DIY "Fig Rig" ♦◊ Cheap & Effective! ♦◊♦◊♦◊

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I was looking around for some form of rig to help stabilize my walking shots and low-and-behold I ran across a few sites detailing a PVC DIY Homemade Fig-Rig style steadycam! YAY!

This is my attempt to create such a rig. It has an adjustable foot/stand, birch plywood camera mount, adjustable camera mount, is light, strong, and green! (mostly)

That's right... I'm going green! lol

Check it out and I'll have a how-to to follow this one soon.

Here's my blog post about it:
http://richardstep.com/2010/06/30/diy-homemade-fig-rig-style-steadycam-jig/

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[DSLRCARBON]

nice rig. looks huge.

[rstephensonable]

@DSLRCARBON it is - far too big for most things but running through a field lol. Iteration #2 will be smaller, for sure.

[JKIProductionz]

where do you get black pvc at?

[rstephensonable]

@JKIProductionz I'm not sure actually... a quick google search showed a couple places that sell it. I just painted the white stuff with a real dark green spraypaint.

[InFrameProduction]

you mumble like Humphrey B Bear... Thumbs up for your Epic Fail audio and porn music

[rstephensonable]

@InFrameProduction Thanks? Off to google Humphrey B Bear!

[DSLRCARBON]

@rstephensonable Keep us updated!

[robojot]

@JKIProductionz or u can get white and then paint it black ...

[rstephensonable]

@1BaldingMonkey : Yeah this rig isn't the tip-top or a end-all-be-all rig, but I really enjoying using it when I'm doing 1st person movement shots. I've come to realize I will probably need a specific rig for each type of shot. It's been a fun learning process for me!

Thank you for watching and commenting! Have a great day!