Camera Crane Test 2

[dreambuilders48808]

The Photos on your webpage are broken links. You should use Photobucket or Flicker,

[Jes437]

@dreambuilders48808 : Yeah sorry, I had to clean my pages up. I'll remove the links.

[chekosfilm]

Beautiful done

[TraumProducciones]

Hi please ¿could yotu tell me, what longitude have the two parts of the 2'' x 1''?

The long and the small arm?

And in the specific parts where the jib gets connection with the tripod? I mean the small arm, what longitude has.

Finally how works the the line thtat is polyester sleeved dyneema? (Spectra) with the head or where the camera is situated?

Thanks for the 3 answers.

[Jes437]

Have you seen the link >>>>>>>>

[ThorJorbin]

Cool:)

[cantosprofanae]

briliant aquitment, im also geting a camera crane for our film, FOUR WORLDS, check out the film cover, its in my videos

[QuantumEra]

@cantosprofanae dude you spelled *equipment wrong :O

[TheBeaverMoose]

Is the crane entirely in aluminum? If so did you go to a specialty store or were you able to get all your stuff at the hardware store?

[Jes437]

The stand is aluminium off ebay, the jib arm and all the brackets are aluminium from a metal stockholder, the castor from Machine Mart, the line is polyester sleeved dyneema (Spectra) from a boat chandler, the weights from a catalogue store, and all nuts and bolts from a fasteners specialist. So there's nothing extraordinary in there really.

[AMIDirecting]

Whats the name of that song and also really fluid video!

[Jes437]

'My Movie Is Like LIfe' - Future Loop Foundation with Anne Clarke

[MIKEY19900]

new camera crane videos

[cubleycat]

great work again, lovely with the music too and a nice garden makes for a great video.

[kryl4egfromhell]

awesome

[jonnymuffins]

ooo rite well for £80 u have a very steady shot i reali need a crane but i need one which will be able 2 with stand the sony fx1

[Jes437]

Most I've carried on this one is a PD150, with some accessories, but a strut line was needed, as you can see in the pics found in the link in my description for this vid.

[jonnymuffins]

great crane how much was it ??

[Jes437]

Thanks. It worked out to about £80 for what you see in this video, I've added to it since.

[smanettonipuntonet]

Impressive results & a pretty good construction.

[chookin1]

very nice, very smooth....im bulding my own at the moment thats integrated with a dolly and can of course be separated...dolly is quite simple but the crane is telescopic and electric-run by an old wiper motor and car battery...its a little over the top but the shots are going to be sensational!! Ill post it when im finished

[Jes437]

Sounds interesting, I look forward to seeing it. J

[mandeepcomputerwhiz]

Try using a more better camera! :-)

[Jes437]

LOL!, Yeah I know, sorry ;-)

[MIKEY19900]

can we say "purfect video" , see mine.

[Jes437]

Thanks for that. On your crane there's something amiss with the quality of the video, can you get something more able to be checked out up? On the design of your crane two things come to mind. The 'control arm', the tube on the top of the jib, is kind of chunky, being the same material as the main jib, this is just adding weight with no physical advantage as that section does little to support the camera.

[Jes437]

It may also be worth considering hanging the camera plaform rather than it being on top, this is more stable, and enables real low shots if that's wanted. If I want ground shots on mine I just hang the camera under the plate and invert it in post.

[Jes437]

Link to some construction information now in 'About This Video'

[EddieProductions]

I LOVE IT

Greatzzz mate,

[nobbingh]

wow! wounderful moves! since i was 12 , i wanted to have a crane, but they´re so f***ing expensive :-/ this is the first home-mede-crane i saw on youtube, that really works! great job!

[CALMANY35]

wow amazing what a crane does for quality i have one but yet to get great shots

[Jes437]

I'm no expert, but looking at your vid I'd be inclined to lock off the tilt lever and just get to know the crane's simplest moves first. Try adding 'soft' starts and stops to the crane's movements. Nice crane from what I can see :-)

[CALMANY35]

thanks ive just got the crane and ill take your advice im not that impresed with it so far...you seem like an expert from these shots five stars by the way

[maurimendes]

you did a great job. i wish i can build my own... is aluminium a good material? which material is this?

cheers

[Jes437]

This one is Aluminium, a good choice.

[anthonyt87]

im going to start mine rougly this coming saturday to sunday :D wish me luck

[Jes437]

Best way, sort it all out in your head and hit it in one go!

