My homemade 360˚ thing!

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Damodt

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Not sure what to call it, but make for neat shots. I'm sure they have easier ways to do, but I got a couple of these huge bearing things, and thought this would be fun.

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We'll call it... "Damod 360 PanaSwirl" I'll be your marketer; I demand 35% of all profits and....

hehe, just messing, looks great! Eager to see the footage!
How smooth is the rotation?
 
wow, that looks cool. that's some real nice footage you got there
the fisheye made it looks even cooler!
Great job:)
 
send the desing to someone and make money out of it...that's all I can say.....or just send me one of this.......
 
Damodt said:
Here's the downside to making these...
$3k-5k
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The alternative energy crowd has been using old brake drum assemblies for some time to make windmills...many which have been in service for YEARS....I see no reason why many of the instructions and designs couldn't be copied over into making this device.
 
You could always use a big heavy steel plate for the base, then have a post coming out of that with a bearing around it, then a small platform ontop of that post so the talent can still stand in the middle of the centre of rotation...
 
But then the talent would go around with the camera. ?

But yes, theres got to be a cheaper way to do it.

Do they just use a round track and dolly in the movies where I've seen them kind of shots.

I'm certainly not going to build that 48 still cam thing like Nikon did.
 
No they wouldnt, the platform would stay still as it would be ontop of the post thats part of the base plate. The bearing would allow the camera to rotate around whilst everything else stayed still...
 
Ok, I see, I should look into building one, and make it either lighter or easier to pack around.

Its one of them things you might use for a shot or two, but its so heavy, who wants to pack it with them.

I have one more. I really want wide angle adaptor for the HPX... hint hint.
 
You could always have a counterweight on the other side, maybe sticks out 2-3 feet flat on the ground (so its not in shot) with a counterweight so the base dosnt have to be quite so heavy.
 
Very cool. For me, $5k would be better invested in a steadicam. However, if the parts are already on hand or there are cheaper alternatives, it could be a great addition to any filmmaker.


Jason
 
I think the only reason he used the turntable bearing is because he already had it, and it was fit for purpose. There are other ways to do this though.

Might work on some designs...
 
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