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jegner · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:38 am Post subject: SteadyCam done!

Well, I finished the $15 SteadyCam. Actualy is was more like $18 but still cheap, and I used a tripod head as the camera mount.

So Jim, how does it work? Pretty well, actually. I'm still needing to practice with it, [walking with bent knees] and I need to make the invert adaptor for low ground shots, but I'm actually surpirsed how well it works. Adding a bicycle grip to a couple of the parts would help.

I'm not sure how many we need, but if you plan to shoot moving footage, this is a must have.

Jim

magicmaker · Newbie Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 5

jegner · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 1:00 pm Post subject:

I do not have any pictures yet. But here is the info on how I made it:

http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/steadycam/
The only thing I changed was the camera head. Instead, I used an old cheap camera head, with a ball-n-socket mount. Works very well.

Jim