Film Geek: Poor-man's steadycam

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Uploaded by on Jul 5, 2007

I show my low-budget rig I built, according to the instructions for the $14 dollar steady-cam from steadycam.org

The part where I had the camera up-side down I'd usually flip in post.

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

  • 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.)

  • 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.

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

  • 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

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

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  • face at 1:23

    nice job btw.

  • 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.

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  • Cooles Teil !

  • @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.

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

  • this steady cam is kinda good!

  • sorry not steadycam...

  • 0$ Steadicam from junk

    see youtube

    watch?v=B5FMTjcF2Ng

  • it's like 15 times better than holding it dumbass

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