Cable Cam 2008

The full length version of my Cable Cam 2008 - Teaser (also on YouTube). All footage was shot using my homemade cable cam.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• cable
• cam
• mountain
• bike
• you
• yangs
• lysterfield
• mtb
• extreme
• single
• track
• cycling
• riding
• bicycle
• downhill
• action

[hpopt2]

nice cable cam did it take you long to build and how much did it cost?

[Notchbag]

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!).

[shred444]

i wish you had used a better quality camera. The shot is unbelievable as it gets closer to the ground, the quality is disgusting

[Notchbag]

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.

[enius6]

thats is sweet. ive made one like that being it moves because of gravity trying to make a rc 1 tho.

[googsa01]

if i can get my camera to work..im putting on a tutorial on how to make a cable cam for under 100 dollars

[knordberg]

I thought those shots were pretty sweet. Wish I knew how to do that.