Hope it goes well for you :-)

[anthonyt87]

execuse me at 41s could you explain how you fixed the lazy susan or whatever u used to the tripod ? i can't think of a way of attaching it. Please Let me know Thanks

[Jes437]

The plate on the castor is bolted to the speaker stand bracket via an adaptor plate

[anthonyt87]

is the castor the ones used on troley wheels ? will be trying to shop for some stuff tomorrow

[Jes437]

Yes it is, but the wheel was 14cm in diameter, so it's a big castor.

[anthonyt87]

erm.. can you explain more on the adapter plate ? , i bought most of the things now, left the adapter plate thing thanks

[Jes437]

It's just a flat plate, mine's made from 12mm polypropylene, but anything stiff enough will be fine, the castor is bolted to one side, the bracket from the speaker stand to the other. It's only there because the holes on the castor and the holes on the speaker bracket don't line up.

[jonathanbrann]

thanks for the info. i have one more thing. what type of metal do you use, how thick and what size exe. it looks like square piping or beams that slot into each other. thanks.

[Jes437]

It's 2"x1" aluminium box, wall is about 1/16" thick. I've found this adequate for up to a Canon XL2, whatever that weighs, with the addition of a bracing line not shown in these vids. thejoint is just angle aluminuim clamping across opposing corners of the jib

[anthonyt87]

owh about turning the jib arm, are you using a lazy susan ?

[Jes437]

Change that thickness above, should read 3/16".

The Central pivot bit is a large ball bearing type castor.

[jonathanbrann]

what type of trypod do you uses? with the way you make the crane, do you need to mod the trypod and thus make it just a stand . in other words, can you still uses it as a trypod in other ways other than with the crane?

[Jes437]

It's a heavy duty speaker stand from ebay. They come in pairs for about £40, complete with a 'top hat' style plate which is meant to be fixed to a speaker cabinet. I just made an adaptor plate out of thick plastic so the castor used as the pivot bearing could be bolted to the top hat, easy to do.

These also double as lighting stands, so I guess movie lights could be placed on the stand as another function for it.

[anthonyt87]

59s and 1m40s is just fantastic man. Great Job

[anthonyt87]

hello 5 star for you :) i really love ut jib arm. im trying to built 1 myself. I have a question, could you let me know how u made the camera stay horizontal all the time ? thanks

[Jes437]

Thanks. If you stop at 8 seconds, you'll see a fixed vertical plate sticking up from the central pivot, a low stretch line (Polyester sleeved Dyneema) runs from that to another vertical plate fixed to the head of the crane. The weight of the camera keeps the line tight. So long as the line is fixed parallel to the crane jib the camera will always remain at teh angle set. By offestting the fixing points of the line you can dial in progressive tilt on the camera as the crane rises and falls.

[Jes437]

One thing you must do different to this crane though is to have the vertical plates angled back a bit, I found that this one put too much strain on the line when the camera was at full height, so angle BOTH line plates rearwards 30 degress I would suggest. Also on that line is a slip knot (prusik knot), which allows the camera tilt to be adjusted by changing the length of the line.

[DBAKER]

How much did it cost to build?

[Jes437]

About £100 so far, but a few things were bought in pairs, so I guess about £70 if I halve the cost of paired parts.

[Jes437]

I've just posted my first video showing why this camera crane was made. There are some clips in there of the restults from it. Look for SWATK at Westward Ho! in my other videos. J

[Jes437]

Direken,

Having looked around the net it was clear that a simple swivel castor provide the way to have horizontal and vertical movement in a low cost way. I was lucky to find one that had a bolt on the swivel instead of the usual rivet, so I could adjust it to remove any unwanted movement or 'play'. The tripod is a heavy duty audio speaker stand, which has a plate on to which the castor is bolted, through a simple adaptor plate. Jes

[direken]

hey, i'm an indiefilm director all the way here in the Philippines.. just wanna ask you on how did you make the swivel of the tripod? i mean the one who makes the entire crane swivel? what are the materials you need to make that?

i'm only 14 years old, and i'm a student/indiefilm director.. i'm willing to receive your reply.. :D thanks a lot!!

[Jes437]

Thanks, yes, I'm pleasantly surprised at the result. Lot's to learn about technique, but it's sound enough to allow that. I'm working on stiffening it at the moment, so all being well the crane and my abilities with it will improve :-). It's better than the cameras I'm using on it! Lol!

[jonnymuffins]

realy gd crane u got there !