The Plastic Bag Steadycam or Doggi cam Test

[EonPeon]

I made one out of a 'green' reusable shopping bag. Works great, and no rustling!

A dollar from any store. I put a little extra work into mine by cutting a piece of 5mm thick hardboard to fit the bottom of the bag, and then drilling a hole for a 1/4" short screw. I can now screw my camera to the board, and put the board/camera in the bag so the camera just pokes out the hole cut for the lens! Works GREAT!

[311kjohnson]

Check out the Doggicam at doggicam "dot" com

[Woodenarrows]

I tried a similar thing using a webbing sling. I was looking for a steady effect that was compact, lightweight and easily packed. It was quiet but I still had the same problem same you noticed. You get that side-to-side swinging motion and it’s hard to do anything but ground level video.

[bestSVMS]

put a external mic on that. Thats way better than the crazy shaky stuff on youtube.

[skateplayguitar]

what program did you use to add the heat wave

[nx2overide]

Its just an imovie effect.

[AmidstStorm]

That's a cool idea man

[ThisIsMejee]

very cool. an external mic would help with the crunchy sound problem. there are some very cool (and affordable!) pvc fig rigs around the internet that work pretty well.

[Spunkied32]

very nice! : D

[Noyjeetut]

That's an awesome trick. You gonna use it for some future video?

[AceDevilProductions]

The video was soothing.

[Original1Ribbon]

Nice, gotta try that!

[xxxzapskimxxxtx77532]

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[johncantees]

fucking sweet. I'm going to try this

[lustreboy]

pretty cool!

nice one for passing on the tips!

[nx2overide]

@lustreboy no problem got a couple new ideas in the works too having to do with this.

[AzazelMachine]

better than anything I have tried man, very cool

[waagemensch]

nice idea, plain and simple but really cool =)

You could do a lot out of it

[richfranz84]

Get rid of the bag my friend..... Your answer to not having quality sound is to use duct tape.... (they don't call it "hundred mile an hour tape" for nothing you know) ; )

[Katfellow]

That was pretty cool. Too bad about the sopund though. I've got a couple old cloth bags, extra hole for the mic & maybe that'd work. I might give that a try sometime.

[nx2overide]

yep thats a great idea.. id love to see it.. im thinking of new ideas myself

[mrbuchanantoyou]

so lemme get this straight you have your cam in a carrier bag an it worked?

who thinks off these things

grrr @ youtubes buffering

[nx2overide]

yep crazy. lol I got a coule other ideas mabe to get the same effect.

[OceanTownPictures]

I wonder if wrapping string around the camera, sort of like a marionette, would generate the same result, without the noise?

[nx2overide]

Yep i though about that yesterday.. good idea.. I may build a little somthing and try it.

[file0save0studios]

You could just use like a cotton bag or something so it doesnt crinkle. Or just do what skate filmers do and use ur hand xP.

[DoubleODude]

Looked pretty cool to me.

[nx2overide]

yep if this were mythbusters id say its a go. plastic bag is a great stedycam.. weird i though it would have failed.

[DaSkateChannelTV]

look up diy glide cam, i think it has the effect your wanting, GLIDE KILLS STEADY

[nx2overide]

@DaSkateChannelTV yep i just bought a Real but cheep stedycam i will do a test with that later when i get time but i may buy a glyde :)

[ItsACodyBoyesReport]

looks really good quality

[nx2overide]

@ItsACodyBoyesReport Yep yep i was like damn? it looks good..haha

[ItsACodyBoyesReport]

aha yeah :P

[GeurillaVideo]

This works pretty well, you should check out the "poor man's steadicam" by johnny chung lee. It's what I used before I got a real steadicam :)

[nx2overide]

@GeurillaVideo yep my next test will be a homemade stedycam Vs one i just bought.

[DannysCam]

nice looked like it was hot out..

[nx2overide]

@DannysCam It was kinda warm..hehe

[Domingo0022]

Pretty nice!

[nx2overide]

@Domingo0022 I thought so too for a plastic bag..

[CocteauBoyTV]

Wow! Whoda thunk it!

[nx2overide]

@CocteauBoyTV Yep i was pretty amazed

[aROARahVyePer]

So putting the camera in a plastic bag like that is suppose to reduce jerky movements? What was the basis of this experiment? What results did you find?

[nx2overide]

@aROARahVyePer It did actually work very well for smooth motion I was amazed really.. still not as good as a pro set up but better than some homemade devices i have seen.

[mettanc]

looked ok to me...but the damn video paused about 25k times.

[nx2overide]

yep buffering.. been driving me crazy.

[09porcupine]

That is a very clever trick...

[nx2overide]

@09porcupine Thanks hehe just testing out ideas.