13 for the instructions, to a heavy-duty rig requiring $90
> of supplies +$22 for the instructions. Their video demos include
> before/after footage showing how a shot improves by adding the
> stabilizer:
>
> http://www.hocast.com/Video/run.mov
> http://www.hocast.com/Video/stairs.mov
>
> (The clips are _very_ brief, though; frankly, I thought the $14 footage
> was better.)
>
> I've found a few other offers online, but these two are the most
> intriguing. Has anyone tried building their own steadicam from these
> sites or others? Have you been happy with the results?
>
> thanks,
> andy
>
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