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Use this simple trick to turn your tripod into a vertical slider

May 11, 2020 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

There are a few ways to make your own horizontal slider. But if you need a vertical one, you can just grab your tripod. In…

Feb 20, 2020 John Aldred

When it comes to product photography, there are a lot of brands out there who keep a very consistent look and feel to their promotional…

Sep 20, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

A motorized camera slider is a commonly used tool in filmmaking, but Toronto-based company Axibo Media wanted to take it to a new level. They…

Apr 7, 2019 Udi Tirosh

The SYRP Genie is a motor/wire driven motorized slider. This means that it uses a cable to push it forward. You can choose the length…

Dec 14, 2018 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

If you want to take slider shots with your smartphone, there are a few DIY options you can make. But in this video, COOPH teaches…

Oct 5, 2018 John Aldred

The humble pizza cutter. Who knew it could be such a wonderful cinematic tool? Well, it turns out that it might be. For your smartphone,…

Aug 29, 2018 John Aldred

Of all the tools and devices on which we can place cameras, sliders have always been the one that intrigued me the most. I’ve used…

Jun 27, 2018 John Aldred

I own, maybe 8 tripods. I also have a monopod, couple of sliders and a gimbal. Each of these has heads which take some form…

Jun 19, 2018 John Aldred

Finding that perfect slider or dolly is a challenge. I’ve got a few of them now, and they all annoy me in slightly different ways,…

May 27, 2018 John Aldred

I’ve been getting into 3D printing quite a bit this year. Mostly with regard to how it can help me with my own photography and…