Didn't take too long to make. Its all made of Meccano. Basically it is a two wheeled trolley with a mounting point for a Sony handycam and an external lipstick lens. The trolley runs along about 60m of plastic coated clothes line cable under gravity alone. Didn't cost me much to build as all the Meccano is from when I was a kid. The only expense was the cable - about AU$50. Also spent a few dollars on end fittings straps and end stop padding (bubblewrap!).
Quality of un-compressed original is very good. I'm using a Sony MiniDV camera with helmet camera lens input of better quality than the Sony camera itself. I just need to learn how to do better video compression. Original .avi file is 800MB.
thats is sweet. ive made one like that being it moves because of gravity trying to make a rc 1 tho.
enius6 2 years ago
nice cable cam did it take you long to build and how much did it cost?
hpopt2 2 years ago
Didn't take too long to make. Its all made of Meccano. Basically it is a two wheeled trolley with a mounting point for a Sony handycam and an external lipstick lens. The trolley runs along about 60m of plastic coated clothes line cable under gravity alone. Didn't cost me much to build as all the Meccano is from when I was a kid. The only expense was the cable - about AU$50. Also spent a few dollars on end fittings straps and end stop padding (bubblewrap!).
Notchbag 2 years ago
I thought those shots were pretty sweet. Wish I knew how to do that.
knordberg 3 years ago
if i can get my camera to work..im putting on a tutorial on how to make a cable cam for under 100 dollars
googsa01 3 years ago
i wish you had used a better quality camera. The shot is unbelievable as it gets closer to the ground, the quality is disgusting
shred444 3 years ago
Quality of un-compressed original is very good. I'm using a Sony MiniDV camera with helmet camera lens input of better quality than the Sony camera itself. I just need to learn how to do better video compression. Original .avi file is 800MB.
Notchbag 3 years ago