Homebuilt jib - comments are welcome

Let's hear it for the Danes! :D (I have Danish ancestry). Anyway, I thought that clip was incredible. For building the jib by yourself I'd say you've accomplished some rather professional results. Now I need to hunt down my engineer brother-in-law and have him help me make one.
 
Stunning results! Oh my...............

This is the case for building one ASAP. Som of the shots you achieved I was sitting there trying to figure out HOW you did it! (The bicycle shot; whoa!)

Thank you for sharing!
 
First nice shots. Looks pretty professional. Some parts actually remind me of a commercial. I was waiting for the narator to come on for some new insurance advertisement or something. Great looking jib.
 
how much did it cost you to build? very very impressive results. I need me one of these!
 
While the clip loads I'll coment on the pictures.
Nice looking (and BIG!) jib you've built yourself. Looks liek lots of options achived very simply. However I worry a little about the stregth of some parts of the system.. Wood at the main stress point? String tying on the weights? I'd be a little worried about those and look into upgrading them when you can.. I wouldn't trust that rig over people as it is. Other than that it looks good!

Ok footage time..
Well I must say i'm very impressed! Sweet shots. Really nice work with that thing. Some really Beautifull footage. - You put that wide angle lens to good use.
I did see jsut a little wobble in some of the shots.

Some of the stuff really did look like you had a remote head on that.. but I'm sure I didn't see one..?

I like your mic mount - way to save on weight!

Ok, now some off topic, but obligatory questions: What was your B-camera? and [of course] what stabilizer did you use for the shots on the ground? Just curious.

Good work, just get those poetential weakneses fixed up and you are set!

- Mikko
 
congrats on the works, but......

IMHO, I think it looks like you're overloading that tripod. Also, with jibs that long, it's best to have some sort of remote pan and tilt control, beit manual or powered.
 
wow! I have to say that when I saw the pictures of the rig itself I thought no way could the footage be smooth, it looked like it would be rickety and wobble but I have to say that your footage is better than all the other prosumer jib arm companies out there. Some of those shots looked impossibly high and covered a lot of terrain, very NICE! Thanks for taking the time to put together such excellent footage.

How long is that? (I tried to interpret from your web page but failed, anyone?)
 
I'm also confused about how you're controlling the head... is by pulling on those ropes? And which directions can you tilt/pan it? Thanks a lot for any anwers... and anymore instruction you could give would be very appreciated!
 
yeah, unless I'm imagining things that shot just before the crash, beginning around 1:12 and the follow up shot around 1:45 both seemed to have some considerable pan, no?
 
Hi!

Thank you all very much for replying this thread :)

The budget for the jib has been around 135 USD (800 danish kroners).

Mikko Wilson: I understand you are worried about the way, I've attached the weights... and I know it ain't a completely safe way to do it... The jib as it looks now on the footage and the pictures is "just" a temporary model. But right now we have winter and stormy weather in Denmark - so I can't work on it right now... but it will be developed when spring arrives... :)


An NO - the jib has absolutely no remote pan- and tilt control. You are talking about the fotage around 1:45 - and actually, I have just made the "pan effect" by rotating the camera backwards (the tripod and operator is almost in the frame...). It doesn't rotate while tracking...

But - right now I am designing a remote pan and tilt control for the jib. It's a pretty though job - but I will start a new thread in this community when it's complete.

The B-camera is a very small Sony DV-camera. The stabilizer is just a tripod from SLIK with the legs spread out...

(Actually in this moment I'm also constructing a real stabilizer - has got a lot of inspiration from www.homebuiltstabilizers.com ... hope thats it's gonna be awesome :)

Icarus2005: I've been testing the jib with several tripods. Some of them has been quite small (much smaller than the one, I've used to make the footage). And until now, I haven't observed any kind of problems...

The jib's whith is around 4,5 meters... combined with a wide angle it's possible to make it look much higher...

The robes are just for keeping the camera in level... they will be replaced by real wires when I get to work with the jib again...

Greeting from Denmark (and have a nice christmas...)

Jacob
 
jacob waage said:
The B-camera is a very small Sony DV-camera. The stabilizer is just a tripod from SLIK with the legs spread out...
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Good job! :thumbsup:

...And old trick that still works great!


Good job on your Jib otherwise too!

- Mikko
 
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