Film Geek: Poor-man's steadycam

[StativShop]

Cooles Teil !

[TRIPLEZEDOFFICIAL]

Hey you should make these more. Id buy one off you for $50, over doubled your money ;) Im lazy, but Im working on it

[ChubbyWingsLive]

@TRIPLEZEDOFFICIAL This is a quick fix, I've tried DIY steadycams like this one they're often ineffective or awkward. I've been using a Cam Caddie $38, great price and consistently smooth videos. I highly recommend one.

[mp40elite]

this steady cam is kinda good!

[AKADOULA]

sorry not steadycam...

[youwiko]

0$ Steadicam from junk

see youtube

watch?v=B5FMTjcF2Ng

[TheXRealXBrapp]

it's like 15 times better than holding it dumbass

[Slakow91]

face at 1:23

nice job btw.

[maccafan10]

I always find that the best and cheapest way to create a steady cam shot is to do my filming when I am sober and between my epileptic fits.

[epetefilm]

Wow. Failure. I can't believe people think this is smooth.

[rchadha5]

DIY filmmaking and no-budget production are about doing the best you can with what you have or can afford. His rig is way smoother than handheld would be.

[curtisladri]

MUY BUENO... realmente you nailed it

[tomcatfranks]

This is great!!! I've been brainstorming how to build mounts, do you have one that mounts on a car hood, for driving scenes?

[cinepegger]

I do, but I've only ever used it in one movie and I never got around to showing it on Youtube, since I don't have a car. There's other annoyances with shooting from the hood, like it's easy to get so much reflection off the windshield that you can't see the actors. (I should also do a comparison of different times of day.)

[Whitelinefilms]

That is what filters are for!

[dcnutter]

You need a polarizer lens to eliminate the reflection and glare.

[DarkMewX]

thats amazing!! Johnny is awesome.. looks like one of those part from a movie where they start to walk back

[Ballowall]

Hmm not too bad. I may follow your model.

[PaulTarlevs]

i can tell its pretty good but fisheye kinda ruins it and it makes it seem like your shaking to much. try it without fisheye. Nothing against it i got one myself and love it.

[cinepegger]

It's a wide angle lens, not a fisheye. And I think removing it would make the shaking more visible, not less.

[masonmitch]

well done video

[scottiblasto]

Fellow Winnipegger? I like the video, just getting into more shooting, and your videos are helpin out!

[roadruner2008]

make it smaller, weight distribution on shorter bars

[cinepegger]

Mine is longer than the standard $14 stabilizer. There's a trade-off. If they're too short, it won't stabilize, but if they're too long, it's awkward to carry. I usually shoot with my bike-wheel fig-rig for convenience and only pull this one out if I really need it.

[LuminolBlue]

Cool vid. I'm just wondering, would it make any difference if you shorten the horizontal bar a bit, and hold the steadycam like an L shape rather than a pool queue?

-Am

[cinepegger]

I've since decided that the best length for the horizontal bar is shoulder-width.

[prometheus445]

Thanks so much! I love your idea for the non-drilling top. I've drilled like 3 times and it always comes out a little crooked. This is a much better idea.

[MasterTxJ]

Thanks!!

[CrappyDad]

Looks very smooth...

...but I guess that IS the idea. thanks for the vid!

[xBlackxxxSheepx]

ur stairs are creaky XD

[cinepegger]

Yeah, you might need to replace the audio for a shot like that.

[AsianBorat]

Nice

[webherring]

Pretty smart of you to use the 2 to 1 converter to avoid drilling.

[Shmithers]

Pretty good, It's all in the practice imo.

[ReservedProductions]

very nice. i found this video after first finding the PM steadicam site. u did a good job. is it pretty hard to learn to do steadily?

[SinFuckinCity]

Thanks for the canadian conversion. The US dollar is equal now, just make a run for the border, haha.

Very nice stuff. I'll be making one of those. All it takes is practice. Fuck the waste of money in a "profesional" one.

[yodashqdotcom]

the stairs was good.. looked movie like