Monday, December 17, 2007

$14 Steadycam

This is an oldy, but a goody. The first online tutorial I ever created was on creating your own low-cost camera stabilizer for only $14 (that's in 2001 dollars). It became a featured article in the premier issue of Make Magazine, posted on countless news/blog sites, and viewed well over a 1 million times. It has become a staple of the low-budget/student film-making community and is currently used in a number of high school and college production classes.

If you can't (or don't want to) make one, you can simply buy one. I currently sell them through littlegreatideas.com for $39.95. It includes some bells and whistles beyond the $14 tutorial version. If you like my projects and want to support me, buying one is currently one of the easiest ways to do that. Then again, I also won't turn down flat out donations. =o)

Link to $14 Steadycam
Link to buying a Poor Man's Steadycam

24 comments:

  1. I made one of these a few years ago. Fun times with PVC :)

    Keep up the good work man! :)

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  3. I cant believe this is you. HAHAH about 4 years for my second year at i guess an era between highscool & uni, i had to make a media film. Me and my mates wanted to go as professional as possible but budgeted. I made your steady cam seeing the results as perfect for the job. I remember the time it took me and my dad working together, getting materials and putting it all together. Now i come across you with the wii remote projects. Such a genius. Keep this good work up. I am so bookmarked to you right now!

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  4. Your stuff is awesome. I've known about your $14 steadycam for a while now, learned about the wii projects relatively recently, then just today realized that you're the same person doing both!

    Anyway, I come with a question:
    How large of a camera/how much weight would you trust a $14 steadycam with [assuming the bolt size and head were replaced with something rated to hold a heavier camera]?

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