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How To Build A Butter-Smooth Video Slider

Jul 31, 2014 by Udi Tirosh 5 Comments

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You know those shots where a camera is pointing at an out of focus object and then it slowly goes into focus. Sometimes this is done by focus racking (or focus pulling) but sometimes it’s done by actually moving the camera until the object gets inside the depth of field.

The secret to doing it right with camera movement is to get the movement really (REALLY!) smooth. You can probably do it with a table dolly, but to get a really smooth movement you need to use something with bearings. Luckily, there is another industry that uses sliders with bearings – the furniture industry.

Photographer Romero Dominguez shares a pretty nice hack on how to build a slider with a couple of drawers sliding guide rails and a few scraps of metal. Depending on your needed length, those starts as little as $15.

The tutorial breaks the slider into three parts:

Bracket:

Video like a pro - how to make an awesome DIY focus slider

Slider:

Video like a pro - how to make an awesome DIY focus slider

and Stand

Video like a pro - how to make an awesome DIY focus slider

and I estimate the build to be around 5-10 minutes sans the trip to home depot for the part.

Head over to In Mg Bag for the full tutorial.

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Udi Tirosh: from diyphotography.net

About Udi Tirosh

Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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