poor man's steadycam

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pfista

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edit// sorry! I ran out of bandwidth... So you probably won't be able to see the video until next month some time. I haven't uploaded it anywhere else. Since I ran out of bandwidth, here are some others videos that other people have made with the same type of steadicam.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/steadycam/soccer2.mov
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/steadycam/test2.mov
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/steadycam/squash2.mov
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/steadycam/girl3.mov
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It ended up costing me about $20. And about 20 minutes to make. I've only tested it out twice. Here is my second test.



They said 80% of the trick of steadicams is just the operator. So, I'm still practicing.
 
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Was your first test any better?

edit; Well, I can see a picture now, but no movie. I'll try downloading it again.
 
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Pretty wobbly, but not too shabby for $20 I guess.
I'd be interested to see a picture of the rig.

Very nice editing BTW.

- Mikko
 
This isn't a dvx. I plan on buying one within the next week though. It was shot on a sony trv-22. That's why its not in the dvx footage forum. But yeah here's a picture, it's pretty simple.



There's no springs or hydrolics involved. Just physics.

Here's the site from where I built it.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/steadycam/
 
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.. inflation at work! $14 is now $20!
I'm supprized that thing worked even that well. The physics are all wrong.
But hey, the video worked ok, so hats off to you.

- Mikko
 
Well, I figured it was something to do with inertia and the whole thing about the fulcrum point, so since the weights and pipes give it more mass, it also is harder to turn and pivot because the waits are further away from the camera. Does that makes any sense?
 
Yeah, and it does help, however the system is badly out of balance. - Try taking off the pice that sticks out ot the side, or turn it so it's an upside-down "T" with equal weights eaqually spaced out from the center post. It will balance better and you won't be fightign to keep it level.

- Mikko
 
yes, it makes sense.

its the same design as the 14dollar steadycam.

it will act as a stabaliser in some sense because by increasing its mass, your adding to its inertia. Therefor yeah, it wont rock and shake as much, but you will not be able to get rid of body influence on the movement ( bouncing in the step and tilting )

by the way, the lnk isnt working for me, i get to your page and then its the Q with a quesiton mark in it. ( i have latest drivers and updates )
 
PaPa said:
by the way, the lnk isnt working for me, i get to your page and then its the Q with a quesiton mark in it. ( i have latest drivers and updates )
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Yes, my bandwidth is out :(
 
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